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FISA Oversight Correction Act

H.R. 9026 · 116th Congress · Dec 18, 2020 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide clarification of the notice requirement for use of information.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “FISA Oversight Correction Act”.

Sec. 2 Clarification of notice requirement for use of information

(a)
Title I— Section 106(f) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1806(f)) is amended by striking “only where such disclosure is necessary to make an accurate determination of the legality of the surveillance” and inserting “if such disclosure would likely promote a more accurate determination of the legality of the surveillance”.
(b)
Title III— Section 305(g) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1825(g)) is amended by striking “only where such disclosure is necessary to make an accurate determination of the legality of the physical search” and inserting “if such disclosure would likely promote a more accurate determination of the legality of the physical search”.
(c)
Title IV— Section 405(f)(2) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1845(f)) is amended by striking “only where such disclosure is necessary to make an accurate determination of the legality of the use of the pen register or trap and trace device, as the case may be” and inserting “if such disclosure would likely promote a more accurate determination of the legality of the use of the pen register or trap and trace device, as the case may be”.