S. 2248: An original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes. S. 2248: FISA Amendments Act of 2008 Select Committee on Intelligence. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Rockefeller. With written report No. 110-209. Additional and Minority views filed. 2007-10-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 453. 2007-10-26 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. 2007-10-31 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary pursuant to section 3(b) of S.Res. 400, 94th Congres, as amended by S.Res. 445, 108th Congress, for a period not to exceed 10 days of session. 2007-11-01 Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. 2007-11-15 Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. 2007-11-16 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. 2007-11-16 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512. 2007-11-16 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. 2007-12-14 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. 2007-12-14 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. 2007-12-14 Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. 2007-12-17 Cloture on the motion to proceed invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 76 - 10. Record Vote Number: 435. 2007-12-17 Measure laid before Senate by motion. 2007-12-17 By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 110-258. Additional and Minority views filed. 2008-01-22 Considered by Senate. 2008-01-23 The committee substitute was modified by Unanimous Consent. 2008-01-23 Considered by Senate. 2008-01-24 Motion to table the committee substitute, as modified, agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 60 - 36. Record Vote Number: 2. 2008-01-24 Considered by Senate. 2008-01-25 Considered by Senate. 2008-01-28 Considered by Senate. 2008-01-31 Considered by Senate. (CR S564-575, S575-580) 2008-02-04 Considered by Senate. 2008-02-05 Considered by Senate. 2008-02-06 Considered by Senate. 2008-02-07 Considered by Senate. 2008-02-08 Cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate. 2008-02-08 Considered by Senate. 2008-02-11 Considered by Senate. 2008-02-12 The bill was read the third time. 2008-02-12 Cloture on the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 69 - 29. Record Vote Number: 19. 2008-02-12 pass Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 68 - 29. Record Vote Number: 20. 2008-02-12 Senate incorporated this measure in H.R.3773 as an amendment. 2008-02-12 Senate vitiated previous passage. 2008-02-12 Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 512. 2008-02-12 See also H.R.3773. 2008-02-12 S. 2248: FISA Amendments Act of 2008 s S. 2248: FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (110th Congress) An original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes. 2007-10-26 110 2007-10-26 2248 vote SenateBill LegislativeAction VoteAction OfficialTitle