Sec. 107. ENHANCED OVERSIGHT OF GOOD-FAITH EMERGENCY DISCLOSURES UNDER SECTION 212 OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT

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## SEC. 107 ENHANCED OVERSIGHT OF GOOD-FAITH EMERGENCY DISCLOSURES UNDER SECTION 212 OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT ###

(a)Enhanced Oversight Section 2702 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: > > ### “(d) Reporting of Emergency Disclosures > > On an annual basis, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report containing— > > > #### “(1) > > the number of accounts from which the Department of Justice has received voluntary disclosures under subsection (b)(8); and > > > #### “(2) > > a summary of the basis for disclosure in those instances where— > > > ##### “(A) > > voluntary disclosures under subsection (b)(8) were made to the Department of Justice; and > > > ##### “(B) > > the investigation pertaining to those disclosures was closed without the filing of criminal charges.” > . ###

(b)Technical Amendments to Conform Communications and Customer Records Exceptions ####

(1)Voluntary disclosures Section 2702 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— #####

(A)in subsection (b)(8), by striking “Federal, State, or local”; and #####

(B)by striking paragraph

(4)of subsection

(c)and inserting the following: > > #### “(4) > > to a governmental entity, if the provider, in good faith, believes that an emergency involving danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure without delay of information relating to the emergency;” > . ####

(2)Definitions Section 2711 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— #####

(A)in paragraph (2), by striking “and” at the end; #####

(B)in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and #####

(C)by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(4) > > the term ‘**governmental entity**’ means a department or agency of the United States or any State or political subdivision thereof.” > . ###

(c)Additional Exception Section 2702(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting “or (c)” after “Except as provided in subsection (b)”.