This vote recommendation urges members of the House to vote in favor of an amendment from Reps. Massie and Lofgren to the Dept. of Defense Appropriations Act of 2017 (H.R. 5293) which would: 1) prevent funds from being used to search information collected under Section 702 of FISA for U.S. person identifiers (such as a name or phone number of a U.S. person) unless a warrant is obtained, absent certain circumstances; and 2) prohibit the use of funds to require or request that companies, entities or U.S. persons weaken encryption in their products or services in order to facilitate government surveillance. This amendment would be a significant step toward protecting Americans’ digital privacy and security.
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