alright, I think I found the text for this;
Amendment No. 4787 to Amendment No. 4685
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 4787.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from Kentucky, [Mr. McConnell], for Mr. McCain,
proposes an amendment numbered 4787 to amendment No. 4685.
The amendment is as follows:
(Purpose: To amend section 2709 of title 18, United States Code, to
clarify that the Government may obtain a specified set of electronic
communication transactional records under that section, and to make
permanent the authority for individual terrorists to be treated as
agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act of 1978)
At the appropriate place , insert the following:
Sec. ___. Section 2709 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the
following:
``(b) Required Certification.–
``(1) In general.–The Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, or his or her designee in a position not lower
than Deputy Assistant Director at Bureau headquarters or a
Special Agent in Charge in a Bureau field office designated
by the Director, may, using a term that specifically
identifies a person, entity, telephone number, or account as
the basis for a request, request information and records
described in paragraph (2) of a person or entity, but not the
contents of an electronic communication, if the Director (or
his or her designee) certifies in writing to the wire or
electronic communication service provider to which the
request is made that the information and records sought are
relevant to an authorized investigation to protect against
international terrorism or clandestine intelligence
activities, provided that such an investigation of a United
States person is not conducted solely on the basis of
activities protected by the first amendment to the
Constitution of the United States.
``(2) Obtainable types of information and records.–The
information and records described in this paragraph are the
following:
``(A) Name, physical address, e-mail address, telephone
number, instrument number, and other similar account
identifying information.
``(B) Account number, login history, length of service
(including start date), types of service, and means and
sources of payment for service (including any card or bank
account information).
``(C) Local and long distance toll billing records.
``(D) Internet Protocol (commonly known as `IP') address or
other network address, including any temporarily assigned IP
or network address, communication addressing, routing, or
transmission information, including any network address
translation information (but excluding cell tower
information), and session times and durations for an
electronic communication.''.
Sec. ___. Section 6001 of the Intelligence Reform and
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 1801 note) is
amended by striking subsection (b).
Maybe someone for Holla Forums can elaborate, but I thought an IP address in America wasn't connected to a person. I know in parts of Europe, it is. So over there, IP address xxxx corresponds legally to a person, but in America, you can't equivalate the two. I just bring that up since this bill seems to be working around that.