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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 · Sec. 118

Sec. 118. REPORTS ON NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS

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## SEC. 118 REPORTS ON NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS **[**[18 U.S.C. 3511 note](/us/usc/t18/s3511)**]** ###
(a)Existing Reports Any report made to a committee of Congress regarding national security letters under section 2709(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, section 626(d) or 627(c) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681u(d) or 1681v(c)), section 1114(a)(3) or 1114(a)(5)(D) of the Right to Financial Privacy Act (12 U.S.C. 3414(a)(3) or 3414(a)(5)(D)), or section 802(b) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 436(b)) shall also be made to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate. ###
(b)Enhanced Oversight of Fair Credit Reporting Act Counterterrorism National Security Letter **[**[15 U.S.C. 1681v](/us/usc/t15/s1681v)**]** Section 627 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681(v)) is amended by inserting at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(f) Reports to Congress > > > ####
(1)> > On a semi-annual basis, the Attorney General shall fully inform the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Financial Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate concerning all requests made pursuant to subsection (a). > > > #### “(2) > > In the case of the semiannual reports required to be submitted under paragraph
(1)to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the submittal dates for such reports shall be as provided in section 507 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 415b).” > . ###
(c)Report on Requests for National Security Letters ####
(1)In general In April of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress an aggregate report setting forth with respect to the preceding year the total number of requests made by the Department of Justice for information concerning different persons under— #####
(A)section 2709 of title 18, United States Code (to access certain communication service provider records); #####
(B)section 1114 of the Right to Financial Privacy Act (12 U.S.C. 3414) (to obtain financial institution customer records); #####
(C)section 802 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 436) (to obtain financial information, records, and consumer reports); #####
(D)section 626 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681u) (to obtain certain financial information and consumer reports); and #####
(E)section 627 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681v) (to obtain credit agency consumer records for counterterrorism investigations). ####
(2)Content #####
(A)In general Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each report required under this subsection shall include a good faith estimate of the total number of requests described in paragraph
(1)requiring disclosure of information concerning— ######
(i)United States persons; and ######
(ii)persons who are not United States persons. #####
(B)Exception With respect to the number of requests for subscriber information under section 2709 of title 18, United States Code, a report required under this subsection need not separate the number of requests into each of the categories described in subparagraph (A). ####
(3)Unclassified form The report under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form. ###
(d)National Security Letter Defined In this section, the term “**national security letter**” means a request for information under one of the following provisions of law: ####
(1)Section 2709(a) of title 18, United States Code (to access certain communication service provider records). ####
(2)Section 1114(a)(5)(A) of the Right to Financial Privacy Act (12 U.S.C. 3414(a)(5)(A)) (to obtain financial institution customer records). ####
(3)Section 802 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 436) (to obtain financial information, records, and consumer reports). ####
(4)Section 626 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681u) (to obtain certain financial information and consumer reports). ####
(5)Section 627 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681v) (to obtain credit agency consumer records for counterterrorism investigations).
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Sec. 118
REPORTS ON NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS
U.S.C.§ 3511
U.S.C.§ 1681u
U.S.C.§ 3414
U.S.C.§ 436
U.S.C.§ 1681v
U.S.C.§ 1681
U.S.C.§ 415b
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