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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 7888 (Engrossed in House) — To reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. · Sec. 12

Sec. 12. Adverse personnel actions for Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Section 603 is amended— by redesignating subsection
(e)as subsection (g); and by inserting the following new subsection: The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall annually submit to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, a report describing the accountability actions taken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the preceding 12-month period for noncompliant querying of information acquired under section 702 and any such actions taken pursuant to section 103(m), to include the number of ongoing personnel investigations, the outcome of any completed personnel investigations and any related adverse personnel actions taken. . The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall ensure that, as soon as practicable following the date of enactment of this Act, there are in effect measures for holding the executive leadership of each covered component appropriately accountable for ensuring compliance with covered procedures by the personnel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation assigned to that covered component. Such measures shall include a requirement for an annual evaluation of the executive leadership of each such covered component with respect to ensuring such compliance during the preceding year. Not later than December 31 of each calendar year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the implementation of paragraph (1). Each briefing under subparagraph
(A)shall include, with respect to the period covered by the briefing, the following: A description of specific measures under paragraph
(1)that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has implemented. A description of specific measures under such subsection that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has proposed to be implemented or modified, and the timeline for such proposed implementation or modification. A summary of compliance with covered procedures by the personnel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, disaggregated by covered component, and a description of any adverse personnel actions taken against, or other actions taken to ensure the appropriate accountability of, the executive leadership of covered components that underperformed with respect to ensuring such compliance. In this subsection: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional intelligence committees, as such term is defined in subsection
(b)of section 701 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1881 ) on the date of enactment of this Act; and the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The term covered component means a field office, Headquarters division, or other element of the Federal Bureau of Investigation with personnel who, for any period during which section 702 is in effect, have access to the unminimized contents of communications obtained through acquisitions authorized under section 702(a). The term covered procedure — means any procedure governing the use of authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. ); and includes querying procedures and minimization procedures adopted pursuant to such Act. The term executive leadership includes— with respect to a field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an Assistant Director in Charge or Special Agent in Charge of the field office; and with respect to a division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters, an Assistant Director of the division.
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