Fourth Amendment Restoration Act

This bill would repeal the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, ending those special surveillance authorities. It says federal officers must get a warrant from a federal court before they surveil a U.S. citizen, search property used only by a U.S. citizen, use a pen register or trap-and-trace device to get foreign‑intelligence information, demand records to get foreign‑intelligence information, or target a U.S. citizen for foreign‑intelligence collection.

Information about a U.S. citizen that was gathered under Executive Order 12333, or picked up while surveilling a non‑U.S. citizen, could not be used as evidence against that citizen or to start or support an investigation. The bill also creates crimes for doing this surveillance (or using/disclosing information from it) without proper legal authorization. Penalties include a fine of up to $10,000 or at least five years in prison, with a defense if an officer acted under a valid court order.

• Who is affected: U.S. citizens, and federal officers and investigators who conduct surveillance.
• What changes: Repeals the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; requires warrants for several types of surveillance and searches involving U.S. citizens; blocks use of certain intelligence information against U.S. citizens; adds criminal penalties for violations .