Sec. 3. Public availability of significant opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
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Section 601 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1871 ) is amended— in subsection (c)— in the heading, by striking and inserting Submissions to Congress ; and Submissions to Congress and public availability of certain opinions in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by striking The Attorney General and inserting Subject to subsection (d), the Attorney General ; and by inserting and make publicly available after in subsection
(a); and in subsection (d)— by striking and inserting the following: Protection of National Security.— The Attorney General Protection of National Security.— The Attorney General ; in paragraph (1), as designated under subparagraph (A), by inserting and made publicly available after in subsection
(a); and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, may waive the requirement to make a decision, order, or opinion described in subsection
(c)publicly available under such subsection if the Attorney General determines the public disclosure of such decision, order, or opinion (including public disclosure in redacted form) would cause harm to the national security of the United States. The Attorney General shall quarterly make publicly available an estimate of the number of decisions, orders, or opinions for which the Attorney General waived under subparagraph
(A)the requirement under subsection
(c)to make such decisions, orders, or opinions publicly available and the reasons for waiving such requirement. .
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Public availability of significant opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
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