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New bill would end phone records surveillance program

By Grant Gross
Published January 31, 2020 4:00am ET
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New bill would end phone records surveillance program
A group of lawmakers has introduced legislation that would permanently end a surveillance program that allows the National Security Agency to collect U.S. telephone and business records. On Jan. 24, a group of three Democrats and three Republicans introduced the Safeguarding Americans’ Private Records Act in the House of Representatives, and a companion Senate bill […]

A group of lawmakers has introduced legislation that would permanently end a surveillance program that allows the National Security Agency to collect U.S. telephone and business records.

On Jan. 24, a group of three Democrats and three Republicans introduced the Safeguarding Americans’ Private Records Act in the House of Representatives, and a companion Senate bill was introduced a few days later.

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