Sec. 2. Designation 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(a) ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following new paragraph: There is established a court which shall have jurisdiction to hear applications for and grant orders approving electronic surveillance anywhere within the United States under the procedures set forth in this Act. The court established under paragraph
(1)shall consist of 11 publicly designated district court judges, of whom— 2 judges shall be designated by the President; 1 judge shall be designated by a majority of the Supreme Court; 2 judges shall be designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; 2 judges shall be designated by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; 2 judges shall be designated by the majority leader of the Senate; and 2 judges shall be designated by the minority leader of the Senate. No judge designated under this subsection (except when sitting en banc under paragraph (2)) shall hear the same application for electronic surveillance under this Act which has been denied previously by another judge designated under this subsection. If any judge so designated denies an application for an order authorizing electronic surveillance under this Act, such judge shall provide immediately for the record a written statement of each reason for his decision and, on motion of the United States, the record shall be transmitted, under seal, to the court of review established in subsection (b). ; and in subsection (b), by striking The Chief Justice and inserting A majority of the Supreme Court .
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