Sec. 601. SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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## SEC. 601 SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL **[**[50 U.S.C. 1871](/us/usc/t50/s1871)**]** ###
(a)Report On a semiannual basis, the Attorney General shall submit to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, in a manner consistent with the protection of the national security, a report setting forth with respect to the preceding 6-month period— #### (1)12 the aggregate number of persons targeted for orders issued under this Act, including a breakdown of those targeted for— 12Effective April 30, 2026, subsection (a)(1) shall read as it read on July 9, 2008 pursuant to section 403(b)(2)(B) of Public Law 110–261 (122 Stat. 2474), as amended. See section 403(b)(2)(B) of such Public Law set out in a note after title VII. Paragraph
(1)of subsection
(a)prior to the enactment of such Public Law reads as follows:
(1)the aggregate number of persons targeted for orders issued under this Act, including a breakdown of those targeted for—
(A)electronic surveillance under section 105;
(B)physical searches under section 304;
(C)pen registers under section 402; and
(D)access to records under section 501; #####
(A)electronic surveillance under section 105; #####
(B)physical searches under section 304; #####
(C)pen registers under section 402; #####
(D)access to records under section 501; #####
(E)acquisitions under section 703; and #####
(F)acquisitions under section 704; ####
(2)the number of individuals covered by an order issued pursuant to section 101(b)(1)(C); ####
(3)the number of times that the Attorney General has authorized that information obtained under this Act may be used in a criminal proceeding or any information derived therefrom may be used in a criminal proceeding; ####
(4)a summary of significant legal interpretations of this Act involving matters before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, including interpretations presented in applications or pleadings filed with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review by the Department of Justice; and ####
(5)copies of all decisions, orders, or opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review that include significant construction or interpretation of the provisions of this Act. ###
(b)Frequency The first report under this section shall be submitted not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this section. Subsequent reports under this section shall be submitted semi-annually thereafter. ###
(c)Submissions to Congress The Attorney General shall submit to the committees of Congress referred to in subsection (a)— ####
(1)not later than 45 days after the date on which the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review issues a decision, order, or opinion, including any denial or modification of an application under this Act, that includes significant construction or interpretation of any provision of law or results in a change of application of any provision of this Act or a novel application of any provision of this Act, a copy of such decision, order, or opinion and any pleadings, applications, or memoranda of law associated with such decision, order, or opinion; ####
(2)a copy of each such decision, order, or opinion, and any pleadings, applications, or memoranda of law associated with such decision, order, or opinion, that was issued during the 5-year period ending on the date of the enactment of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 and not previously submitted in a report under subsection (a); ####
(3)for any hearing, oral argument, or other proceeding before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review for which a court reporter produces a transcript, not later than 45 days after the government receives the final transcript or the date on which the matter of the hearing, oral argument, or other proceeding is resolved, whichever is later, a notice of the existence of such transcript. Not later than three business days after a committee referred to in subsection
(a)requests to review an existing transcript, the Attorney General shall facilitate such request; and ####
(4)a copy of each declassified document that has undergone review under section 602. ###
(d)Protection of National Security The Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, may authorize redactions of materials described in subsection
(c)that are provided to the committees of Congress referred to in subsection (a), if such redactions are necessary to protect the national security of the United States and are limited to sensitive sources and methods information or the identities of targets. ###
(e)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)Foreign intelligence surveillance court The term “**Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court**” means the court established under section 103(a). ####
(2)Foreign intelligence surveillance court of review The term “**Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review**” means the court established under section 103(b).
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Sec. 601
SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-261
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