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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3881 

To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide for 

more transparency of the programs carried out under that Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 15, 2014 

Mr. CARNEY (for himself, Ms. HANABUSA, and Mr. CONNOLLY) 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 amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 

to provide for more transparency of the programs carried 

out under that Act. 

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 ‘‘Expansion of National 

5 Security Agency Oversight Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES IN CER2 TAIN REPORTS UNDER THE FOREIGN INTEL3 LIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978. 

4 (a) PHYSICAL SEARCHES.— 

5 (1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 301 of the Foreign 

6 Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 

7 1821) is amended— 

8 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), 

9 and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respec10 tively; and 

11 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

12 following new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(2) ‘Appropriate congressional committees’ 

14 means— 

15 ‘‘(A) the Permanent Select Committee on 

16 Intelligence, the Committee on the Judiciary, 

17 the Committee on Armed Services, and the 

18 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

19 Representatives; and 

20 ‘‘(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence, 

21 the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee 

22 on Armed Services, and the Committee on For23 eign Relations of the Senate.’’. 

24 (2) REPORTS.—Section 306 of the Foreign In25 telligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1826) 

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1 mittee on Intelligence of the House of Representa2 tives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

3 Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

4 Senate,’’ and inserting ‘‘the appropriate congres5 sional committees’’. 

6 (b) PEN REGISTER AND TRAP AND TRACE DE7 VICES.— 

8 (1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 401 of the Foreign 

9 Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 

10 1841) is amended by adding at the end the following 

11 new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(4) The term ‘appropriate congressional com13 mittees’ has the meaning given the term in section 

14 301.’’. 

15 (2) REPORTS.—Section 406 of the Foreign In16 telligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1846) 

17 is amended— 

18 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Per19 manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Select Com21 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the 

22 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

23 Representatives and the Committee on the Ju24 diciary of the Senate,’’ and inserting ‘‘the ap25 propriate congressional committees’’; and 


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1 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the 

2 committees referred to in subsection (a) and to 

3 the Committees on the Judiciary of the House 

4 of Representatives and the Senate’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘the appropriate congressional committees’’. 

6 (c) ACCESS TO CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS.—Sec7 tion 502 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 

8 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1862) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Perma10 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 

11 of Representatives and the Select Committee on In12 telligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

13 Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘the appropriate congres14 sional committees’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the House 

16 and Senate Committees on the Judiciary and the 

17 House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

18 and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘the appropriate congressional com20 mittees’’; and 

21 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub22 section: 

23 ‘‘(d) In this section, the term ‘appropriate congres24 sional committees’ has the meaning given the term in sec25 tion 301.’’. 


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1 (d) GENERAL OVERSIGHT.—Section 601 of the For2 eign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 

3 1871) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Perma5 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 

6 of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intel7 ligence of the Senate, and the Committees on the 

8 Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 

9 Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘the appropriate congres10 sional committees’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the commit12 tees of Congress referred to in subsection (a)’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘the appropriate congressional commit14 tees’’; 

15 (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the commit16 tees of Congress referred to in subsection (a)’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘the appropriate congressional commit18 tees’’; and 

19 (4) in subsection (e)— 

20 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 

21 (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 

22 (B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 

23 so redesignated) the following new paragraph: 

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1 mittees’ has the meaning given the term in section 

2 301.’’. 

3 (e) ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES REGARDING CERTAIN

4 PERSONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.— 

5 (1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 701(b) of the For6 eign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 

7 U.S.C. 1881(b)) is amended— 

8 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

9 through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (6), re10 spectively; and 

11 (B) by inserting before paragraph (2) the 

12 following new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT14 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com15 mittees’ has the meaning given the term in section 

16 301.’’. 

17 (2) REPORTS.—Section 707(a) of the Foreign 

18 Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 

19 1881f(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘the congressional 

20 intelligence committees and the Committees on the 

21 Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Represent22 atives’’ and inserting ‘‘the appropriate congressional 

23 committees’’. 

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