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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 2761 (Introduced in House) — To require Presidential appointment and Senate confirmation of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges. · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Presidential appointment and Senate confirmation of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges

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Section 103 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1803 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1)— in the first sentence, by striking The Chief Justice of the United States and inserting ; and The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
(A)by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall publicly designate a judge designated under subparagraph
(A)to serve as the presiding judge of the court established under such subparagraph. ; in subsection (b), by striking The Chief Justice and inserting The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, ; and in subsection (c), by striking the Chief Justice in consultation with . Notwithstanding the amendments by subsection (a), each judge serving on a court established under subsection
(a)or subsection
(b)of section 103 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1803 ) on the date of the enactment of this Act may complete the term of such judge on such court.
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