States Code, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) shall be the exclusive 
means by which electronic surveillance may be conducted. 
(b) FUTURE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION.—Subsection 
(a) shall apply until specific statutory authorization for 
electronic surveillance, other than as an amendment to 
chapters 119 or 121 of title 18, United States Code, or 
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), is enacted. Such specific statutory 
authorization shall be the only exception to subsection (a). 
SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPORT.—As soon as practicable after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, but not later than 14 days 
after such date, the President shall submit to the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate a report— 
(1) on the Terrorist Surveillance Program of 
the National Security Agency; 
(2) on any program which involves the elec-
tronic surveillance of United States persons in the 
United States, and which is conducted by any de-
partment, agency, or other element of the Federal 
Government, or by any entity at the direction of a 
department, agency, or other element of the Federal 
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Government, without fully complying with the proce-
dures set forth in the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) or chap-
ters 119 or 121 of title 18, United States Code; and 
(3) including a general description of each 
United States person who has been the subject of 
such electronic surveillance not authorized to be con-
ducted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 or chapters 119 or 121 of title 18, 
United States Code, and the basis for the selection 
of each person for such electronic surveillance. 
(b) FORM.—The report submitted under subsection 
(a) may be submitted in classified form. 
(c) ACCESS.—The Chair of the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives 
and the Chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate shall provide each member of the Committees 
on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, respectively, access to the report submitted under 
subsection (a). Such access shall be provided in accordance 
with security procedures required for the review of classi-
fied information. 
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SEC. 5. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT 
MATTERS. 
(a) AUTHORITY
FOR ADDITIONAL JUDGES.—The 
first sentence of section 103(a) of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘judicial circuits’’ and inserting ‘‘judicial cir-
cuits, and any additional district court judges that the 
Chief Justice considers necessary for the prompt and time-
ly consideration of applications under section 104,’’. 
(b) CONSIDERATION
OF
EMERGENCY
APPLICA-
TIONS.—Section 105(f) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1805(f)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘The judge receiving an application under this sub-
section shall review such application within 24 hours of 
the application being submitted.’’ 
SEC. 6. STREAMLINING FISA APPLICATION PROCESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104 of the Foreign Intel-
ligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1804) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘detailed 
description’’ and inserting ‘‘summary descrip-
tion’’; 
(B) in paragraph (7)— 
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(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘techniques;’’ and inserting ‘‘techniques; 
and’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (D); and 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(E) as subparagraph (D); and 
(C) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘a state-
ment of the means’’ and inserting ‘‘a summary 
statement of the means’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘or the 
Director of National Intelligence’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Director of National Intelligence, or the Director of 
the Central Intelligence Agency’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 105(a)(5) 
of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1805(a)(5)) is amended by striking 
‘‘104(a)(7)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘104(a)(7)(D)’’. 
SEC. 7. INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT OF TARGETS. 
Section 105(d) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1805(d)), as redesignated 
by section 7(4), is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) An order issued under this section shall remain 
in force during the authorized period of surveillance not-
withstanding the absence of the target from the United 
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States, unless the Government files a motion to extinguish 
the order and the court grants the motion.’’. 
SEC. 8. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR APPLICATIONS FOR 
ORDERS FOR EMERGENCY ELECTRONIC SUR-
VEILLANCE. 
Section 105(f) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1805(f)) is further amended 
by striking ‘‘72 hours’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘168 hours’’. 
SEC. 9. ENHANCEMENT OF ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE 
AUTHORITY IN WARTIME. 
Section 111 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1811) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the Congress or an authoriza-
tion for the use of military force described in section 
2(c)(2) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 
1541(c)(2)) if such authorization contains a specific au-
thorization for electronic surveillance under this section.’’. 
SEC. 10. ACQUISITION OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN 
PARTIES NOT IN THE UNITED STATES. 
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
(50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is further amended— 
(1) by adding at the end of title I the following 
new section: 
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‘‘ACQUISITION OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PARTIES 
NOT IN THE UNITED STATES 
‘‘SEC. 112. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, a court order is not required 
for the acquisition of the contents of any communication 
between persons that are not located within the United 
States for the purpose of collecting foreign intelligence in-
formation, without respect to whether the communication 
passes through the United States or the surveillance de-
vice is located within the United States. 
‘‘(b) TREATMENT
OF INTERCEPTED COMMUNICA-
TIONS INVOLVING A DOMESTIC PARTY.—If an acquisition 
described in subsection (a) inadvertently collects a commu-
nication in which at least one party to the communication 
is within the United States— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a communication acquired 
inside the United States, the contents of such com-
munication shall be handled in accordance with 
minimization procedures adopted by the Attorney 
General that require that no contents of any commu-
nication to which a United States person is a party 
shall be disclosed, disseminated, or used for any pur-
pose or retained for longer than 168 hours unless a 
court order under section 105 is obtained or unless 
the Attorney General determines that the informa-
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tion indicates a threat of death or serious bodily 
harm to any person; and 
‘‘(2) in the case of a communication acquired 
outside the United States, the contents of such com-
munication shall be handled in accordance with 
minimization procedures adopted by the Attorney 
General.’’; and 
(2) in the table of contents in the first section, 
by inserting after the item relating to section 111 
the following: 
‘‘112. Acquisition of communications between parties not in the United 
States.’’. 
SEC. 11. ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL FOR PREPARATION AND 
CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR OR-
DERS 
APPROVING 
ELECTRONIC 
SURVEIL-
LANCE. 
(a) OFFICE
OF INTELLIGENCE POLICY
AND RE-
VIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 
hire and assign personnel to the Office of Intel-
ligence Policy and Review as may be necessary to 
carry out the prompt and timely preparation, modi-
fication, and review of applications under section 
104 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 (50 U.S.C. 1804) for orders approving elec-
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tronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes 
under section 105 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1805). 
(2) ASSIGNMENT.—The Attorney General shall 
assign personnel hired and assigned pursuant to 
paragraph (1) to and among appropriate offices of 
the National Security Agency in order that such per-
sonnel may directly assist personnel of the National 
Security Agency in preparing applications under sec-
tion 104 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1804). 
(b) NATIONAL SECURITY BRANCH OF THE FBI.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation may hire and assign per-
sonnel to the National Security Branch as may be 
necessary to carry out the prompt and timely prepa-
ration of applications under section 104 of the For-
eign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
U.S.C. 1804) for orders approving electronic surveil-
lance for foreign intelligence purposes under section 
105 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1805). 
(2) ASSIGNMENT.—The Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation shall assign personnel hired 
and assigned pursuant to paragraph (1) to and 
among the field offices of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation in order that such personnel may directly 
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assist personnel of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion in such field offices in preparing applications 
under section 104 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1804). 
(c) NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY.—The Director of 
the National Security Agency may hire and assign per-
sonnel as may be necessary to carry out the prompt and 
timely preparation of applications under section 104 of the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
1804) for orders approving electronic surveillance for for-
eign intelligence purposes under section 105 of such Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1805). 
(d) 
FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE
SURVEILLANCE 
COURT.—The presiding judge designated under section 
103(b) of such Act may hire and assign personnel as may 
be necessary to carry out the prompt and timely consider-
ation of applications under section 104 of such Act (50 
U.S.C. 1804) for orders approving electronic surveillance 
for foreign intelligence purposes under section 105 of that 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1805). 
SEC. 12. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘electronic surveillance’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101(f) of the For-
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eign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
U.S.C. 1801(f)). 
(2) The term ‘‘foreign intelligence information’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 101(e) of 
such Act (50 U.S.C. 1801(e)). 
Æ 
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