Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013”.
Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013
A BILL
To allow entities required to comply with orders or directives under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to publicly report every 90 days certain aggregate information related to the compliance with such orders or directives.
Sec. 2 Disclosure of certain aggregate information related to orders under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
Disclosures— The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new title:
“IX Disclosure of certain aggregate information
“901. Disclosure of certain aggregate information
“Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each entity required to comply with an order or directive under this Act may, every 90 days with respect to the preceding 90-day period, make publicly available the following information:
“(1) The aggregate number of orders or directives under this Act with which such entity was required to comply.
“(2) A general description of the types of assistance, information, or tangible things such entity was required to provide pursuant to such orders or directives.
“(3) The aggregate number of each type of assistance, information, or tangible things such entity was required to provide pursuant to such orders or directives.
“(4) The aggregate number of user accounts with respect to which such entity was required to provide assistance, information, or tangible things pursuant to such orders or directives.”
Table of contents amendment— The table of contents in the first section of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new items: