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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 1631 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To consolidate the congressional oversight provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and for ot... · Sec. 11

Sec. 11. Periodic review of intelligence community procedures for the acquisition, retention, and dissemination of intelligence

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Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq. ), as amended by section 10, is further amended by adding at the end the following: In this section, the term head of an element of the intelligence community means, as appropriate— the head of an element of the intelligence community; or the head of the department or agency containing such element. Each head of an element of the intelligence community that has not obtained the approval of the Attorney General for the procedures, in their entirety, required by section 2.3 of Executive Order 12333 (50 U.S.C. 3001 note) within 5 years prior to the date of the enactment of the FISA Improvements Act of 2013 , shall initiate, not later than 180 days after such date of enactment, a review of the procedures for such element, in accordance with paragraph (3).
Not less frequently than once every 5 years, each head of an element of the intelligence community shall conduct a review of the procedures approved by the Attorney General for such element that are required by section 2.3 of Executive Order 12333 ( 50 U.S.C. 3001 note), or any successor order, in accordance with paragraph (3). In coordination with the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General, the head of an element of the intelligence community required to perform a review under paragraphs
(1)or
(2)shall— review existing procedures for such element that are required by section 2.3 of Executive Order 12333 ( 50 U.S.C. 3001 note), or any successor order, to assess whether— advances in communications or other technologies since the time the procedures were most recently approved by the Attorney General have affected the privacy protections that the procedures afford to United States persons, to include the protections afforded to United States persons whose nonpublic communications are incidentally acquired by an element of the intelligence community; or aspects of the existing procedures impair the acquisition, retention, or dissemination of timely, accurate, and insightful information about the activities, capabilities, plans, and intentions of foreign powers, organization, and persons, and their agents; and propose any modifications to existing procedures for such element in order to— clarify the guidance such procedures afford to officials responsible for the acquisition, retention, and dissemination of intelligence; eliminate unnecessary impediments to the acquisition, retention, and dissemination of intelligence; or ensure appropriate protections for the privacy of United States persons and persons located inside the United States. The Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General shall notify the congressional intelligence committees following the completion of each review required under this section. Upon the implementation of any modifications to procedures required by section 2.3 of Executive Order 12333 (50 U.S.C. 3001 note), or any successor order, the head of the element of the intelligence community to which the modified procedures apply shall promptly provide a copy of the modified procedures to the congressional intelligence committees. . The table of sections in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended by section 10, is further amended by adding after the section relating to section 509 the following: Sec. 510. Periodic review of intelligence community procedures for the acquisition, retention, and dissemination of intelligence. .
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