SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FISA Court Account-
ability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SUR-
VEILLANCE COURT JUDGES. 
Section 103 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1)(A) There is established a court which shall have 
jurisdiction to hear applications for and grant orders ap-
proving electronic surveillance anywhere within the United 
States under the procedures set forth in this Act. 
‘‘(B) The court established under paragraph (1) shall 
consist of 11 publicly designated district court judges, of 
whom— 
‘‘(i) 3 judges shall be designated by the Chief 
Justice; 
‘‘(ii) 2 judges shall be designated by the Speak-
er of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(iii) 2 judges shall be designated by the minor-
ity leader of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(iv) 2 judges shall be designated by the major-
ity leader of the Senate; and 
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‘‘(v) 2 judges shall be designated by the minor-
ity leader of the Senate. 
‘‘(C) No judge designated under this subsection (ex-
cept when sitting en banc under paragraph (2)) shall hear 
the same application for electronic surveillance under this 
Act which has been denied previously by another judge 
designated under this subsection. If any judge so des-
ignated denies an application for an order authorizing 
electronic surveillance under this Act, such judge shall 
provide immediately for the record a written statement of 
each reason for his decision and, on motion of the United 
States, the record shall be transmitted, under seal, to the 
court of review established in subsection (b).’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) Any authority exercised by the court en banc 
under this paragraph shall only be exercised when agreed 
to by 60 percent or more of the judges sitting en banc.’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
Chief Justice shall publicly designate three 
judges, one of whom shall be publicly designate 
as the presiding judge’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Chief Justice, the Speaker of the House of Rep-
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resentatives, and the majority leader of the 
Senate or, if the majority leader is a member 
of the same political party as the Speaker, the 
minority leader of the Senate, shall each pub-
licly designate one judge, one of whom the 
Chief Justice shall publicly designate as the 
presiding judge’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Such court may only decide in favor of the 
Government if the decision of the judges of 
such court is unanimous.’’. 
SEC. 3. SUBMISSION OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEIL-
LANCE COURT OPINIONS TO CONGRESS. 
Section 601(c) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1871(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘that includes significant 
construction or interpretation of any provision 
of this Act,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a 
semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
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‘‘(3) an unclassified summary of each such deci-
sion, order, or opinion.’’. 
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