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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 · Sec. 109

Sec. 109. ENHANCED CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT

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## SEC. 109 ENHANCED CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT ###
(a)Emergency Physical Searches Section 306 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1826) is amended— ####
(1)in the first sentence, by inserting “, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate,” after “the Senate”; ####
(2)in the second sentence, by striking “and the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate” and inserting “and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives”; ####
(3)in paragraph (2), by striking “and” at the end; ####
(4)in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and ####
(5)by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(4) > > the total number of emergency physical searches authorized by the Attorney General under section 304(e) and the total number of subsequent orders approving or denying such physical searches.” > . ###
(b)Emergency Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices Section 406(b) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1846(b)) is amended— ####
(1)in paragraph (1), by striking “and” at the end; ####
(2)in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and ####
(3)by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(3) > > the total number of pen registers and trap and trace devices whose installation and use was authorized by the Attorney General on an emergency basis under section 403, and the total number of subsequent orders approving or denying the installation and use of such pen registers and trap and trace devices.” > . ###
(c)Additional Report **[**[8 U.S.C. 1107](/us/usc/t8/s1107)**]** At the beginning and midpoint of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, a written report providing a description of internal affairs operations at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, including the general state of such operations and a detailed description of investigations that are being conducted (or that were conducted during the previous six months) and the resources devoted to such investigations. The first such report shall be submitted not later than April 1, 2006. ###
(d)Rules and Procedures for FISA Courts Section 103 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803) is amended by adding at the end the following: > > ### “(f) > > > ####
(1)> > The courts established pursuant to subsections
(a)and
(b)may establish such rules and procedures, and take such actions, as are reasonably necessary to administer their responsibilities under this Act. > > > #### “(2) > > The rules and procedures established under paragraph (1), and any modifications of such rules and procedures, shall be recorded, and shall be transmitted to the following: > > > ##### “(A) > > All of the judges on the court established pursuant to subsection (a). > > > ##### “(B) > > All of the judges on the court of review established pursuant to subsection (b). > > > ##### “(C) > > The Chief Justice of the United States. > > > ##### “(D) > > The Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. > > > ##### “(E) > > The Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. > > > ##### “(F) > > The Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. > > > ##### “(G) > > The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. > > > #### “(3) > > The transmissions required by paragraph
(2)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.” > .
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