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less the Court of Review issues a finding that 
such appointment is not appropriate. 
‘‘(B) FISA 
COURT
OF
REVIEW
DECI-
SIONS.—An amicus curiae appointed under 
paragraph (2) may petition the Foreign Intel-
ligence Surveillance Court of Review to certify 
for review to the Supreme Court of the United 
States any question of law pursuant to section 
1254(2) of title 28, United States Code.’’. 
(c) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.— 
(1) APPLICATION AND MATERIALS.—Subpara-
graph 
(A) 
of 
section 
103(i)(6) 
(50 
U.S.C. 
1803(i)(6)) is amended by striking clause (ii) and 
inserting the following new clause: 
‘‘(ii) may make a submission to the 
court requesting access to any particular 
materials or information (or category of 
materials or information) that the amicus 
curiae believes to be relevant to the duties 
of the amicus curiae.’’. 
(2) CONSULTATION
AMONG
AMICI
CURIAE.— 
Such section is further amended— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 
(C), and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and 
(E), respectively; and 
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(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—If the Foreign In-
telligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign In-
telligence Surveillance Court of Review deter-
mines that it is relevant to the duties of an 
amicus curiae appointed by the court under 
paragraph (2), the amicus curiae may consult 
with one or more of the other individuals des-
ignated by the court to serve as amicus curiae 
pursuant to paragraph (1) regarding any of the 
information relevant to any assigned pro-
ceeding.’’. 
(d) TERM LIMITS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Paragraph (1) of section 
103(i) (50 U.S.C. 1803(i)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new sentence: ‘‘An individual 
may serve as an amicus curiae for a 5-year term, 
and the presiding judges may, for good cause, jointly 
reappoint the individual to a single additional 
term.’’. 
(2) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the service 
of an amicus curiae appointed under section 103(i) 
of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
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(50 U.S.C. 1803(i)) that occurs on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, regardless of the date 
on which the amicus curiae is appointed. 
SEC. 303. EFFECTIVE AND INDEPENDENT ADVICE FOR FOR-
EIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT. 
Section 103 (50 U.S.C. 1803), as amended by section 
204, is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(m) INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVISORS.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Court and the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Court of Review may jointly employ legal 
advisors to assist the courts in all aspects of consid-
ering any matter before the courts, including with 
respect to— 
‘‘(A) providing advice on issues of law or 
fact presented by any application for an order 
under this Act; 
‘‘(B) requesting information from the Gov-
ernment in connection with any such applica-
tion; 
‘‘(C) identifying any concerns with any 
such application; and 
‘‘(D) proposing requirements or conditions 
for the approval of any such application. 
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‘‘(2) DIRECTION.—The legal advisors employed 
under paragraph (1) shall be subject solely to the di-
rection of the presiding judges of the Foreign Intel-
ligence Surveillance Court and the Foreign Intel-
ligence Surveillance Court of Review.’’. 
SEC. 304. TRANSCRIPTS OF PROCEEDINGS AND COMMU-
NICATIONS REGARDING APPLICATIONS. 
(a) TRANSCRIPTS.—Subsection (c) of section 103 (50 
U.S.C. 1803) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Proceedings under this Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(1) Proceedings under this Act’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, and shall be transcribed’’ be-
fore the first period; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘, transcriptions of pro-
ceedings,’’ after ‘‘applications made’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Transcriptions of proceedings shall be stored 
in a file associated with the relevant application or 
order.’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENT
FOR
WRITTEN
RECORDS
OF 
INTERACTIONS
WITH
COURT.—Such subsection, as 
amended by paragraph (1) of this section, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
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‘‘(2) The Attorney General and the Foreign Intel-
ligence Surveillance Court shall maintain all written sub-
stantive communications between the Department of Jus-
tice and the court, including the identity of the employees 
of the court to or from whom the communications were 
made, regarding an application or order made under this 
title in a file associated with the application or order.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (i)(2) of 
section 103 (50 U.S.C. 1803) is amended by striking 
‘‘subsection (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’. 
SEC. 305. INFORMATION PROVIDED IN ANNUAL REPORTS. 
(a) REPORTS BY DIRECTOR OF THE ADMINISTRA-
TIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS.—Sub-
section (a)(1) of section 603 (50 U.S.C. 1873) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(G) the number of times the Attorney 
General required the emergency production of 
tangible things pursuant to section 501(i)(1) 
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and the application under subparagraph (D) of 
such section was denied; 
‘‘(H) the number of certifications by the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Re-
view pursuant to section 103(j); and 
‘‘(I) the number of requests to certify a 
question made by an amicus curiae to the For-
eign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the For-
eign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review 
pursuant to section 103(i)(7).’’. 
(b) REPORTS BY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTEL-
LIGENCE.—Subsection (b)(5)(B) of such section, as 
amended by section 101, is amended by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, including infor-
mation received electronically and through hardcopy and 
portable media’’. 
TITLE IV—TRANSPARENCY, 
SUNSETS, AND OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 401. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 601 (50 U.S.C. 1871) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection (e): 
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‘‘(e) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—In a manner 
consistent with the protection of the national security, 
nothing in this Act or any other provision of law may be 
construed to preclude the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate from receiv-
ing in a timely manner, upon request, applications sub-
mitted under this Act to the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Court, orders of the court, and relevant materials 
relating to such applications and orders.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 602(a) (50 
U.S.C. 1872(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘in section 
601(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘in section 601(f)’’. 
SEC. 402. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPLIANCE OFFICERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VI (50 U.S.C. 1871 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 605. COMPLIANCE OFFICERS. 
‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT.—The head of each covered 
agency shall appoint a single Federal officer to serve as 
the Compliance Officer for that agency. 
‘‘(b) COMPLIANCE.—Each Compliance Officer ap-
pointed under subsection (a) shall be responsible for over-
seeing the compliance of the relevant covered agency with 
the requirements of this Act. 
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‘‘(c) AUDITS.—Each Compliance Officer shall con-
duct routine audits of the compliance by the relevant cov-
ered agency with— 
‘‘(1) the requirements of this Act regarding 
submitting applications to the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Court, including with respect to the ac-
curacy of such applications; and 
‘‘(2) the minimization, targeting, querying, and 
accuracy procedures required by this Act. 
‘‘(d) 
ASSESSMENTS.—Each 
Compliance 
Officer 
shall— 
‘‘(1) conduct on a routine basis assessments of 
the efficacy of the minimization, targeting, querying, 
and accuracy procedures adopted by the Attorney 
General pursuant to this Act; and 
‘‘(2) annually submit to the Assistant Attorney 
General designated as the Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral for National Security under section 507A of 
title 28, United States Code, and the head of the 
relevant covered agency the findings of such assess-
ments, including any recommendations of the Com-
pliance Officer with respect to improving such proce-
dures. 
‘‘(e) REMEDIATION.—Each Compliance Officer shall 
ensure the remediation of any compliance issues of the rel-
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evant covered agency identified pursuant to this section 
or the rules of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. 
‘‘(f) INSPECTOR GENERALS ASSESSMENT.—On an 
annual basis, and consistent with the protection of sources 
and methods, each Inspector General of a covered agency 
shall submit to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 
and the appropriate congressional committees an assess-
ment of the implementation of this section by the covered 
agency. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence and the Committee on the Judici-
ary of the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate. 
‘‘(2) COVERED
AGENCY.—The term ‘covered 
agency’ means a department or agency of the United 
States Government that submits applications to the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court under this 
Act. 
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‘‘(3) FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE
SURVEILLANCE 
COURT.—The term ‘Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Court’ has the meaning given that term in section 
101.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 604 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 605. Compliance officers.’’. 
SEC. 403. PUBLIC REPORTS ON INFORMATION OBTAINED 
OR DERIVED UNDER FISA AND PROTECTION 
OF FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 
shall make publicly available the following reports: 
(1) A report explaining how the United States 
Government determines whether information is ‘‘ob-
tained or derived’’ from activities authorized by the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) for purposes of the notice re-
quirements under such Act. 
(2) A report explaining how the United States 
Government interprets the prohibition under section 
501(a) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1861(a)) on con-
ducting an investigation of a United States person 
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‘‘solely upon the basis of activities protected by the 
first amendment to the Constitution’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Attorney General shall en-
sure that the reports under subsection (a) are detailed and 
use hypothetical fact patterns to describe how the United 
States Government conducts the analyses covered by the 
reports. 
(c) FORM.—The reports under subsection (a) shall be 
made publicly available in unclassified form. 
SEC. 404. MANDATORY REPORTING ON CERTAIN ORDERS. 
(a) REPORTING ON UNITED STATES PERSON QUE-
RIES.—Subsection (b)(2) of section 603 (50 U.S.C. 1873), 
as amended by section 101, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the num-
ber of search terms concerning a known United 
States person’’ and inserting ‘‘the number of search 
terms that concern a known United States person or 
are reasonably likely to identify a United States per-
son’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘the num-
ber of queries concerning a known United States 
person’’ and inserting ‘‘the number of queries that 
concern a known United States person or are rea-
sonably likely to identify a United States person’’. 
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(b) MODIFICATION
TO
EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection 
(d)(2) of such section, as amended by section 101, is 
amended by striking ‘‘(A) FEDERAL’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘(B) ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS AND TELE-
PHONE NUMBERS.—’’. 
SEC. 405. REPORT ON USE OF FISA AUTHORITIES REGARD-
ING 
PROTECTED 
ACTIVITIES 
AND 
PRO-
TECTED CLASSES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties Oversight Board shall make publicly available, to 
the extent practicable, a report on— 
(1) the extent to which the activities and pro-
tected classes described in subsection (b) are used to 
support targeting decisions in the use of authorities 
pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.); and 
(2) the impact of the use of such authorities on 
such activities and protected classes. 
(b) ACTIVITIES
AND
PROTECTED
CLASSES
DE-
SCRIBED.—The activities and protected classes described 
in this subsection are the following: 
(1) Activities and expression protected by the 
First Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States. 
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(2) Race, ethnicity, national origin, religious af-
filiation, sex, and any other protected characteristic 
determined appropriate by the Board. 
(c) FORM.—In addition to the report made publicly 
available under subsection (a), the Board may submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a classified 
annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 406. IMPROVEMENTS TO PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIB-
ERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD. 
Paragraph (4) of section 1061(h) of the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 
2000ee(h)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) TERM.— 
‘‘(A) COMMENCEMENT.—Each member of 
the Board shall serve a term of 6 years, com-
mencing on the date of the appointment of the 
member to the Board. 
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‘‘(B) REAPPOINTMENT.—A member may 
be reappointed to one or more additional terms. 
‘‘(C) VACANCY.—A vacancy in the Board 
shall be filled in the manner in which the origi-
nal appointment was made. 
‘‘(D) EXTENSION.—Upon the expiration of 
the term of office of a member, the member 
may continue to serve, at the election of the 
member— 
‘‘(i) during the period preceding the 
reappointment of the member pursuant to 
subparagraph (B); or 
‘‘(ii) until the member’s successor has 
been appointed and qualified.’’. 
SEC. 407. SUNSETS. 
(a) USA PATRIOT IMPROVEMENT AND REAUTHOR-
IZATION ACT OF 2005.—Section 102(b)(1) of the USA 
PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(50 U.S.C. 1805 note) is amended by striking ‘‘March 15, 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 1, 2023’’. 
(b) INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND TERRORISM PRE-
VENTION ACT OF 2004.—Section 6001(b)(1) of the Intel-
ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 
U.S.C. 1801 note) is amended by striking ‘‘March 15, 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 1, 2023’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the earlier of the date of 
the enactment of this Act or March 15, 2020. 
SEC. 408. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended 
as follows: 
(1) In section 103(e) (50 U.S.C. 1803(e)), by 
striking ‘‘702(h)(4)’’ both places it appears and in-
serting ‘‘702(i)(4)’’. 
(2) 
In 
section 
105(a)(4) 
(50 
U.S.C. 
1805(a)(4))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 104(a)(7)(E)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 104(a)(6)(E)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 104(d)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 104(c)’’. 
(3) In section 501(a) (50 U.S.C. 1861(a)), by 
indenting paragraph (3) 2 ems to the left. 
(4) 
In 
section 
603(b)(2)(C) 
(50 
U.S.C. 
1873(b)(2)(C)), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon. 
(5) In section 702 (50 U.S.C. 1881a)— 
(A) in subsection (h)(3), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (j)’’; 
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(B) in subsection (j)(1), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (g)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘subsection (h)’’; and 
(C) in the subsection heading of subsection 
(m), by inserting a comma after ‘‘ASSESS-
MENTS’’. 
(6) In section 801(8)(B)(iii) (50 U.S.C. 
1885(8)(B)(iii)), by striking ‘‘702(h)’’ and inserting 
‘‘702(i)’’. 
(7) 
In 
section 
802(a)(3) 
(50 
U.S.C. 
1885a(a)(3)), by striking ‘‘702(h)’’ and inserting 
‘‘702(i)’’. 
(b) REFERENCES TO FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SUR-
VEILLANCE COURT AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SUR-
VEILLANCE COURT OF REVIEW.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 101 (50 U.S.C. 
1801) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsections: 
‘‘(q) The term ‘Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Court’ means the court established under section 103(a). 
‘‘(r) The terms ‘Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Court of Review’ and ‘Court of Review’ mean the court 
established under section 103(b).’’. 
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(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
1801 et seq.) is amended— 
(A) in section 102 (50 U.S.C. 1802), by 
striking ‘‘the court established under section 
103(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Court’’; 
(B) in section 103 (50 U.S.C. 1803)— 
(i) in subsection (a)— 
(I) in paragraph (2)(A), by strik-
ing ‘‘The court established under this 
subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘The For-
eign Intelligence Surveillance Court’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the court estab-
lished under this subsection’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 
Foreign 
Intelligence 
Surveillance 
Court’’; 
(ii) in subsection (g)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘the court estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Court’’; 
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