2015: Schweikert Voted Against Prohibiting The National Security Agency's Bulk Collection And Storage Of Telephone Metadata, Require NSA To Obtain Approval By The FISA Court To Examine Calling Records On A Case By Case Basis And Extend Certain PATRIOT Act Programs. In May 2015, Schweikert voted against the USA FREEDOM Act. According to Congressional Quarterly, the USA FREEDOM Act would have "modif[ied] domestic surveillance authorities by prohibiting the National Security Agency's bulk collection and storage of telephone metadata and ability to collect other bulk data. The measure would [have] require[d] the NSA to obtain approval from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to examine the calling records of individual target telephone numbers on a case-by-case basis, before the request for information is made to a phone company, and limit the associated calling records of a telephone number that may be examined to two 'hops' from the suspect's number - essentially codifying proposals made by the president in 2014. The bill also would [have] redefine[d] the type of information that may be subject to a search query under surveillance programs, impose additional surveillance oversight requirements, and extend[ed] until December 2019 the Patriot Act Section 215, roving wiretap and 'Lone Wolf' surveillance authorities." The vote was on the legislation. The House approved the bill by a vote of 338 to 88. The Senate passed the bill, which the president then signed into law. [House Vote 224, 5/13/15; Congressional Quarterly, 5/13/15; Congressional Actions, H.R. 2048]