section (b) are not adequate for the timely and effi-
cient electronic surveillance of appropriate targets in 
accordance with title I of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978, the President shall submit 
to the relevant congressional committees a report 
containing findings and recommendations with re-
spect to emergency applications and, to the extent 
deemed necessary by the President, routine applica-
tions for an order under such title on— 
(A) the level of resources and personnel 
needed at the National Security Agency and the 
Department of Justice to handle such applica-
tions to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Court; 
(B) the need for new information tech-
nology systems to facilitate the near real-time 
approval of such applications to the Foreign In-
telligence Surveillance Court; 
(C) how to streamline the processing of in-
formation that must be presented to the For-
eign Intelligence Surveillance Court for such an 
application; 
(D) how to expedite review within the Na-
tional Security Agency, the Department of Jus-
tice, or other appropriate agencies or depart-
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ments of such applications before such an appli-
cation is submitted to the Attorney General; 
(E) whether a senior official reporting to 
the Attorney General, such as the Deputy At-
torney General or the Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral for National Security, should be authorized 
to approve such applications; and 
(F) the need for any legislative changes to 
improve such procedures. 
(2) DATE OF SUBMISSION.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the relevant 
congressional committees not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the President determines 
under such paragraph that the procedures described 
in subsection (b) are not adequate for the timely 
electronic surveillance of appropriate targets in the 
United States. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to authorize the President to con-
duct electronic surveillance other than in accordance with 
title I of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
or chapters 119 or 121 of title 18, United States Code. 
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SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR INCREASED RESOURCES TO 
PROCESS FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEIL-
LANCE ACT APPLICATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Security Agency and the Department of Justice for 
the activities of the Office of Intelligence Policy and Re-
view such sums as may be necessary to meet the increased 
personnel and information technology demands to ensure 
the timely and efficient processing of applications to the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ELECTRONIC
SURVEILLANCE.—The term 
‘‘electronic surveillance’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 101(f) of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801(f)). 
(2) FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE
SURVEILLANCE 
COURT.—The term ‘‘Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Court’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 301(3) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1821(3)). 
(3) 
RELEVANT
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit-
tees’’ means the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and the Select Committee 
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on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate. 
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