▁as ▁well ▁as ▁other ▁legisl ative ▁propos als . ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Congress man ▁Jim ▁S ensen br en ner , ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁Patri ot ▁Act , ▁introduced ▁a ▁proposal ▁to ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Representatives ▁called ▁the ▁USA ▁Fre edom ▁Act ▁to ▁end ▁the ▁bulk ▁collection ▁of ▁Americans ' ▁metadata ▁and ▁reform ▁the ▁Foreign ▁Int elligence ▁Sur ve ill ance ▁Act ▁( F IS A ) ▁court . ▁Sen ators ▁introduced ▁two ▁different ▁reform ▁propos als . ▁One , ▁the ▁USA ▁Fre edom ▁Act ▁( H . R . ▁ 3 3 6 1 / ▁S . ▁ 1 5 9 9 ), ▁would ▁effectively ▁halt ▁“ bul k ” ▁records ▁collection ▁under ▁the ▁USA ▁Patri ot ▁Act , ▁while ▁it ▁also ▁would ▁require ▁a ▁war rant ▁to ▁deliber ately ▁search ▁for ▁the ▁e - mail ▁and ▁phone ▁call ▁content ▁of ▁Americans ▁that ▁is ▁collected ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁surve ill ance ▁program ▁target ing ▁foreign ers ▁located ▁over se as . ▁Another ▁proposal ▁is ▁the ▁F IS A ▁Im prov ements ▁Act ▁that ▁would ▁preserve ▁the ▁program ▁while ▁strength ening ▁priv acy ▁prote ctions . ▁It ▁would ▁also ▁cod ifying ▁the ▁requirement ▁that ▁anal yst s ▁have ▁a ▁“ reason able ▁art icul able ▁susp icion ” ▁that ▁a ▁phone ▁number ▁is ▁associated ▁with ▁terror ism ▁to ▁query ▁the ▁NS A ▁phone ▁records ▁database ; ▁requiring ▁that ▁the ▁F IS A ▁court ▁prompt ly ▁review ▁each ▁such ▁determ ination ; ▁and ▁limit ing ▁the ▁ret