Typical legislative sleight-of-hand - welcome to the sausage factory.
Further developments will probably reveal that the new law enshrines the status quo.
http://www.wral.com/house-poised-to-pass-curbs-on-nsa-survei...
"NSA officials were pleased with the bill for another reason: The new arrangement will give them access to mobile calling records they did not have under the old program."