legislation: 97-s-1860
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| 97-s-1860 | 97 | s | 1860 | Foreign Surveillance Prevention Act of 1981 | International Affairs | 1981-11-18 | 1981-11-18 | Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | Foreign Surveillance Prevention Act of 1981 - Directs the President to take specified actions if the President has reason to believe that a person with diplomatic immunity is engaging in electronic surveillance in the United States for a foreign power. Requires the President to inform Congress of the suspected electronic surveillance. Directs the President, unless it would compromise U.S. intelligence gathering, to: (1) inform the persons reasonably believed to be targets of such surveillance; (2) inform the representative of the foreign power and demand that the surveillance end; and (3) declare the person doing the surveillance, if the surveillance does not end within a specified time, to be person non grata in the United States and demand that such person leave the country. | 2025-08-29T19:51:23Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/senate-bill/1860 |