[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3881 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3881
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide
for more transparency of the programs carried out under that Act.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 15, 2014
Mr. Carney (for himself, Ms. Hanabusa, and Mr. Connolly) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary,
and in addition to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent
Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide
for more transparency of the programs carried out under that Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Expansion of National Security
Agency Oversight Act''.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES IN CERTAIN REPORTS UNDER THE
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978.
(a) Physical Searches.--
(1) Definitions.--Section 301 of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1821) is amended--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)
as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following
new paragraph:
``(2) `Appropriate congressional committees' means--
``(A) the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence, the Committee on the Judiciary, the
Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
``(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the
Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Armed
Services, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate.''.
(2) Reports.--Section 306 of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1826) is amended by
striking ``the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of
the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary
of the Senate,'' and inserting ``the appropriate congressional
committees''.
(b) Pen Register and Trap and Trace Devices.--
(1) Definitions.--Section 401 of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1841) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) The term `appropriate congressional committees' has
the meaning given the term in section 301.''.
(2) Reports.--Section 406 of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1846) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ``the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives and the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate, and the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate,'' and
inserting ``the appropriate congressional committees'';
and
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ``the committees
referred to in subsection (a) and to the Committees on
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the
Senate'' and inserting ``the appropriate congressional
committees''.
(c) Access to Certain Business Records.--Section 502 of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1862) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and
the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the
Judiciary of the Senate'' and inserting ``the appropriate
congressional committees'';
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``the House and Senate
Committees on the Judiciary and the House Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence'' and inserting ``the appropriate congressional
committees''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d) In this section, the term `appropriate congressional
committees' has the meaning given the term in section 301.''.
(d) General Oversight.--Section 601 of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1871) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the
Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and
the Senate'' and inserting ``the appropriate congressional
committees'';
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``the committees of
Congress referred to in subsection (a)'' and inserting ``the
appropriate congressional committees'';
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ``the committees of
Congress referred to in subsection (a)'' and inserting ``the
appropriate congressional committees''; and
(4) in subsection (e)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so
redesignated) the following new paragraph:
``(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
`appropriate congressional committees' has the meaning given
the term in section 301.''.
(e) Additional Procedures Regarding Certain Persons Outside the
United States.--
(1) Definitions.--Section 701(b) of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881(b)) is
amended--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as
paragraphs (2) through (6), respectively; and
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2) the following
new paragraph:
``(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
`appropriate congressional committees' has the meaning given
the term in section 301.''.
(2) Reports.--Section 707(a) of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881f(a)) is amended by
striking ``the congressional intelligence committees and the
Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of
Representatives'' and inserting ``the appropriate congressional
committees''.
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