summary of such decision may not be made available 
under paragraph (3), the Attorney General shall 
make available to the public an unclassified report 
on the status of the internal deliberations and proc-
ess regarding the declassification by personnel of 
Executive branch of such decisions. Such report 
shall include— 
‘‘(A) an estimate of the number of deci-
sions that will be declassified at the end of such 
deliberations; and 
‘‘(B) an estimate of the number of deci-
sions that, through a determination by the At-
torney General, shall remain classified to pro-
tect the national security of the United 
States.’’. 
(2) SECTION 702.—Section 702(l) of the For-
eign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
U.S.C. 1881a(l)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(4) DISCLOSURE OF DECISIONS.— 
‘‘(A) DECISION DEFINED.—In this para-
graph, the term ‘decision’ means any decision, 
order, or opinion issued by the Foreign Intel-
ligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intel-
ligence Surveillance Court of Review that in-
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cludes significant construction or interpretation 
of this section. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE.— 
Subject to subparagraphs (C) and (D), the At-
torney General shall declassify and make avail-
able to the public— 
‘‘(i) each decision that is required to 
be submitted to committees of Congress 
under section 601(c), not later than 45 
days after such opinion is issued; and 
‘‘(ii) each decision issued prior to the 
date of the enactment of the Ending Secret 
Law Act that was required to be submitted 
to committees of Congress under section 
601(c), not later than 180 days after such 
date of enactment. 
‘‘(C) UNCLASSIFIED
SUMMARIES.—Not-
withstanding subparagraph (B) and subject to 
subparagraph (D), if the Attorney General 
makes a determination that a decision may not 
be declassified and made available in a manner 
that protects the national security of the United 
States, including methods or sources related to 
national security, the Attorney General shall re-
lease an unclassified summary of such decision. 
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‘‘(D) UNCLASSIFIED
REPORT.—Notwith-
standing subparagraphs (B) and (C), if the At-
torney General makes a determination that any 
decision may not be declassified under subpara-
graph (B) and an unclassified summary of such 
decision may not be made available under sub-
paragraph (C), the Attorney General shall make 
available to the public an unclassified report on 
the status of the internal deliberations and 
process regarding the declassification by per-
sonnel of Executive branch of such decisions. 
Such report shall include— 
‘‘(i) an estimate of the number of de-
cisions that will be declassified at the end 
of such deliberations; and 
‘‘(ii) an estimate of the number of de-
cisions that, through a determination by 
the Attorney General, shall remain classi-
fied to protect the national security of the 
United States.’’. 
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