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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3882 
To require the Comptroller General to produce annual reports on programs 
under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2014 
Mr. CARNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Comptroller General to produce annual re-
ports on programs under the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act of 1978. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Security 
Agency Accountability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL 
ON PROGRAMS UNDER THE FOREIGN INTEL-
LIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978. 
(a) REPORT.—Title VI of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1871 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 602. ANNUAL REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER GEN-
ERAL. 
‘‘(a) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall annually submit to the Permanent Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the Senate a report on the effectiveness of the 
programs and activities carried out under this Act. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall include— 
‘‘(1) an analysis of the restrictions placed on 
access to information obtained under this Act; 
‘‘(2) the number of incidents of non-compliance 
with this Act or any rule, regulation, policy, or pro-
cedure to carry out this Act; 
‘‘(3) a description of actions taken in response 
to incidents of non-compliance described in para-
graph (2); 
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‘‘(4) a description of the minimization proce-
dures used to carry out each provision of this Act; 
‘‘(5) a description of how such minimization 
procedures are verified to be in use and effective; 
‘‘(6) the number of applications made under 
each appropriate provision of this Act, the number 
of such applications approved by a court, and the 
number of times such applications resulted in an 
oral argument before the court; 
‘‘(7) the number of times employees of or con-
tractors to the National Security Agency search in-
formation acquired under this Act; and 
‘‘(8) any other information the Comptroller 
General considers appropriate. 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—At the time of submis-
sion of each report required under subsection (a), the 
Comptroller General shall make publicly available an un-
classified summary of such report.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of contents in the first section of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 601 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 602. Annual report by the Comptroller General.’’. 
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