A bill to require in all cases court orders for the interception of communications by electronic and other devices, for the entering of any residence, for the opening of any mail, for the inspection or procurement of certain records, and for other purposes.
Bill of Rights Procedures Act - Imposes penalties upon any Federal employee or agent who willfully: (1) procures or inspects the records of telephone calls or of any bank, credit, medical, or other business or private transactions of any individual without either a search warrant or the individual's consent; or (2) opens any foreign or domestic mail either without a search warrant or the sender's or addressee's consent or, with respect to mail of domestic origin, for other than the sole purpose of determining an address at which a letter can be delivered.
Reduces the maximum term of imprisonment which may be imposed upon a Federal employee or officer for willfully intercepting, endeavoring to intercept, or procuring any other person to intercept any wire or oral communication except as authorized under specified provisions.
Repeals the authority of the President to intercept communications for purposes of national security and the admissibility as evidence of the contents of communications so intercepted. Repeals the authority of specially designated State and local law enforcement officers to intercept communications without prior court approval for purposes of national security or with respect to conspiratorial activities characteristic of organized crime.
Revises reporting requirements relative to intercepted wire or oral communications. Specifies reporting requirements relative to warrants authorizing the opening of mail.
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
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