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Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Enhancement Act

H.R. 4499 · 113th Congress · Apr 28, 2014 · Lineage

A BILL

To require reports submitted to Congress under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to also be submitted to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Enhancement Act”.

Sec. 2 Submission of reports under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

(a)
References— Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
(b)
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court rules— Section 103(g)(2) (50 U.S.C. 1803(g)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(H) The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.”

(c)
Report of electronic surveillance— Section 107 (50 U.S.C. 1807) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking “Administrative Office of the United States Court and to Congress” and inserting “Administrative Office of the United States Court, Congress, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board”.
(d)
Oversight of electronic surveillance— Section 108 (50 U.S.C. 1808) is amended—
(1)
in the heading, by striking “Congressional”; and
(2)
in subsection (a)(1), by striking “the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate,” and inserting “the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board”.
(e)
Oversight of physical searches— Section 306 (50 U.S.C. 1826) is amended—
(1)
in the heading, by striking “Congressional”; and
(2)
in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
(A)
in the first sentence, 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 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board”; and
(B)
in the second sentence, by striking “those committees and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives” and inserting “those committees and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board”.
(f)
Oversight of pen registers and trap and trace devices— Section 406 (50 U.S.C. 1846) is amended—
(1)
in the heading, by striking “Congressional”;
(2)
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 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board”; and
(3)
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 committees referred to in subsection (a) and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board”.
(g)
Oversight of production of certain business records— Section 502 (50 U.S.C. 1862) is amended—
(1)
in the heading, by striking “Congressional”;
(2)
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 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board”; and
(3)
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 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board”.
(h)
Semiannual report of the attorney general— Section 601 (50 U.S.C. 1871) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a), by striking “and the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate,” and inserting “the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board”;
(2)
in subsection (c), by inserting “and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board” after “subsection (a)”; and
(3)
in subsection (d), by inserting “and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board” after “subsection (a)”.
(i)
Procedures for targeting certain persons outside the United States other than United States persons— Section 702(l) (50 U.S.C. 1881a(l)) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
(B)
in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(C) the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.”

(2)
in paragraph (2)(D)—
(A)
in clause (ii), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
(B)
in clause (iii)(II), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following new clause:

“(iv) the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.”

(3)
in paragraph (3)(C)—
(A)
in clause (iii), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
(B)
in clause (iv)(II), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following new clause:

“(v) the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.”

(j)
Oversight of procedures for targeting certain persons outside the United States other than United States persons— Section 707(a) (50 U.S.C. 1881f(a)) is amended—
(1)
in the heading, by striking “Congressional”; and
(2)
by inserting “and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board” before “concerning the implementation of this title”.