• Scott (VA): An amendment to the bill's auditing and reporting requirements. The current standard is that acquisition must be with the "significant purpose" of gathering foreign intelligence. The amendment seeks to obtain information about what additional purposes for which the government may be collecting.

Update: The New York Times reports on the passage here.

The legislation is expected to be approved by the full House. The Senate has yet to consider a companion bill, though administration officials — as well as some civil liberties and intelligence experts — say the White House may have more allies there.

Civil liberties advocates praised the House version for not providing immunity to the companies and for increasing judicial oversight of the surveillance program. But they also expressed concern over permitting the security agency to monitor groups of people without obtaining warrants for each individual.

The Associated Press reports on the upcoming showdown:

President Bush said that he will not sign the bill if it does not give retroactive immunity to U.S. telecommunications companies that helped conduct electronic surveillance without court orders.