Sec. 2. Enhanced public reporting for orders under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
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Section 107 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1807 ) is amended to read as follows: In April of each year, the Attorney General shall transmit to the Administrative Office of the United States Court and to Congress a report setting forth with respect to the preceding calendar year— the total number of applications made for orders and extensions of orders approving electronic surveillance under this title; the total number of such orders and extensions either granted, modified, or denied; the total number of individuals who were subject to electronic surveillance conducted under an order entered under this title, provided that if this number is fewer than 500, it shall exclusively be expressed as a numerical range of fewer than 500 and shall not be expressed as an individual number; and the total number of citizens of the United States and aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) )) who were subject to electronic surveillance conducted under an order entered under this title, provided that if this number is fewer than 500, it shall exclusively be expressed as a numerical range of fewer than 500 and shall not be expressed as an individual number.
Each report required by this section shall be submitted in unclassified form and shall be made available to the public 7 days after the date such report is submitted to Congress. . Section 406 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1846 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Except as provided in paragraph (2), in April of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report setting forth with respect to the preceding year— the total number of applications made for orders approving the use of a pen register and trap and trace devices under this title; the total number of such orders either granted, modified, or denied; a good faith estimate of the total number of individual persons whose electronic or wire communications information was obtained through the use of pen register or trap and trace devices authorized under an order entered under this title; good faith estimates of the total numbers of United States persons— whose electronic or wire communications information was obtained through the use of pen register or trap and trace devices authorized under an order entered under this title; whose electronic communications information was obtained through the use of pen register or trap and trace devices authorized under an order entered under this title, and the number of such persons whose information was subsequently reviewed or accessed by a Federal officer, employee, or agent; and whose wire communications information was obtained through the use of pen register or trap and trace devices authorized under an order entered under this title, and the number of such persons whose information was subsequently reviewed or accessed by a Federal officer, employee, or agent; and the total number of computer-assisted search queries initiated by a Federal officer, employee, or agent in any database of electronic or wire communications information obtained through the use of a pen register or trap and trace device authorized under an order entered under this title, and the number of such queries whose search terms included information from the electronic or wire communications information of a United States person.
If an estimate specified in subparagraphs
(C)or
(D)of paragraph
(1)is fewer than 500, it shall exclusively be expressed as a numerical range of fewer than 500 and shall not be expressed as an individual number. Each report under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form and shall be made available to the public 7 days after the date such report is submitted to Congress. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize or in any other way affect the lawfulness or unlawfulness of installing or using a pen register or trap and trace device. In this subsection: The terms electronic communication and wire communication have the meanings given those terms in section 2510 of title 18, United States Code. The term individual person means any individual and excludes any group, entity, association, corporation, or governmental entity. The term United States person means a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20))). . Section 502 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1862 ) is amended— in subsection (b)(3), by adding at the end the following: Records concerning electronic communications. Records concerning wire communications. Information described in subparagraph (A), (B), (D), (E), or
(F)of section 2703(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code. ; and by amending subsection
(c)to read as follows: Except as provided in paragraph (2), in April of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report setting forth with respect to the preceding year— the total number of applications made for orders approving requests for the production of tangible things under section 501; the total number of such orders either granted, modified, or denied; a good faith estimate of the total number of individual persons whose tangible things were produced under an order entered under section 501; good faith estimates of the total numbers of United States persons— whose tangible things were produced under an order entered under section 501; who were a party to an electronic communication of which a record was produced under an order entered under section 501, and the number of such persons whose records were subsequently reviewed or accessed by a Federal officer, employee, or agent; who were a party to a wire communication of which a record was produced under an order entered under section 501, and the number of such persons whose records were subsequently reviewed or accessed by a Federal officer, employee, or agent; and who were subscribers or customers of an electronic communication service or remote computing service and whose records, as described in subparagraph (A), (B), (D), (E), or
(F)of section 2703(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code, were produced under an order entered under section 501, and the number of such persons whose records were subsequently reviewed by a Federal officer, employee, or agent; the total number of computer-assisted search queries initiated by a Federal officer, employee or agent in any database of tangible things produced under an order entered under section 501, and the number of such queries whose search terms included information from the electronic or wire communications contents or records of a United States person; and a certification confirming that in the course of the preceding year no orders entered under section 501 were used to obtain the contents of an electronic or wire communication. If an estimate described in subparagraph
(C)or
(D)of paragraph
(1)is fewer than 500, it shall exclusively be expressed as a numerical range of fewer than 500 and shall not be expressed as an individual number. Each report under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form and shall be made available to the public 7 days after the date such report is submitted to Congress. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize or in any other way affect the lawfulness or unlawfulness of using an order for the production of tangible things under section 501 to obtain any of the items described in subparagraphs
(A)through
(H)of subsection (b)(3). In this subsection: The terms contents , electronic communication , electronic communication service , and wire communication shall have the meanings given those terms in section 2510 of title 18, United States Code. The term individual person means any individual and excludes any group, entity, association, corporation, or governmental entity. The term remote computing service has the meaning given that term in section 2711 of title 18, United States Code. The term United States person means a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20))). . Section 707 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1881f ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In April of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report setting forth with respect to the preceding year— the total number of— directives issued under section 702; orders granted under section 703; and orders granted under section 704; good faith estimates of the total numbers of individual persons whose electronic or wire communications or communications records were collected pursuant to— a directive issued under section 702; an order granted under section 703; and an order granted under section 704; and good faith estimates of the total numbers of United States persons— whose electronic or wire communications contents or records were collected pursuant to— a directive issued under section 702; an order granted under section 703; and an order granted under section 704; who were a party to an electronic communication whose contents were collected pursuant to a directive issued under section 702, and the number of such persons whose communication contents were subsequently reviewed or accessed by a Federal officer, employee, or agent; who were a party to an electronic communication whose records (other than content) were collected pursuant to a directive issued under section 702, and the number of such persons whose communication records were subsequently reviewed or accessed by a Federal officer, employee, or agent; who were a party to a wire communication whose contents were collected pursuant to a directive issued under section 702, and the number of such persons whose communication contents were subsequently reviewed or accessed by a Federal officer, employee, or agent; who were a party to a electronic communication whose records (other than content) were collected pursuant to a directive issued under section 702, and the number of such persons whose communication records were subsequently reviewed or accessed by a Federal officer, employee, or agent; and who were subscribers or customers of an electronic communication service or remote computing service whose records, as described in subparagraphs (A), (B), (D), (E), and
(F)of section 2703(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code, were produced pursuant to a directive issued under section 702, and the number of such persons whose records were subsequently reviewed or accessed by a Federal officer, employee, or agent. If an estimate specified in subparagraphs
(B)or
(C)of paragraph
(1)is fewer than 500, it shall exclusively be expressed as a numerical range of fewer than 500 and shall not be expressed as an individual number. Each report under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form and shall be made available to the public 7 days after the date such report is submitted to Congress. In this subsection: The terms contents , electronic communication , electronic communication service , and wire communication have the same meanings given those terms in section 2510 of title 18, United States Code. The term individual person means any individual and excludes any group, entity, association, corporation, or governmental entity. The term remote computing service shall have the same meaning given that term in section 2711 of title 18, United States Code. The term United States person means a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20))). Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize or in any other way affect the lawfulness or unlawfulness of using an order or directive under section 702, 703, or 704 to collect any of the information described in subparagraph
(B)or
(C)of paragraph (1). . Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section shall be construed— to authorize the collection of any additional information, other than public demographic data, for the purpose of complying with the reporting requirements of this section; or to authorize an amount of additional appropriations to carry out this section that is more than the amount authorized for that purpose for fiscal year 2013.
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