,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #giaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ca1 #bjbj,mr4 
,heck 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1   
,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 and ,ms4      
,norton7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,permanent    
,select ,committee on ,intelligence1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the use of the  
intelligence community to investigate or
 conduct surveillance on individuals in 
the ,united ,states who are involved in 
protest activities protected under the  
,first ,amendment1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,restrictions on    
,intelligence ,assets in ,protests ,act4
  #b4 ,prohibitions on use of certain   
,federal assets in investigating or     

conducting surveillance of persons      
involved in protest activities  7a7     
,prohibition on use of intelligence     
community for certain domestic purposes 
7#a7 ,prohibition ,except as provided by
 paragraph 7#b71 no asset of the        
intelligence community may be used to   
support ,federal1 ,state1 or local law  
enforcement in investigating or         
conducting surveillance of individuals  
in the ,united ,states who are involved 
in protest activities that are protected
 under the ,first ,amendment to the     
,constitution4  7#b7 ,exception ,the    
prohibition in paragraph 7#a7 shall not 
apply to any of the following activities
 conducted by an element of the         
intelligence community3 7,a7 ,an        
investigation of an individual by the   
,federal ,bureau of ,investigation that 
is not conducted solely upon the basis  
of protest activities that are protected
 by the ,first ,amendment to the        
,constitution4  7,b7 ,members of the    
,national ,guard who are-- 7i7 assigned 

to a unit that includes an element of   
the intelligence community2 and  7ii7   
performing active service4  7,c7        
,subject to subsection 7c71 activities  
conducted in support of the ,armed      
,forces pursuant to chapter #ac of title
 #aj1 ,united ,states ,code 7commonly   
known as the ,insurrection ,act74  7b7  
,prohibition on use of ,federal law     
enforcement agencies outside scope of   
agency  7#a7 ,prohibition ,except as    
provided by paragraph 7#b71 no asset of 
any ,federal law enforcement agency may 
be used to support another ,federal law 
enforcement agency or a ,state or local 
law enforcement agency in investigating 
or conducting surveillance of           
individuals in the ,united ,states who  
are involved in protest activities that 
are protected under the ,first          
,amendment to the ,constitution if such 
support is beyond the mission1 scope1 or
 purpose of such ,federal law           
enforcement agency4  7#b7 ,exception    
,the prohibition in paragraph 7#a7 shall

 not apply to the ,federal ,bureau of   
,investigation4  7c7 ,notification of   
activities under ,insurrection ,act ,if 
any asset of the intelligence community 
is used to support the ,armed ,forces   
pursuant to chapter #ac of title #aj1   
,united ,states ,code1 in investigating 
or conducting surveillance of           
individuals in the ,united ,states who  
are involved in protest activities that 
are protected under the ,first          
,amendment to the ,constitution1 the    
,director of ,national ,intelligence    
shall notify ,congress of the support by
 not later than one year after the date 
on which the support is first provided4 
,such notification shall include a      
description of the assets of the        
intelligence community used to provide  
the support1 including with respect to  
elements of the intelligence community  
that are part of the ,department of     
,defense4  7d7 ,report ,not later than  
one year after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,director of         

,national ,intelligence shall submit to 
,congress a report detailing the use of 
any asset of the intelligence community 
in the ,united ,states to support       
,federal1 ,state1 or local law          
enforcement1 or members of the ,national
 ,guard performing active service1 to   
address the protests in ,minneapolis1   
,minnesota1 and throughout the ,united  
,states occurring after the death of    
,george ,floyd4  7e7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3 7#a7 ,the term active     
service has the meaning given that term 
in section #aja of title #aj1 ,united   
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,the term asset of 
the intelligence community means any    
employee1 equipment1 funds1 product1 or 
service of the intelligence community4  
7#c7 ,the term intelligence community   
has the meaning given that term in      
section #c7d7 of the ,national ,security
 ,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjc7d774