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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 · Sec. 707

Sec. 707. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT

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## SEC. 707 CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT **[**[50 U.S.C. 1881f](/us/usc/t50/s1881f)**]** ###
(a)Semiannual Report Not less frequently than once every 6 months, the Attorney General shall fully inform, in a manner consistent with national security, the congressional intelligence committees and the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives, consistent with the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Standing Rules of the Senate, and Senate Resolution 400 of the 94th Congress or any successor Senate resolution, concerning the implementation of this title. ###
(b)Content Each report under subsection
(a)shall include— ####
(1)with respect to section 702— #####
(A)any certifications submitted in accordance with section 702(h) during the reporting period; #####
(B)with respect to each determination under section 702(c)(2), the reasons for exercising the authority under such section; #####
(C)any directives issued under section 702(i) during the reporting period; #####
(D)a description of the judicial review during the reporting period of such certifications and targeting and minimization procedures adopted in accordance with subsections
(d)and
(e)of section 702 and utilized with respect to an acquisition under such section, including a copy of an order or pleading in connection with such review that contains a significant legal interpretation of the provisions of section 702; #####
(E)any actions taken to challenge or enforce a directive under paragraph
(4)or
(5)of section 702(i); #####
(F)any compliance reviews conducted by the Attorney General or the Director of National Intelligence of acquisitions authorized under section 702(a); #####
(G)a description of any incidents of noncompliance— ######
(i)with a directive issued by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence under section 702(i), including incidents of noncompliance by a specified person to whom the Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence issued a directive under section 702(i); and ######
(ii)by an element of the intelligence community with procedures and guidelines adopted in accordance with subsections (d), (e), (f)(1), and
(g)of section 702; and #####
(H)any procedures implementing section 702; ####
(2)with respect to section 703— #####
(A)the total number of applications made for orders under section 703(b); #####
(B)the total number of such orders— ######
(i)granted; ######
(ii)modified; and ######
(iii)denied; and #####
(C)the total number of emergency acquisitions authorized by the Attorney General under section 703(d) and the total number of subsequent orders approving or denying such acquisitions; and ####
(3)with respect to section 704— #####
(A)the total number of applications made for orders under section 704(b); #####
(B)the total number of such orders— ######
(i)granted; ######
(ii)modified; and ######
(iii)denied; and #####
(C)the total number of emergency acquisitions authorized by the Attorney General under section 704(d) and the total number of subsequent orders approving or denying such applications.
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