Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Expansion of National Security Agency Oversight Act”.
Expansion of National Security Agency Oversight Act
A BILL
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide for more transparency of the programs carried out under that Act.
Sec. 2 Inclusion of additional committees in certain reports under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
Physical searches—
Definitions— Section 301 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1821) is amended—
by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and
by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:
“(2) “Appropriate congressional committees” means—
“(A) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
“(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.”
Reports— Section 306 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1826) is amended by striking “the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate,” and inserting “the appropriate congressional committees”.
Pen register and trap and trace devices—
Definitions— Section 401 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1841) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(4) The term “appropriate congressional committees” has the meaning given the term in section 301.”
Reports— Section 406 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1846) is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking “the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate,” and inserting “the appropriate congressional committees”; and
in subsection (b), by striking “the committees referred to in subsection (a) and to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate” and inserting “the appropriate congressional committees”.
Access to certain business records— Section 502 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1862) is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking “the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate” and inserting “the appropriate congressional committees”;
in subsection (b), by striking “the House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence” and inserting “the appropriate congressional committees”; and
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(d) In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” has the meaning given the term in section 301.”
General oversight— Section 601 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1871) is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking “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” and inserting “the appropriate congressional committees”;
in subsection (c), by striking “the committees of Congress referred to in subsection (a)” and inserting “the appropriate congressional committees”;
in subsection (d), by striking “the committees of Congress referred to in subsection (a)” and inserting “the appropriate congressional committees”; and
in subsection (e)—
by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and
by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following new paragraph:
“(1) Appropriate congressional committees—The term “appropriate congressional committees” has the meaning given the term in section 301.”
Additional procedures regarding certain persons outside the United States—
Definitions— Section 701(b) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881(b)) is amended—
by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (6), respectively; and
by inserting before paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:
“(1) Appropriate congressional committees—The term “appropriate congressional committees” has the meaning given the term in section 301.”
Reports— Section 707(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881f(a)) is amended by striking “the congressional intelligence committees and the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives” and inserting “the appropriate congressional committees”.