In January, President Obama called for an end to the NSAs bulk phone record collection. On Tuesday, the Justice Department and the intelligence community presented Obama with a bill that would shift bulk data collection by the NSA to phone companies. The proposal comes in a few days earlier than the deadline of this Friday, March 28, that Obama had set back in January. The deadline coincides with the current Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) order, which authorizes the collection program, is set to expire on March 28.”]
Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/03/25/obama-to-unveil-plan-to-end-nsa-bulk-data-collection/