I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4478 
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve 
foreign intelligence collection and the safeguards, accountability, and 
oversight of acquisitions of foreign intelligence, to extend title VII of 
such Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 29, 2017 
Mr. NUNES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Per-
manent Select), Oversight and Government Reform, and Homeland Secu-
rity, 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 improve foreign intelligence collection and the safe-
guards, accountability, and oversight of acquisitions of 
foreign intelligence, to extend title VII of such Act, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. 
TITLE I—ENHANCEMENTS TO FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE 
COLLECTION 
Sec. 101. Section 705 emergency provision. 
Sec. 102. Modification to definitions of foreign power and agent of a foreign 
power. 
TITLE II—SAFEGUARDS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND OVERSIGHT 
Sec. 201. Querying procedures required. 
Sec. 202. Use and disclosure provisions. 
Sec. 203. Congressional review and oversight of abouts collection. 
Sec. 204. Publication of minimization procedures under section 702. 
Sec. 205. Compensation of amici curiae and technical experts. 
Sec. 206. Additional reporting requirements. 
Sec. 207. Procedures regarding dissemination of nonpublicly available informa-
tion concerning United States persons. 
Sec. 208. Improvements to Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. 
Sec. 209. Privacy and civil liberties officers. 
TITLE III—EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES, INCREASED 
PENALTIES, REPORTS, AND OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 301. Extension of title VII of FISA; effective dates. 
Sec. 302. Increased penalty for unauthorized removal and retention of classified 
documents or material. 
Sec. 303. Comptroller General study on the classification system and protection 
of classified information. 
Sec. 304. Technical amendments and amendments to improve procedures of the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review. 
Sec. 305. Severability. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE 
SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other 
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to 
a section or other provision of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 
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TITLE 
I—ENHANCEMENTS 
TO 
FOREIGN 
INTELLIGENCE 
COLLECTION 
SEC. 101. SECTION 705 EMERGENCY PROVISION. 
Section 705 (50 U.S.C. 1881d) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) CONCURRENT
AUTHORIZATION.—If the 
Attorney General authorized the emergency employ-
ment of electronic surveillance or a physical search 
pursuant to section 105 or 304, the Attorney Gen-
eral may authorize, for the effective period of the 
emergency authorization and subsequent order pur-
suant to section 105 or 304, without a separate 
order under section 703 or 704, the targeting of a 
United States person subject to such emergency em-
ployment for the purpose of acquiring foreign intel-
ligence information while such United States person 
is reasonably believed to be located outside the 
United States. 
‘‘(2) USE OF INFORMATION.—If an application 
submitted to the Court pursuant to section 104 or 
304 is denied, or in any other case in which the ac-
quisition pursuant to paragraph (1) is terminated 
and no order with respect to the target of the acqui-
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sition is issued under section 105 or 304, all infor-
mation obtained or evidence derived from such ac-
quisition shall be handled in accordance with section 
704(d)(4).’’. 
SEC. 102. MODIFICATION TO DEFINITIONS OF FOREIGN 
POWER AND AGENT OF A FOREIGN POWER. 
(a) FOREIGN POWER.—Subsection (a) of section 101 
(50 U.S.C. 1801) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
serting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(8) an entity not substantially composed of 
United States persons that is engaged in inter-
national malicious cyber activity, or activities in 
preparation therefor, that threatens the national de-
fense or security of the United States.’’. 
(b) AGENT
OF
A FOREIGN POWER.—Subsection 
(b)(1) of such section (50 U.S.C. 1801) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
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‘‘(F) engages in international malicious 
cyber activity that threatens the national de-
fense or security of the United States, or activi-
ties in preparation therefor, for or on behalf of 
a foreign power, or knowingly aids or abets any 
person in the conduct of such international ma-
licious cyber activity or activities in preparation 
therefor, or knowingly conspires with any per-
son to engage in such international malicious 
cyber activity or activities in preparation there-
for; or’’. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL MALICIOUS CYBER ACTIVITY 
DEFINED.—Such section (50 U.S.C. 1801) is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(q) The term ‘international malicious cyber activity’ 
means activity on or through an information system (as 
defined by section 102 of the Cybersecurity Information 
Sharing Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501))— 
‘‘(1) originating from, or directed by persons lo-
cated, in whole or in substantial part, outside the 
United States; 
‘‘(2) that seeks to compromise or impair the 
confidentiality, integrity, or availability of com-
puters, information systems or communications sys-
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tems, networks, physical or virtual infrastructure 
controlled by computers or information systems, or 
information resident thereon; and 
‘‘(3) that is not authorized by the United States 
Government or otherwise carried out in accordance 
with Federal law.’’. 
TITLE 
II—SAFEGUARDS, 
AC-
COUNTABILITY, 
AND 
OVER-
SIGHT 
SEC. 201. QUERYING PROCEDURES REQUIRED. 
(a) QUERYING PROCEDURES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 702 (50 U.S.C. 
1881a) is amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(f) 
through (l) as subsections (g) through (m), re-
spectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (e) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) QUERIES.— 
‘‘(1) PROCEDURES REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT TO ADOPT.—The At-
torney General, in consultation with the Direc-
tor 
of 
National 
Intelligence, 
shall 
adopt 
querying procedures consistent with the require-
ments of the Fourth Amendment to the Con-
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stitution of the United States for information 
collected pursuant to an authorization under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) RECORD OF UNITED STATES PERSON 
QUERY TERMS.—The Attorney General, in con-
sultation with the Director of National Intel-
ligence, shall ensure that the procedures adopt-
ed under subparagraph (A) include a technical 
procedure whereby a record is kept of each 
United States person query term used for a 
query. 
‘‘(C) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—The procedures 
adopted in accordance with subparagraph (A) 
shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to 
subsection (j). 
‘‘(2) COURT ORDERS FOR ACCESS OF CONTENTS 
FROM CERTAIN QUERIES.— 
‘‘(A) DISCRETION TO APPLY FOR COURT 
ORDER.—Before accessing the contents of com-
munications acquired under subsection (a) that 
were retrieved using a United States person 
query term that was not designed to find and 
extract foreign intelligence information, the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation may apply for 
an order of the Court under subparagraph (C). 
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‘‘(B) JURISDICTION.—The Court shall 
have jurisdiction to review an application and to 
enter an order approving the access described 
in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—Each application for 
an order under this paragraph shall be made by 
a Federal officer in writing upon oath or affir-
mation to a judge having jurisdiction under 
subparagraph (B). Each application shall re-
quire the approval of the Attorney General 
based upon the finding of the Attorney General 
that the application satisfies the criteria and re-
quirements of such application, as set forth in 
this paragraph, and shall include— 
‘‘(i) the identity of the Federal officer 
making the application; and 
‘‘(ii) an affidavit or other information 
containing a statement of the facts and 
circumstances relied upon by the applicant 
to justify the belief of the applicant that 
the contents of communications described 
in subparagraph (A) covered by the appli-
cation would provide evidence of— 
‘‘(I) criminal activity; 
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‘‘(II) contraband, fruits of a 
crime, or other items illegally pos-
sessed by a third party; or 
‘‘(III) property designed for use, 
intended for use, or used in commit-
ting a crime. 
‘‘(D) ORDER.—Upon an application made 
pursuant to subparagraph (C), the Court shall 
enter an order approving the access of the con-
tents of communications described in subpara-
graph (A) covered by the application if the 
Court finds probable cause to believe that such 
contents would provide any of the evidence de-
scribed in subparagraph (C)(ii). 
‘‘(3) QUERY DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘query’ means any instance in which informa-
tion the United States Government has acquired is 
searched using one or more specific terms for the 
purpose of discovering or retrieving unminimized 
contents or noncontents of the communications of 
United States persons.’’. 
(2) APPLICATION.—Subsection (f) of section 
702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a), as added by paragraph (1), 
shall apply with respect to certifications submitted 
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under subsection (h) of such section to the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Court after January 1, 
2018. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 702 OF FISA.— 
Such section 702 is further amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘with 
subsection (i)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘with sub-
sections (j)(3)’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 
‘‘with subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘with 
subsection (h)’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘to 
subsection (i)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘to sub-
section (j)(3)’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘with subsection (g)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘with subsection (h)’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘to sub-
section (i)(1)(C)’’ and inserting 
‘‘to subsection (j)(1)(C)’’; and 
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(bb) by striking ‘‘under sub-
section (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘under 
subsection (j)’’; 
(C) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘to 
subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘to subsection 
(j)’’; 
(D) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘to 
subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘to subsection 
(j)’’; 
(E) in subsection (h), as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) in paragraph (2)(A)(iii), by strik-
ing ‘‘with subsection (f)’’ and inserting 
‘‘with subsection (g)’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘with subsection (i)(1)(C)’’ and inserting 
‘‘with subsection (j)(1)(C)’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘to 
subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘to sub-
section (j)’’; 
(F) in subsection (j), as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘targeting and minimization pro-
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cedures adopted in accordance with 
subsections (d) and (e)’’ and inserting 
‘‘targeting, 
minimization, 
and 
querying procedures adopted in ac-
cordance with subsections (d), (e), 
and (f)(1)’’; 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘targeting and minimization 
procedures adopted in accordance with 
subsections (d) and (e)’’ and inserting 
‘‘targeting, 
minimization, 
and 
querying procedures adopted in ac-
cordance with subsections (d), (e), 
and (f)(1)’’; and 
(III) in subparagraph (C), by 
striking ‘‘targeting and minimization 
procedures adopted in accordance with 
subsections (d) and (e)’’ and inserting 
‘‘targeting, 
minimization, 
and 
querying procedures adopted in ac-
cordance with subsections (d), (e), 
and (f)(1)’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
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(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘with subsection (g)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘with subsection (h)’’; and 
(II) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) 
QUERYING
PROCEDURES.—The 
querying procedures adopted in accordance with 
subsection (f)(1) to assess whether such proce-
dures comply with the requirements of such 
subsection.’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘with sub-
section (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘with 
subsection (h)’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘targeting 
and 
minimization 
procedures 
adopted in accordance with sub-
sections (d) and (e)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘targeting, minimization, and 
querying procedures adopted in 
accordance with subsections (d), 
(e), and (f)(1)’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), in the 
matter before clause (i)— 
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(aa) by striking ‘‘with sub-
section (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘with 
subsection (h)’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘with sub-
sections (d) and (e)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘with subsections (d), (e), 
and (f)(1)’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (5)(A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘with subsection 
(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘with subsection 
(h)’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘with subsections 
(d) and (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘with sub-
sections (d), (e), and (f)(1)’’; and 
(G) in subsection (m), as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), in the matter be-
fore subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘targeting and 
minimization procedures adopted in 
accordance with subsections (d) and 
(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘targeting, mini-
mization, and querying procedures 
adopted in accordance with sub-
sections (d), (e), and (f)(1)’’; and 
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(II) by striking ‘‘with subsection 
(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘with subsection 
(g)’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘targeting and 
minimization procedures adopted in 
accordance with subsections (d) and 
(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘targeting, mini-
mization, and querying procedures 
adopted in accordance with sub-
sections (d), (e), and (f)(1)’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘with subsection 
(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘with subsection 
(g)’’. 
(2) AMENDMENTS TO FISA.—The Foreign In-
telligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 
et seq.) is further amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 702(h)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 702(i)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 702(g)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 702(h)’’; 
and 
(C) in section 707(b)(1)(G)(ii), by striking 
‘‘subsections (d), (e), and (f)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsections (d), (e), (f)(1), and (g)’’. 
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(3) AMENDMENTS TO FISA AMENDMENTS ACT 
OF 2008.—Section 404 of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–261; 50 U.S.C. 1801 note) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(7)(B)— 
(i) 
by 
striking 
‘‘under 
section 
702(i)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 
702(j)(3)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘of section 702(i)(4)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘of section 702(j)(4)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘to section 702(h)’’ and inserting 
‘‘to section 702(i)’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘section 
702(h)(3) of’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 702(i)(3) of’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘to section 
702(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘to section 
702(i)’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (4)— 
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(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘and sections 702(l)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and sections 702(m)’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B)(iv), by 
striking ‘‘or section 702(l)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘or section 702(m)’’. 
SEC. 202. USE AND DISCLOSURE PROVISIONS. 
(a) END USE RESTRICTION.—Section 706(a) (50 
U.S.C. 1881e(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Information acquired’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Information acquired’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) UNITED STATES PERSONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any information con-
cerning a United States person acquired under 
section 702 shall not be used in evidence 
against that United States person pursuant to 
paragraph (1) in any criminal proceeding un-
less— 
‘‘(i) the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion obtained an order of the Foreign In-
telligence Surveillance Court to access such 
information pursuant to section 702(f)(2); 
or 
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‘‘(ii) the Attorney General determines 
that— 
‘‘(I) the criminal proceeding af-
fects, involves, or is related to the na-
tional security of the United States; 
or 
‘‘(II) the criminal proceeding in-
volves— 
‘‘(aa) death; 
‘‘(bb) kidnapping; 
‘‘(cc) serious bodily injury, 
as defined in section 1365 of title 
18, United States Code; 
‘‘(dd) 
conduct 
that 
con-
stitutes a criminal offense that is 
a specified offense against a 
minor, as defined in section 111 
of the Adam Walsh Child Protec-
tion and Safety Act of 2006 (34 
U.S.C. 20911); 
‘‘(ee) incapacitation or de-
struction of critical infrastruc-
ture, 
as 
defined 
in 
section 
1016(e) of the USA PATRIOT 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)); 
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‘‘(ff) cybersecurity, including 
conduct 
described 
in 
section 
1016(e) of the USA PATRIOT 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)) or sec-
tion 1029, 1030, or 2511 of title 
18, United States Code; 
‘‘(gg) transnational crime, 
including transnational narcotics 
trafficking and transnational or-
ganized crime; or 
‘‘(hh) human trafficking. 
‘‘(B) NO JUDICIAL REVIEW.—A determina-
tion by the Attorney General under subpara-
graph (A)(ii) is not subject to judicial review.’’. 
(b) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DISCLOSURE PROVI-
SION.—Section 603 (50 U.S.C. 1873) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘good 
faith estimate of the number of targets of such 
orders;’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘good faith 
estimate of— 
‘‘(A) the number of targets of such orders; 
‘‘(B) the number of targets of such orders 
who are known to not be United States persons; 
and 
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‘‘(C) the number of targets of such orders 
who are known to be United States persons;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and 
(C), respectively; 
(ii) by inserting before subparagraph 
(B), as so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(A) the number of targets of such or-
ders;’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), as so redes-
ignated, by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) the number of instances in which the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation has received 
and reviewed the unminimized contents of elec-
tronic communications or wire communications 
concerning a United States person obtained 
through acquisitions authorized under such sec-
tion in response to a search term that was rea-
sonably designed to find evidence of a crime 
that would not be considered foreign intel-
ligence information; and 
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‘‘(E) the number of instances in which the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation opened, under 
the Criminal Investigative Division or any suc-
cessor division, an investigation of a United 
States person (who is not considered a threat to 
national security) based wholly or in part on an 
acquisition authorized under such section;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘or-
ders; and’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘orders, 
including— 
‘‘(i) the number of targets of such or-
ders who are known to not be United 
States persons; and 
‘‘(ii) the number of targets of such or-
ders who are known to be United States 
persons; and’’; 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 
and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respec-
tively; and 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(4) the number of criminal proceedings in 
which the United States or a State or political sub-
division thereof provided notice pursuant to sub-
section (c) or (d) of section 106 (including with re-
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spect to information acquired from an acquisition 
conducted under section 702) or subsection (d) or 
(e) of section 305 of the intent of the government 
to enter into evidence or otherwise use or disclose 
any information obtained or derived from electronic 
surveillance, physical search, or an acquisition con-
ducted pursuant to this Act;’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(4), or 
(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘(5), or (6)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 
‘‘(2)(A), (2)(B), and (5)(C)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(2)(B), (2)(C), and (6)(C)’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)(2)(B)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(b)(2)(C)’’. 
SEC. 203. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT OF 
ABOUTS COLLECTION. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 702(b) (50 U.S.C. 
1881a(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (6); and 
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) may not intentionally acquire communica-
tions that contain a reference to, but are not to or 
from, a facility, place, premises, or property at 
which an acquisition authorized under subsection (a) 
is directed or conducted, except as provided under 
section 203(b) of the FISA Amendments Reauthor-
ization Act of 2017; and’’. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT OF 
ABOUTS COLLECTION.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) The term ‘‘abouts communication’’ 
means a communication that contains reference 
to, but is not to or from, a facility, a place, 
premises, or property at which an acquisition 
authorized under section 702(a) of the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
U.S.C. 1881a(a)) is directed or conducted. 
(B) The term ‘‘material breach’’ means 
significant noncompliance with applicable law or 
an order of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Court concerning any acquisition of 
abouts communications. 
(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 
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(A) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, and except as provided 
in paragraph (4), if the Attorney General and 
the Director of National Intelligence intend to 
implement the authorization of the intentional 
acquisition of abouts communications, before 
the first such implementation after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 
and the Director of National Intelligence shall 
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives a written no-
tice of the intent to implement the authoriza-
tion of such an acquisition, and any supporting 
materials in accordance with this subsection. 
(B) CONGRESSIONAL
REVIEW
PERIOD.— 
During the 30-day period beginning on the date 
written notice is submitted under subparagraph 
(A), the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate 
and the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives shall, as appro-
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priate, hold hearings and briefings and other-
wise obtain information in order to fully review 
the written notice. 
(C) LIMITATION ON ACTION DURING CON-
GRESSIONAL
REVIEW
PERIOD.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, and subject 
to paragraph (4), unless the Attorney General 
and the Director of National Intelligence make 
a determination pursuant to section 702(c)(2) 
of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a(c)(2)), the Attorney 
General and the Director of National Intel-
ligence may not implement the authorization of 
the intentional acquisition of abouts commu-
nications before the end of the period described 
in subparagraph (B). 
(3) WRITTEN
NOTICE.—Written notice under 
paragraph (2)(A) shall include the following: 
(A) A copy of any certification submitted 
to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 
pursuant to subsection section 702 of the For-
eign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
U.S.C. 1881a), or amendment thereto, author-
izing the intentional acquisition of abouts com-
munications, including all affidavits, proce-
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dures, exhibits, and attachments submitted 
therewith. 
(B) The decision, order, or opinion of the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approv-
ing such certification, and any pleadings, appli-
cations, or memoranda of law associated with 
such decision, order, or opinion. 
(C) A summary of the protections in place 
to detect any material breach. 
(D) Data or other results of modeling, sim-
ulation, or auditing of sample data dem-
onstrating that any acquisition method involv-
ing the intentional acquisition of abouts com-
munications shall be conducted in accordance 
with title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.), 
if such data or other results exist at the time 
the written notice is submitted and were pro-
vided to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Court. 
(E) Except as provided under paragraph 
(4), a statement that no acquisition authorized 
under subsection (a) of such section 702 shall 
include the intentional acquisition of an abouts 
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communication until after the end of the 30-day 
period described in paragraph (2)(B). 
(4) EXCEPTION
FOR
EMERGENCY
ACQUISI-
TION.— 
(A) NOTICE OF DETERMINATION.—If the 
Attorney General and the Director of National 
Intelligence make a determination pursuant to 
section 702(c)(2) of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance 
Act 
of 
1978 
(50 
U.S.C. 
1881a(c)(2)) with respect to the intentional ac-
quisition of abouts communications, the Attor-
ney General and the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall notify the Committee on the Judi-
ciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate and the Committee on the Judici-
ary and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives as 
soon as practicable, but not later than 7 days 
after the determination is made. 
(B) 
IMPLEMENTATION
OR
CONTINU-
ATION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Foreign In-
telligence Surveillance Court approves a 
certification that authorizes the intentional 
acquisition of abouts communications be-
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fore the end of the 30-day period described 
in paragraph (2)(B), the Attorney General 
and the Director of National Intelligence 
may authorize the immediate implementa-
tion or continuation of that certification if 
the Attorney General and the Director of 
National Intelligence jointly determine that 
exigent circumstances exist such that with-
out such immediate implementation or con-
tinuation intelligence important to the na-
tional security of the United States may be 
lost or not timely acquired. 
(ii) NOTICE.—The Attorney General 
and Director of National Intelligence shall 
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate and the Committee on the 
Judiciary and the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-
resentatives notification of a determination 
pursuant to clause (i) as soon as prac-
ticable, but not later than 3 days after the 
determination is made. 
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(5) REPORTING OF MATERIAL BREACH.—Sub-
section (m) of section 702 (50 U.S.C. 1881a), as re-
designated by section 201, is amended— 
(A) in the heading by striking ‘‘AND RE-
VIEWS’’ and inserting ‘‘REVIEWS, AND REPORT-
ING’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) REPORTING OF MATERIAL BREACH.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of each ele-
ment of the intelligence community involved in 
the acquisition of abouts communications shall 
fully and currently inform the Committees on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate and the congressional intel-
ligence committees of a material breach. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) The term ‘abouts communication’ 
means a communication that contains ref-
erence to, but is not to or from, a facility, 
a place, premises, or property at which an 
acquisition authorized under subsection (a) 
is directed or conducted. 
‘‘(ii) The term ‘material breach’ 
means significant noncompliance with ap-
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plicable law or an order of the Foreign In-
telligence Surveillance Court concerning 
any acquisition of abouts communica-
tions.’’. 
(6) APPOINTMENT OF AMICI CURIAE BY FOR-
EIGN
INTELLIGENCE
SURVEILLANCE
COURT.—For 
purposes of section 103(i)(2)(A) of the Foreign In-
telligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
1803(i)(2)(A)), the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Court shall treat the first certification under section 
702(g) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1881a(g)) or amend-
ment thereto that authorizes the acquisition of 
abouts communications as presenting a novel or sig-
nificant interpretation of the law, unless the court 
determines otherwise. 
SEC. 204. PUBLICATION OF MINIMIZATION PROCEDURES 
UNDER SECTION 702. 
Section 702(e) (50 U.S.C. 1881a(e)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) PUBLICATION.—The Director of National 
Intelligence, in consultation with the Attorney Gen-
eral, shall— 
‘‘(A) conduct a declassification review of 
any minimization procedures adopted or amend-
ed in accordance with paragraph (1); and 
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‘‘(B) consistent with such review, and not 
later than 180 days after conducting such re-
view, make such minimization procedures pub-
licly available to the greatest extent practicable, 
which may be in redacted form.’’. 
SEC. 205. COMPENSATION OF AMICI CURIAE AND TECH-
NICAL EXPERTS. 
Subsection (i) of section 103 (50 U.S.C. 1803) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) COMPENSATION.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, a court established under 
subsection (a) or (b) may compensate an amicus cu-
riae appointed under paragraph (2) for assistance 
provided under such paragraph as the court con-
siders appropriate and at such rate as the court con-
siders appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 206. ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE.—Section 107 (50 
U.S.C. 1807) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 107. REPORT OF ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE. 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—In April of each year, the 
Attorney General shall transmit to the Administrative Of-
fice of the United States Courts and to the congressional 
intelligence committees and the Committees on the Judici-
ary of the House of Representatives and the Senate a re-
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port setting forth with respect to the preceding calendar 
year— 
‘‘(1) the total number of applications made for 
orders and extensions of orders approving electronic 
surveillance under this title; 
‘‘(2) the total number of such orders and exten-
sions either granted, modified, or denied; and 
‘‘(3) the total number of persons who were sub-
ject to electronic surveillance conducted under an 
order or emergency authorization under this title, 
rounded to the nearest 500, including the number of 
such individuals who are United States persons, re-
ported to the nearest band of 500, starting with 0– 
499. 
‘‘(b) FORM.—Each report under subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, to the extent consistent 
with national security. Not later than 7 days after the date 
on which the Attorney General submits each such report, 
the Attorney General shall make the report publicly avail-
able, or, if the Attorney General determines that the re-
port cannot be made publicly available consistent with na-
tional security, the Attorney General may make publicly 
available an unclassified summary of the report or a re-
dacted version of the report.’’. 
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(b) PEN REGISTERS AND TRAP AND TRACE DE-
VICES.—Section 406 (50 U.S.C. 1846) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) a good faith estimate of the total number 
of subjects who were targeted by the installation and 
use of a pen register or trap and trace device under 
an order or emergency authorization issued under 
this title, rounded to the nearest 500, including— 
‘‘(A) the number of such subjects who are 
United States persons, reported to the nearest 
band of 500, starting with 0–499; and 
‘‘(B) of the number of United States per-
sons described in subparagraph (A), the num-
ber of persons whose information acquired pur-
suant to such order was reviewed or accessed by 
a Federal officer, employee, or agent, reported 
to the nearest band of 500, starting with 0– 
499.’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) Each report under subsection (b) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, to the extent consistent with 
national security. Not later than 7 days after the date on 
which the Attorney General submits such a report, the At-
torney General shall make the report publicly available, 
or, if the Attorney General determines that the report can-
not be made publicly available consistent with national se-
curity, the Attorney General may make publicly available 
an unclassified summary of the report or a redacted 
version of the report.’’. 
SEC. 207. PROCEDURES REGARDING DISSEMINATION OF 
NONPUBLICLY 
AVAILABLE 
INFORMATION 
CONCERNING UNITED STATES PERSONS. 
(a) PROCEDURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 512. PROCEDURES REGARDING DISSEMINATION OF 
NONPUBLICLY 
AVAILABLE 
INFORMATION 
CONCERNING UNITED STATES PERSONS. 
‘‘(a) PROCEDURES.—The head of each element of the 
intelligence community, in consultation with the Director 
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of National Intelligence, shall develop and maintain proce-
dures for that element to respond to covered requests. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The procedures under sub-
section (a) shall ensure, at a minimum, the following: 
‘‘(1) The originating element documents in 
writing each covered request received by the element, 
including— 
‘‘(A) the name or title of the individual of 
the requesting element who is making the re-
quest; 
‘‘(B) the name or title of each individual 
who will receive the United States person iden-
tity information sought by the covered request; 
and 
‘‘(C) a fact-based justification describing 
why such United States person identity infor-
mation is required by each individual described 
in subparagraph (B) to carry out the duties of 
the individual. 
‘‘(2) A covered request may only be approved 
by the head of the originating element or by officers 
or employees of such element to whom the head has 
specifically delegated such authority. 
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‘‘(3) The originating element retains records on 
covered requests, including the disposition of such 
requests, for not less than 5 years. 
‘‘(4) The records described in paragraph (3) in-
clude, with respect to approved covered requests, the 
name or title of the individual of the originating ele-
ment who approved such request. 
‘‘(5) The procedures include an exception 
that— 
‘‘(A) allows for the immediate disclosure of 
United States person identity information in 
the event of exigent circumstances or where a 
delay could result in the loss of intelligence; and 
‘‘(B) requires that promptly after such dis-
closure the requesting element makes a covered 
request with respect to such information. 
‘‘(6) If a covered request is made during a pe-
riod beginning on the date of a general election for 
President and ending on the date on which such 
President is inaugurated— 
‘‘(A) the documentation under paragraph 
(1) includes whether— 
‘‘(i) the individual of a requesting ele-
ment who is making the request knows or 
believes that any United States person 
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identity sought by the request is of an in-
dividual who is a member of the transition 
team of the President-elect and Vice-Presi-
dent-elect; or 
‘‘(ii) based on the intelligence commu-
nity report to which the request pertains, 
the originating element knows or reason-
ably believes that any United States person 
identity sought by the request is of an in-
dividual who is a member of the transition 
team of the President-elect and Vice-Presi-
dent-elect; 
‘‘(B) the approval made pursuant to para-
graph (2) of a covered request that contains a 
United States person identity described in sub-
paragraph (A) is subject to the concurrence of 
the general counsel of the originating element 
(or, in the absence of the general counsel, the 
first assistant general counsel) that the dissemi-
nation of such identity information is in accord-
ance with the procedures under subsection (a); 
and 
‘‘(C) consistent with due regard for the 
protection from unauthorized disclosure of clas-
sified information relating to sensitive intel-
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ligence sources and methods or other exception-
ally sensitive matters, the head of the origi-
nating element notifies the chairmen and rank-
ing minority members of the congressional in-
telligence committees of any approval described 
in subparagraph (B) by not later than 14 days 
after the date of such approval. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than April 30 of 
each year, the head of each element of the intelligence 
community shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a report documenting, with respect to the year 
covered by the report— 
‘‘(1) the total number of covered requests re-
ceived by that element; 
‘‘(2) of such total number, the number of re-
quests approved; 
‘‘(3) of such total number, the number of re-
quests denied; and 
‘‘(4) for each number calculated under para-
graphs (1) through (3), the number listed by each 
requesting element. 
‘‘(d) CERTAIN PROCEDURES REGARDING CONGRES-
SIONAL IDENTITY INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.—With respect to the dis-
semination of congressional identity information, the 
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head of each element of the intelligence community 
shall carry out this section in accordance with annex 
A of Intelligence Community Directive 112, or suc-
cessor annex or directive. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—The Director of National 
Intelligence may not modify or supersede annex A of 
Intelligence Community Directive 112, or successor 
annex or directive, unless— 
‘‘(A) the Director notifies the congressional 
intelligence committees of the proposed modi-
fications or new annex or directive; and 
‘‘(B) a period of 30 days elapses following 
such notification. 
‘‘(e) EFFECT ON MINIMIZATION PROCEDURES.—The 
requirements of this section are in addition to any mini-
mization procedures established pursuant to the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et 
seq.), Executive Order No. 12333 (50 U.S.C. 3001 note), 
or successor order, or other relevant provision of law or 
Executive order. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered request’ means a re-
quest by a requesting element to an originating ele-
ment for nonpublic identifying information with re-
spect to a known unconsenting United States person 
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that was omitted from an intelligence community re-
port disseminated by the originating element. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘originating element’ means an 
element of the intelligence community that dissemi-
nates an intelligence community report that contains 
a reference to a known unconsenting United States 
person but omits nonpublic identifying information 
with respect to such person. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘requesting element’ means an 
element of the United States Government that re-
ceives an intelligence community report from an 
originating element and makes a covered request 
with respect to such report. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘United States person’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of the For-
eign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
U.S.C. 1801).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in the first section of the National Security 
Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 511 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 512. Procedures regarding dissemination of nonpublicly available infor-
mation concerning United States persons.’’. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT OF PROCEDURES.—The head of 
each element of the intelligence community shall develop 
the procedures required by section 512(a) of the National 
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Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a)(1), by 
not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2018, the 
Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate a report assessing the compliance with the 
procedures required by section 512(a) of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a)(1). 
SEC. 208. IMPROVEMENTS TO PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIB-
ERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD. 
(a) APPOINTMENT OF STAFF.—Subsection (j) of sec-
tion 1061 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Pre-
vention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee(j)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) APPOINTMENT
IN
ABSENCE
OF
CHAIR-
MAN.—If the position of chairman of the Board is 
vacant, during the period of the vacancy, the Board, 
at the direction of the unanimous vote of the serving 
members of the Board, may exercise the authority of 
the chairman under paragraph (1).’’. 
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(b) MEETINGS.—Subsection (f) of such section (42 
U.S.C. 2000ee(f)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Board shall’’ and inserting 
‘‘The Board’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘make its’’ and 
inserting ‘‘shall make its’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘hold public’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall hold public’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, but may, notwithstanding 
section 552b of title 5, United States Code, 
meet or otherwise communicate in any number 
to confer or deliberate in a manner that is 
closed to the public’’. 
SEC. 209. PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OFFICERS. 
Section 1062(a) of the Intelligence Reform and Ter-
rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee–1(a)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘, the Director of the National 
Security Agency, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation’’ after ‘‘the Director of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency’’. 
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TITLE III—EXTENSION OF AU-
THORITIES, INCREASED PEN-
ALTIES, 
REPORTS, 
AND 
OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF TITLE VII OF FISA; EFFECTIVE 
DATES. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 403(b) of the FISA 
Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–261; 122 Stat. 
2474) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and by the FISA 
Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017’’ 
after ‘‘section 101(a)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 404(b) of 
the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–261; 
122 Stat. 2476), as amended by section 201, is further 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DECEM-
BER 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘DECEMBER 31, 
2021’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and by the FISA 
Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017’’ 
after ‘‘section 101(a)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and by the 
FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017’’ 
after ‘‘section 101(a)’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and amended by the 
FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 
2017’’ after ‘‘as added by section 101(a)’’ both 
places it appears; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and by the FISA 
Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017’’ 
after ‘‘as amended by section 101(a)’’ both 
places it appears. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENTS TO FAA.— 
The amendments made to the FISA Amendments Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110–261) by this section shall take ef-
fect on the earlier of the date of the enactment of this 
Act or December 31, 2017. 
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SEC. 302. INCREASED PENALTY FOR UNAUTHORIZED RE-
MOVAL AND RETENTION OF CLASSIFIED DOC-
UMENTS OR MATERIAL. 
Section 1924(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘five 
years’’. 
SEC. 303. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON THE CLASSI-
FICATION 
SYSTEM 
AND 
PROTECTION 
OF 
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study of the classification system 
of the United States and the methods by which the intel-
ligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))) protects 
classified information. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The study under sub-
section (a) shall address the following: 
(1) Whether sensitive information is properly 
classified. 
(2) The effect of modern technology on the 
storage and protection of classified information, in-
cluding with respect to— 
(A) using cloud storage for classified infor-
mation; and 
(B) any technological means to prevent or 
detect unauthorized access to such information. 
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(3) Any ways to improve the classification sys-
tem of the United States, including with respect to 
changing the levels of classification used in such sys-
tem and to reduce overclassification. 
(4) How to improve the authorized sharing of 
classified information, including with respect to sen-
sitive compartmented information. 
(5) The value of polygraph tests in determining 
who is authorized to access classified information 
and in investigating unauthorized disclosures of clas-
sified information. 
(6) Whether each element of the intelligence 
community— 
(A) applies uniform standards in deter-
mining who is authorized to access classified in-
formation; and 
(B) provides proper training with respect 
to the handling of classified information and 
the avoidance of overclassification. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and 
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the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a re-
port containing the study under subsection (a). 
(d) FORM.—The report under subsection (c) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
SEC. 304. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS AND AMENDMENTS TO 
IMPROVE PROCEDURES OF THE FOREIGN IN-
TELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT OF RE-
VIEW. 
(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Foreign Intel-
ligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) 
is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 103(b) (50 U.S.C. 1803(b)), by 
striking ‘‘designate as the’’ and inserting ‘‘des-
ignated as the’’. 
(2) In section 302(a)(1)(A)(iii) (50 U.S.C. 
1822(a)(1)(A)(iii)), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) 
through (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) 
through (D)’’. 
(3) In section 406(b) (50 U.S.C. 1846(b)), by 
striking ‘‘and to the Committees on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate’’. 
(4) In section 604(a) (50 U.S.C. 1874(a))— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking ‘‘con-
tents’’ and inserting ‘‘contents,’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘comply 
in the into’’ and inserting ‘‘comply into’’. 
(5) In section 701 (50 U.S.C. 1881)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The 
terms’’ and inserting ‘‘In this title, the terms’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘In this title:’’ after 
the subsection heading; and 
(ii) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘(50 
U.S.C. 401a(4))’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 
U.S.C. 3003(4))’’. 
(6) In section 702(h)(2)(A)(i) (50 U.S.C. 
1881a(h)(2)(A)(i)), as redesignated by section 201, 
by inserting ‘‘targeting’’ before ‘‘procedures in 
place’’. 
(7) In section 801(7) (50 U.S.C. 1885(7)), by 
striking ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 401a(4))’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 
U.S.C. 3003(4))’’. 
(b) COURT-RELATED AMENDMENTS.—The Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et 
seq.) is further amended as follows: 
(1) In section 103 (50 U.S.C. 1803)— 
(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘imme-
diately’’; and 
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