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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3882 

To require the Comptroller General to produce annual reports on programs 

under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 15, 2014 

Mr. CARNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined 

by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 

within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require the Comptroller General to produce annual reports on programs under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Security 

5 Agency Accountability Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL 

2 ON PROGRAMS UNDER THE FOREIGN INTEL3 LIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978. 

4 (a) REPORT.—Title VI of the Foreign Intelligence 

5 Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1871 et seq.) is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 602. ANNUAL REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER GEN8 ERAL. 

9 ‘‘(a) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the 

10 United States shall annually submit to the Permanent Se11 lect Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the 

12 Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Select 

13 Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judi14 ciary of the Senate a report on the effectiveness of the 

15 programs and activities carried out under this Act. 

16 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 

17 shall include— 

18 ‘‘(1) an analysis of the restrictions placed on 

19 access to information obtained under this Act; 

20 ‘‘(2) the number of incidents of non-compliance 

21 with this Act or any rule, regulation, policy, or pro22 cedure to carry out this Act; 

23 ‘‘(3) a description of actions taken in response 

24 to incidents of non-compliance described in para25 graph (2); 


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1 ‘‘(4) a description of the minimization proce2 dures used to carry out each provision of this Act; 

3 ‘‘(5) a description of how such minimization 

4 procedures are verified to be in use and effective; 

5 ‘‘(6) the number of applications made under 

6 each appropriate provision of this Act, the number 

7 of such applications approved by a court, and the 

8 number of times such applications resulted in an 

9 oral argument before the court; 

10 ‘‘(7) the number of times employees of or con11 tractors to the National Security Agency search in12 formation acquired under this Act; and 

13 ‘‘(8) any other information the Comptroller 

14 General considers appropriate. 

15 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—At the time of submis16 sion of each report required under subsection (a), the 

17 Comptroller General shall make publicly available an un18 classified summary of such report.’’. 

19 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 

20 of contents in the first section of the Foreign Intelligence 

21 Surveillance Act of 1978 is amended by inserting after the 

22 item relating to section 601 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 602. Annual report by the Comptroller General.’’. 

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