I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7320 
To reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2024 
Ms. LEE of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reforming Intelligence 
and Securing America Act’’. 
SEC. 2. QUERY PROCEDURE REFORM. 
(a) STRICTLY LIMITING FEDERAL BUREAU OF IN-
VESTIGATION PERSONNEL AUTHORIZING UNITED STATES 
PERSON QUERIES.—Subsection (f) of section 702 is 
amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (6); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON FEDERAL BU-
REAU OF INVESTIGATION.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITS
ON
AUTHORIZATIONS
OF 
UNITED STATES PERSON QUERIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Federal Bureau of 
Investigation personnel must obtain prior 
approval from a Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation supervisor (or employee of equiva-
lent or greater rank) or attorney who is 
authorized to access unminimized contents 
or noncontents obtained through acquisi-
tions authorized under subsection (a) for 
any query of such unminimized contents or 
noncontents made using a United States 
person query term. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—A United States 
person query to be conducted by the Fed-
eral 
Bureau 
of 
Investigation 
of 
unminimized contents or noncontents ob-
tained through acquisitions authorized 
under subsection (a) using a United States 
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person query term may be conducted with-
out obtaining prior approval as specified in 
clause (i) only if the person conducting the 
United States person query has a reason-
able belief that conducting the query could 
assist in mitigating or eliminating a threat 
to life or serious bodily harm.’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON INVOLVEMENT OF POLITICAL 
APPOINTEES IN PROCESS TO APPROVE FEDERAL BU-
REAU
OF
INVESTIGATION
QUERIES.—Subsection 
(f)(3)(D)(ii) of section 702, as amended by this Act, is 
further amended by inserting after subclause (I) the fol-
lowing new subclause: 
‘‘(II) PROHIBITION
ON
POLIT-
ICAL APPOINTEES WITHIN THE PROC-
ESS TO APPROVE FEDERAL BUREAU 
OF
INVESTIGATION
QUERIES.—The 
procedures shall prohibit any political 
personnel, such as those classified by 
the Office of Personnel Management 
as Presidential Appointment with 
Senate Confirmation, Presidential Ap-
pointment (without Senate Confirma-
tion), Noncareer Senior Executive 
Service Appointment, or Schedule C 
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Excepted Appointment, from inclusion 
in the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion’s prior approval process under 
subclause (I).’’. 
(c) MANDATORY AUDITS OF UNITED STATES PER-
SON QUERIES CONDUCTED BY FEDERAL BUREAU OF IN-
VESTIGATION.— 
(1) AUDITS REQUIRED.—For each query identi-
fied by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a 
United States person query against information ac-
quired pursuant to subsection (a) of section 702 of 
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
(50 U.S.C. 1881a) conducted by the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, not later than 180 days after the 
conduct of such query, the Department of Justice 
shall conduct an audit of such query. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The requirement under 
paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to queries 
conducted on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(3) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on 
the earlier of the following: 
(A) The date that is 4 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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(B) The date on which the Attorney Gen-
eral submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a certification that the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation has implemented a process 
for the internal audit of all queries referred to 
in paragraph (1). 
(4) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees, as such term is defined in subsection (b) 
of section 701 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881); and 
(B) the Committees on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives and of the Sen-
ate. 
(d) RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF CER-
TAIN QUERIES
BY FEDERAL BUREAU
OF INVESTIGA-
TION.—Subsection (f)(3) of section 702, as amended by 
this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) QUERYING PROCEDURES APPLICABLE 
TO FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.—For 
any procedures adopted under paragraph (1) 
applicable to the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
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tion, the Attorney General, in consultation with 
the Director of National Intelligence, shall in-
clude the following requirements: 
‘‘(i) TRAINING.—A requirement that, 
prior to conducting any query, personnel of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation suc-
cessfully complete training on the querying 
procedures on an annual basis. 
‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL
PRIOR
APPROVALS 
FOR SENSITIVE QUERIES.—A requirement 
that, absent exigent circumstances, prior to 
conducting certain queries, personnel of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation receive 
approval, at minimum, as follows: 
‘‘(I) Approval from the Deputy 
Director of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation if the query uses a query 
term reasonably believed to identify a 
United States elected official, an ap-
pointee of the President or a State 
governor, a United States political 
candidate, a United States political 
organization or a United States per-
son prominent in such organization, 
or a United States media organization 
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or a United States person who is a 
member of such organization. 
‘‘(II) Approval from an attorney 
of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion if the query uses a query term 
reasonably believed to identify a 
United States religious organization 
or a United States person who is 
prominent in such organization. 
‘‘(III) Approval from an attorney 
of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion if such conduct involves batch job 
technology (or successor tool). 
‘‘(iii) PRIOR
WRITTEN
JUSTIFICA-
TION.—A requirement that, prior to con-
ducting a query using a United States per-
son query term, personnel of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation provide a written 
statement of the specific factual basis to 
support the reasonable belief that such 
query meets the standards required by the 
procedures adopted under paragraph (1). 
For each United States person query, the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation shall keep 
a record of the query term, the date of the 
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conduct of the query, the identifier of the 
personnel conducting the query, and such 
written statement. 
‘‘(iv) STORAGE
OF
CERTAIN
CON-
TENTS AND NONCONTENTS.—Any system 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
that stores unminimized contents or non-
contents obtained through acquisitions au-
thorized under subsection (a) together with 
contents or noncontents obtained through 
other lawful means shall be configured in 
a manner that— 
‘‘(I) requires personnel of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation to af-
firmatively elect to include such 
unminimized contents or noncontents 
obtained through acquisitions author-
ized under subsection (a) when run-
ning a query; or 
‘‘(II) includes other controls rea-
sonably expected to prevent inad-
vertent queries of such unminimized 
contents or noncontents. 
‘‘(v) WAIVER
AUTHORITY
FOR
FOR-
EIGN
INTELLIGENCE
SURVEILLANCE 
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COURT.—If the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Court finds that the procedures 
adopted under paragraph (1) include meas-
ures that are reasonably expected to result 
in similar compliance outcomes as the 
measures specified in clauses (i) through 
(iv) of this subparagraph, the Foreign In-
telligence Surveillance Court may waive 
one or more of the requirements specified 
in such clauses.’’. 
(e) NOTIFICATION
FOR CERTAIN QUERIES CON-
DUCTED
BY FEDERAL BUREAU
OF INVESTIGATION.— 
Subsection (f)(3) of section 702, as amended by this Act, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT
FOR 
CERTAIN FBI QUERIES.— 
‘‘(i) REQUIREMENT.—The Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall 
promptly notify appropriate congressional 
leadership of any query conducted by the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation using a 
query term that is reasonably believed to 
be the name or other personally identifying 
information of a member of Congress, and 
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shall also notify the member who is the 
subject of such query. 
‘‘(ii) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL 
LEADERSHIP DEFINED.—In this subpara-
graph, the term ‘appropriate congressional 
leadership’ means the following: 
‘‘(I) The chairs and ranking mi-
nority members of the congressional 
intelligence committees. 
‘‘(II) The Speaker and minority 
leader of the House of Representa-
tives. 
‘‘(III) The majority and minority 
leaders of the Senate. 
‘‘(iii) NATIONAL SECURITY CONSIDER-
ATIONS.—In 
submitting 
a 
notification 
under clause (i), the Director shall give 
due regard to the protection of classified 
information, sources and methods, and na-
tional security. 
‘‘(iv) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Director 
may waive a notification required 
under clause (i) if the Director deter-
mines such notification would impede 
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an ongoing national security or law 
enforcement investigation. 
‘‘(II) TERMINATION.—A waiver 
under subclause (I) shall terminate on 
the date the Director determines the 
relevant notification would not impede 
the relevant national security or law 
enforcement investigation or on the 
date that such investigation ends, 
whichever is earlier.’’. 
(f) REQUIREMENT FOR CONGRESSIONAL CONSENT 
PRIOR TO CERTAIN FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA-
TION QUERIES
FOR PURPOSE
OF DEFENSIVE BRIEF-
INGS.—Subsection (f)(3) of section 702, as amended by 
this Act, is further amended by inserting after subpara-
graph (B) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) CONSENT
REQUIRED
FOR
FBI
TO 
CONDUCT CERTAIN QUERIES FOR PURPOSE OF 
DEFENSIVE BRIEFING.— 
‘‘(i) CONSENT REQUIRED.—The Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation may not, for 
the exclusive purpose of supplementing the 
contents of a briefing on the defense 
against a counterintelligence threat to a 
member of Congress, conduct a query 
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using a query term that is the name or re-
stricted personal information (as such term 
is defined in section 119 of title 18, United 
States Code) of that member unless— 
‘‘(I) the member provides consent 
to the use of the query term; or 
‘‘(II) the Deputy Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation de-
termines that exigent circumstances 
exist sufficient to justify the conduct 
of such query. 
‘‘(ii) NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(I) NOTIFICATION OF CONSENT 
SOUGHT.—Not later than three busi-
ness days after submitting a request 
for consent from a member of Con-
gress under clause (i), the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
shall notify the appropriate congres-
sional leadership, regardless of wheth-
er the member provided such consent. 
‘‘(II) NOTIFICATION OF EXCEP-
TION
USED.—Not later than three 
business days after the conduct of a 
query under clause (i) without consent 
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on the basis of the existence of exi-
gent circumstances determined under 
subclause (II) of such clause, the Di-
rector of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation shall notify the appropriate 
congressional leadership. 
‘‘(iii) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.— 
Nothing in this subparagraph may be con-
strued as— 
‘‘(I) applying to matters outside 
of the scope of the briefing on the de-
fense against a counterintelligence 
threat to be provided or supplemented 
under clause (i); or 
‘‘(II) limiting the lawful inves-
tigative activities of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation other than 
supplementing the contents of a brief-
ing on the defense against a counter-
intelligence threat to a member of 
Congress. 
‘‘(iv) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL 
LEADERSHIP DEFINED.—In this subpara-
graph, the term ‘appropriate congressional 
leadership’ means the following: 
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‘‘(I) The chairs and ranking mi-
nority members of the congressional 
intelligence committees. 
‘‘(II) The Speaker and minority 
leader of the House of Representa-
tives. 
‘‘(III) The majority and minority 
leaders of the Senate.’’. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON USE OF INFORMATION OBTAINED 
UNDER SECTION 702. 
(a) REVOKING FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT QUERIES UNRELATED TO NA-
TIONAL SECURITY.—Subsection (f)(2) of section 702 is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON CONDUCT OF QUERIES 
THAT
ARE
SOLELY
DESIGNED
TO
FIND
AND
EX-
TRACT EVIDENCE OF A CRIME.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITS
ON
AUTHORIZATIONS
OF 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON
QUERIES.—The 
querying procedures adopted pursuant to para-
graph (1) for the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion shall prohibit queries of information ac-
quired under subsection (a) that are solely de-
signed to find and extract evidence of criminal 
activity. 
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‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The restriction under 
subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect 
to a query if— 
‘‘(i) there is a reasonable belief that 
such query may retrieve information that 
could assist in mitigating or eliminating a 
threat to life or serious bodily harm; or 
‘‘(ii) such query is necessary to iden-
tify information that must be produced or 
preserved in connection with a litigation 
matter or to fulfill discovery obligations in 
criminal matters under the laws of the 
United States or any State thereof.’’. 
(b) RESTRICTION ON CERTAIN INFORMATION AVAIL-
ABLE TO FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.—Section 
702 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(n) RESTRICTION
ON
CERTAIN
INFORMATION 
AVAILABLE TO FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.— 
‘‘(1) RESTRICTION.—The Federal Bureau of 
Investigation may not ingest unminimized informa-
tion acquired under this section into its analytic re-
positories unless the targeted person is relevant to 
an existing, open, predicated full national security 
investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
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‘‘(2) 
EXCEPTION
FOR
EXIGENT
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—Paragraph (1) does not apply if the 
Director of the National Security Agency decides it 
is necessary due to exigent circumstances and pro-
vides notification within three business days to the 
congressional intelligence committees, the Speaker 
and minority leader of the House of Representatives, 
and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION FOR ASSISTANCE TO OTHER 
AGENCIES.—Subparagraph (A) does not apply where 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation has agreed to 
provide technical, analytical, or linguistic assistance 
at the request of another Federal agency.’’. 
SEC. 4. TARGETING DECISIONS UNDER SECTION 702. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE TARGETED COL-
LECTION OF UNITED STATES PERSON INFORMATION.— 
It is the sense of Congress that, as proscribed in section 
702(b)(2), section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Act of 1978 has always prohibited, and continues 
to prohibit, the intelligence community from targeting a 
United States person for collection of foreign intelligence 
information. If the intelligence community intends to tar-
get a United States person for collection of foreign intel-
ligence information under the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Act of 1978, the Government must first obtain an 
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individualized court order based upon a finding of prob-
able cause that the United States person is a foreign 
power, an agent of a foreign power, or an officer or em-
ployee of a foreign power, in order to conduct surveillance 
targeting that United States person. 
(b) ANNUAL
AUDIT
OF
TARGETING
DECISIONS 
UNDER SECTION 702.— 
(1) MANDATORY REVIEW.—Not less frequently 
than annually, the Department of Justice National 
Security Division shall review each person targeted 
under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act of 1978 to ensure that the purpose of 
each targeting decision is not to target a known 
United States person. The results of this review 
shall be submitted to the Department of Justice Of-
fice of the Inspector General, the congressional intel-
ligence committees, and the Committees on the Judi-
ciary of the House of Representatives and of the 
Senate, subject to a declassification review. 
(2) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT.—Not less fre-
quently than annually, the Department of Justice 
Office of the Inspector General shall audit a sam-
pling of the targeting decisions reviewed by the Na-
tional Security Division under paragraph (1) and 
submit a report to the congressional intelligence 
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committees and the Committees on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives and of the Senate. 
(3) CERTIFICATION.—Within 180 days of en-
actment of this Act, and annually thereafter, each 
agency authorized to target non-United States per-
sons under section 702 shall certify to Congress that 
the purpose of each targeting decision made in the 
prior year was not to target a known United States 
person. 
SEC. 5. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT 
REFORM. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR SAME JUDGE TO HEAR EX-
TENSION APPLICATIONS.—Subsection (d) of section 105 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(5) An extension of an order issued under this 
title for surveillance targeted against a United 
States person, to the extent practicable and absent 
exigent circumstances, shall be granted or denied by 
the same judge who issued the original order unless 
the term of such judge has expired or such judge is 
otherwise no longer serving on the court.’’. 
(b) USE
OF AMICI CURIAE
IN FOREIGN INTEL-
LIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT PROCEEDINGS.—Sub-
section (i) of section 103 is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as clause (i) and (ii), respectively; 
(B) by striking ‘‘A court established’’ and 
inserting the following subparagraph: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A court established’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (A), as inserted by 
subparagraph (B) of this section— 
(i) in clause (i), as so redesignated— 
(I) by striking ‘‘appoint an indi-
vidual who has’’ and inserting ‘‘ap-
point one or more individuals who 
have’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-
serting a semicolon; 
(ii) in clause (ii), as so redesignated— 
(I) by striking ‘‘appoint an indi-
vidual or organization’’ and inserting 
‘‘appoint one or more individuals or 
organizations’’; and 
(II) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
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‘‘(iii) shall appoint one or more indi-
viduals who have been designated under 
paragraph (1) to serve as amicus curiae to 
assist such court in the consideration of 
any certification or procedures submitted 
for review pursuant to section 702, includ-
ing any amendments to such certifications 
or procedures, if the court established 
under subsection (a) has not appointed an 
individual under clause (i) or (ii), unless 
the court issues a finding that such ap-
pointment is not appropriate or is likely to 
result in undue delay.’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraphs: 
‘‘(B) EXPERTISE.—In appointing one or 
more individuals under subparagraph (A)(iii), 
the court shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, appoint an individual who possesses ex-
pertise in both privacy and civil liberties and in-
telligence collection. 
‘‘(C) TIMING.—In the event that the court 
appoints one or more individuals or organiza-
tions pursuant to this paragraph to assist such 
court in a proceeding under section 702, not-
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withstanding subsection (j)(1)(B) of such sec-
tion, the court shall issue an order pursuant to 
subsection (j)(3) of such section as expedi-
tiously as possible consistent with subsection 
(k)(1) of such section, but in no event later 
than 60 days after the date on which such cer-
tification, procedures, or amendments are sub-
mitted for the court’s review, or later than 60 
days after the court has issued an order ap-
pointing one or more individuals pursuant to 
this paragraph, whichever is earlier, unless a 
judge of that court issues an order finding that 
extraordinary circumstances necessitate addi-
tional time for review and that such extension 
of time is consistent with the national secu-
rity.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘provide to the court, as 
appropriate’’; 
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respec-
tively; 
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(D) by inserting before clause (i) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(A) be limited to addressing the specific 
issues identified by the court; and 
‘‘(B) provide to the court, as appropriate— 
’’; and 
(E) in subparagraph (B)(i), as redesig-
nated, by inserting ‘‘of United States persons’’ 
after ‘‘civil liberties’’. 
(c) DESIGNATION OF COUNSEL TO SCRUTINIZE AP-
PLICATIONS
FOR UNITED STATES PERSONS.—Section 
103 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(l) DESIGNATION OF COUNSEL FOR CERTAIN AP-
PLICATIONS.—To assist the court in the consideration of 
any application for an order pursuant to section 104 that 
targets a United States person, the presiding judge des-
ignated under subsection (a) shall designate one or more 
attorneys to review such applications, and provide a writ-
ten analysis to the judge considering the application, of— 
‘‘(1) the sufficiency of the evidence used to 
make the probable cause determination under sec-
tion 105(a)(2); 
‘‘(2) any material weaknesses, flaws, or other 
concerns in the application; and 
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‘‘(3) a recommendation as to the following, 
which the judge shall consider during a proceeding 
on the application in which such attorney is present, 
as appropriate— 
‘‘(A) that the application should be ap-
proved, denied, or modified; 
‘‘(B) that the Government should supply 
additional information in connection with such 
application; or 
‘‘(C) that any requirements or conditions 
should be imposed on the Government for the 
approval of such application.’’. 
SEC. 6. APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER UNDER THE FOREIGN 
INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR SWORN STATEMENTS FOR 
FACTUAL ASSERTIONS.— 
(1) TITLE I.—Subsection (a)(3) of section 104 
is amended by striking ‘‘a statement of’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘a sworn statement of’’. 
(2) TITLE III.—Subsection (a)(3) of section 303 
is amended by striking ‘‘a statement of’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘a sworn statement of’’. 
(3) SECTION 703.—Subsection (b)(1)(C) of sec-
tion 703 is amended by striking ‘‘a statement of’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a sworn statement of’’. 
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(4) SECTION 704.—Subsection (b)(3) of section 
704 is amended by striking ‘‘a statement of’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a sworn statement of’’. 
(5) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply with respect to appli-
cations made on or after the date that is 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF POLITICALLY DERIVED 
INFORMATION IN APPLICATIONS FOR CERTAIN ORDERS 
BY
THE
FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE
SURVEILLANCE 
COURT.— 
(1) TITLE I.—Subsection (a)(6) of section 104 
is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking 
the semicolon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding after subparagraph (E) the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) that none of the information included 
in the statement described in paragraph (3) 
was solely produced by, derived from informa-
tion produced by, or obtained using the funds 
of, a political organization (as such term is de-
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fined in section 527 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986), unless— 
‘‘(i) the political organization is clear-
ly identified in the body of the statement 
described in paragraph (3); 
‘‘(ii) the information has been cor-
roborated; and 
‘‘(iii) the investigative techniques used 
to corroborate the information are clearly 
identified in the body of the statement de-
scribed in paragraph (3); and’’. 
(2) TITLE III.—Subsection (a)(6) of section 303 
is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
semicolon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (E) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) that none of the information included 
in the statement described in paragraph (3) 
was solely produced by, derived from informa-
tion produced by, or obtained using the funds 
of, a political organization (as such term is de-
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fined in section 527 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986), unless— 
‘‘(i) the political organization is clear-
ly identified in the body of the statement 
described in paragraph (3); 
‘‘(ii) the information has been cor-
roborated; and 
‘‘(iii) the investigative techniques used 
to corroborate the information are clearly 
identified in the body of the statement de-
scribed in paragraph (3); and’’. 
(3) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply with respect to appli-
cations made on or after the date that is 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF PRESS REPORTS IN AP-
PLICATIONS FOR CERTAIN ORDERS BY THE FOREIGN IN-
TELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT.— 
(1) TITLE I.—Subsection (a)(6) of section 104, 
as amended by this Act, is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) that none of the information included 
in the statement described in paragraph (3) is 
attributable to or derived from the content of a 
media source unless the statement includes a 
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clear identification of each author of that con-
tent, where applicable, the publisher of that 
content, information to corroborate that which 
was derived from the media source, and an ex-
planation of the investigative techniques used to 
corroborate the information;’’. 
(2) TITLE
III.—Subsection (a)(6) of section 
303, as amended by this Act, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) that none of the information included 
in the statement described in paragraph (3) is 
attributable to or derived from the content of a 
media source unless the statement includes a 
clear identification of each author of that con-
tent, where applicable, the publisher of that 
content, information to corroborate that which 
was derived from the media source, and an ex-
planation of the investigative techniques used to 
corroborate the information;’’. 
(3) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply with respect to appli-
cations made on or after the date that is 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) DESCRIPTION OF TECHNIQUES CARRIED OUT 
BEFORE APPLICATION.— 
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(1) TITLE I.—Subsection (a) of section 104, as 
amended by this Act, is further amended— 
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(10) with respect to a target who is a United 
States person, a statement summarizing the inves-
tigative techniques carried out before making the ap-
plication;’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply with respect to appli-
cations made on or after the date that is 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(e) REQUIREMENT
FOR CERTAIN JUSTIFICATION 
PRIOR TO EXTENSION OF ORDERS.— 
(1) APPLICATIONS FOR EXTENSION OF ORDERS 
UNDER TITLE I.—Subsection (a) of section 104, as 
amended by this Act, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) in the case of an application for an exten-
sion of an order under this title for a surveillance 
targeted against a United States person, a summary 
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statement of the foreign intelligence information ob-
tained pursuant to the original order (and any pre-
ceding extension thereof) as of the date of the appli-
cation for the extension, or a reasonable explanation 
of the failure to obtain such information; and’’. 
(2) APPLICATIONS FOR EXTENSION OF ORDERS 
UNDER TITLE III.—Subsection (a) of section 303, as 
amended by this Act, is further amended— 
(A) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (8), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(9) in the case of an application for an exten-
sion of an order under this title in which the target 
of the physical search is a United States person, a 
summary statement of the foreign intelligence infor-
mation obtained pursuant to the original order (and 
any preceding extension thereof) as of the date of 
the application for the extension, or a reasonable ex-
planation of the failure to obtain such information; 
and’’. 
(3) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply with respect to appli-
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(g) MODIFICATION TO DURATION OF APPROVED PE-
RIOD
UNDER
CERTAIN
ORDERS
FOR
NON-UNITED 
STATES PERSONS.— 
(1) TITLE I.—Subsection (d) of section 105 is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘against a foreign power, as defined in sec-
tion 101(a), (1), (2), or (3),’’ and inserting 
‘‘against a foreign power’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘120 days’’ and inserting ‘‘one year’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively. 
(2) TITLE III.—Subsection (d) of section 304 is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘against a foreign power, as defined in 
paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 
101(a),’’ and inserting ‘‘against a foreign 
power’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘120 days’’ and inserting ‘‘one year’’; and 
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(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2). 
SEC. 7. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND DECLASSIFICATION OF 
CERTAIN DOCUMENTS. 
Subsection (a) of section 602 is amended by inserting 
after ‘‘shall conduct a declassification review’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, to be concluded as soon as practicable, but not 
later than 180 days after the commencement of such re-
view,’’. 
SEC. 8. TRANSCRIPTIONS OF PROCEEDINGS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT
FOR
TRANSCRIPTS
OF
PRO-
CEEDINGS.—Subsection (c) of section 103 is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, and hearings shall be tran-
scribed’’ before the first period; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, transcriptions of hearings,’’ 
after ‘‘applications made’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Transcriptions and any related records, in-
cluding testimony and affidavits, shall be stored in 
a file associated with the relevant application or 
order.’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS 
OF CERTAIN TRANSCRIPTS.—Subsection (c) of section 
601 is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) for any hearing, oral argument, or other 
proceeding before the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Court or Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Court of Review for which a court reporter produces 
a transcript, not later than 45 days after the govern-
ment receives the final transcript or the date on 
which the matter of the hearing, oral argument, or 
other proceeding is resolved, whichever is later, a no-
tice of the existence of such transcript. Not later 
than three business days after a committee referred 
to in subsection (a) requests to review an existing 
transcript, the Attorney General shall facilitate such 
request; and 
‘‘(4) a copy of each declassified document that 
has undergone review under section 602.’’. 
SEC. 9. AUDIT OF FISA COMPLIANCE BY INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL. 
(a) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON FEDERAL BU-
REAU OF INVESTIGATION QUERYING PRACTICES.— 
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(1) REPORTS.—Not later than 545 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and again not 
later than one year prior to the expiration of title 
VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978, the Inspector General of the Department of 
Justice shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees two separate reports on the querying 
practices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
under section 702. 
(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The reports under 
paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
(A) An evaluation of compliance by per-
sonnel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
with the querying procedures adopted under 
section 702(f), with a particular focus on com-
pliance by such personnel with the procedures 
governing queries using United States person 
query terms. 
(B) An analysis of each specific reform 
that, in the view of the Inspector General, is re-
sponsible for any identified improvement in the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s record of 
compliance with the querying procedures, in-
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cluding an identification of whether such reform 
was— 
(i) required by this Act or another Act 
of Congress; 
(ii) required by the Foreign Intel-
ligence Surveillance Court or the Attorney 
General; or 
(iii) voluntarily adopted by the Direc-
tor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(C) An assessment of the status of the im-
plementation by the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation of all reforms related to querying that 
are required by this Act. 
(D) An evaluation of the effectiveness of 
the Office of Internal Auditing of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation with respect to moni-
toring and improving query compliance by per-
sonnel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(E) Recommendations to further improve 
compliance with querying procedures by per-
sonnel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
particularly with respect to compliance with the 
procedures governing queries using United 
States person query terms. 
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