1801(f)) on the day before the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(2) The term ‘‘person’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 2510(6) of 
title 18, United States Code. 
SEC. 12. REPORT ON MINIMIZATION PROCEDURES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and annually thereafter until December 31, 
2009, the Director of the National Security 
Agency, in consultation with the Director of 
National Intelligence and the Attorney Gen-
eral, shall submit to the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives and the Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate a report on the ef-
fectiveness and use of minimization proce-
dures applied to information concerning 
United States persons acquired by means that 
were considered electronic surveillance as 
that term was defined by section 101(f) of the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
(50 U.S.C. 1801(f)) on the day before the date 
of the enactment of this Act but no longer con-
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stitutes electronic surveillance as of the effec-
tive date of this Act. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A report submitted 
under subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) a description of the implementa-
tion, during the course of communica-
tions intelligence activities conducted by 
the National Security Agency, of proce-
dures established to minimize the acqui-
sition, retention, and dissemination of 
nonpublicly available information con-
cerning United States persons; 
(2) the number of significant viola-
tions, if any, of such minimization proce-
dures during the 18 months following the 
effective date of this Act; and 
(3) summary descriptions of such vio-
lations. 
(c) RETENTION OF INFORMATION.—Informa-
tion concerning United States persons shall 
not be retained solely for the purpose of com-
plying with the reporting requirements of this 
section. 
(d) MINIMIZATION PROCEDURES DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘minimization proce-
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dures’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 101(h) of the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801(h)). 
SEC. 13. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is further 
amended— 
(1) in section 101(h)(4), by striking 
‘‘approved pursuant to section 102(a),’’ 
and inserting ‘‘authorized pursuant to 
section 102 or any acquisition authorized 
pursuant to section 102A’’; 
(2) in section 105(a)(4), as redesig-
nated by section 7(1)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘104(a)(7)(E)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘104(a)(6)(D)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘104(d)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘104(c)’’; 
(3) in section 106— 
(A) in subsection (j) in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘105(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘105(d)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (k)(2), by strik-
ing 
‘‘104(a)(7)(B)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘104(a)(6)(B)’’; and 
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‘‘105(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘105(e)’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 410 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5825 
[Report No. 109–680, Parts I and II] 
A BILL 
To update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
of 1978. 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an 
amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be 
printed 
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