conducted under the subsection for calendar years 
2012 and 2013.’’. 
(b) PROCEDURES REGARDING INFORMATION OB-
TAINED THROUGH NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney 
General shall— 
(A) establish procedures for the collection, 
use, and storage of information obtained in re-
sponse to a national security letter; and 
(B) submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees the procedures established 
under subparagraph (A). 
(2) REVISIONS TO PROCEDURES.—The Attor-
ney General shall notify the appropriate congres-
sional committees of any significant changes to the 
procedures established under paragraph (1)(A). 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(i) the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives; 
and 
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(ii) the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence and the Committee on the Judici-
ary of the Senate. 
(B) NATIONAL
SECURITY
LETTER.—the 
term ‘‘national security letter’’ means a request 
for information issued under section 2709 of 
title 18, United States Code, section 1114(a)(5) 
of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 
(12 U.S.C. 3414(5)), subsection (a) or (b) of 
section 626 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act 
(15 U.S.C. 1681u), or section 627 of the Fair 
Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681v). 
SEC. 8. LONE WOLF TERRORISTS AS AGENTS OF FOREIGN 
POWERS. 
Section 104 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1804) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATIONS FOR INDI-
VIDUAL TERRORISTS.— 
‘‘(1) DELEGATION.—The Attorney General may 
only delegate the authority to approve an application 
under subsection (a) for an order approving elec-
tronic surveillance of an agent of a foreign power, as 
defined in section 101(b)(1)(C), to the Deputy At-
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torney General or the Assistant Attorney General for 
National Security. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 
seven days after an application for an order approv-
ing electronic surveillance of an agent of a foreign 
power, as defined in section 101(b)(1)(C), is made 
under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall 
submit to the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate notice of such application.’’. 
SEC. 9. ORDERS FOR PEN REGISTERS AND TRAP AND 
TRACE 
DEVICES 
FOR 
FOREIGN 
INTEL-
LIGENCE PURPOSES. 
(a) APPLICATION.—Section 402(c) of the Foreign In-
telligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1842(c)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a certification by the ap-
plicant’’ and inserting ‘‘a statement of the facts 
and circumstances relied upon by the applicant 
to justify the belief of the applicant’’; and 
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(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) a statement of whether minimization pro-
cedures are being proposed and, if so, a statement 
of the proposed minimization procedures.’’. 
(b) MINIMIZATION.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—Section 401 of the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
1841) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) 
The 
term 
‘minimization 
procedures’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) specific procedures, that are reason-
ably designed in light of the purpose and tech-
nique of an order for the installation and use 
of a pen register or trap and trace device, to 
minimize the retention, and prohibit the dis-
semination, of nonpublicly available information 
known to concern unconsenting United States 
persons consistent with the need of the United 
States to obtain, produce, and disseminate for-
eign intelligence information; 
‘‘(B) procedures that require that nonpub-
licly available information, which is not foreign 
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intelligence information, as defined in section 
101(e)(1), shall not be disseminated in a man-
ner that identifies any United States person, 
without such person’s consent, unless such per-
son’s identity is necessary to understand foreign 
intelligence information or assess its impor-
tance; and 
‘‘(C) notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) 
and (B), procedures that allow for the retention 
and dissemination of information that is evi-
dence of a crime which has been, is being, or 
is about to be committed and that is to be re-
tained or disseminated for law enforcement pur-
poses.’’. 
(2) PEN REGISTERS AND TRAP AND TRACE DE-
VICES.—Section 402 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1842) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, 
and if, in exceptional circumstances, mini-
mization procedures are ordered, that the 
proposed minimization procedures meet the 
definition 
of 
minimization 
procedures 
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