Don‘t get too excited, though: This bill, like similar efforts aimed at bringing the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act into the 21st century, wouldn‘t mess with the NSA‘s unconstitutional surveillance programs. Lofgren‘s bill, Sen. Leahy‘s Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015, and a similar bill brought by Reps. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and Kevin Yoder (R-Ky.) provide loopholes for what the federal government calls „foreign“ intelligence surveillance. In other words, NSA/FBI programs like PRISM wouldn‘t be affected if these important bills were signed into law.