I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1157 
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to exempt bookstores 
and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things 
for certain foreign intelligence investigations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2005 
Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. OTTER, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. 
UDALL of New Mexico, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. HOLT, 
Ms. WATSON, Ms. LEE, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. FARR, Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. OLVER, Mr. 
ABERCROMBIE, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mrs. LOWEY, 
Mr. MARKEY, Mr. KIND, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. OWENS, 
Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
COSTELLO, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. FILNER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. NEAL of 
Massachusetts, Ms. WATERS, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. FRANK 
of Massachusetts, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. PAUL, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. 
WEXLER, Mr. STARK, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. MCNUL-
TY, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 
CLAY, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. CARSON, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
ALLEN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. DOGGETT, 
Mr. PALLONE, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. 
ETHERIDGE, Mr. WYNN, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
GUTIERREZ, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. PETERSON 
of Minnesota, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. SABO, Mr. TAYLOR of Mis-
sissippi, Mr. STUPAK, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Is-
land, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. RUSH, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. 
CASE, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ 
of California, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. BISHOP of New 
York, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. WEINER, Mr. HASTINGS of 
Florida, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. VIS-
CLOSKY, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. NADLER, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. 
JEFFERSON, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, and 
Ms. KAPTUR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Select Committee on 
Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to ex-
empt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the 
production of any tangible things for certain foreign in-
telligence investigations, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Freedom to Read Pro-
tection Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF BOOKSTORES AND LIBRARIES 
FROM ORDERS REQUIRING THE PRODUC-
TION OF ANY TANGIBLE THINGS FOR CER-
TAIN FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGA-
TIONS. 
Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f)(1) No application may be made under this sec-
tion with either the purpose or effect of searching for, or 
seizing from, a bookseller or library documentary mate-
rials that contain personally identifiable information con-
cerning a patron of a bookseller or library.
‘‘(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as 
precluding a physical search for documentary materials re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) under other provisions of law, 
including under section 303. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘bookseller’ means any person or 
entity engaged in the sale, rental or delivery of 
books, journals, magazines or other similar forms of 
communication in print or digitally. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘library’ has the meaning given 
that term under section 213(2) of the Library Serv-
ices and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 9122(2)) whose 
services include access to the Internet, books, jour-
nals, magazines, newspapers, or other similar forms 
of communication in print or digitally to patrons for 
their use, review, examination or circulation. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘patron’ means any purchaser, 
renter, borrower, user or subscriber of goods or serv-
ices from a library or bookseller. 
‘‘(D) The term ‘documentary materials’ means 
any document, tape or other communication created 
by a bookseller or library in connection with print or 
digital dissemination of a book, journal, magazine, 
newspaper, or other similar form of communication, 
including access to the Internet.
‘‘(E) The term ‘personally identifiable informa-
tion’ includes information that identifies a person as 
having used, requested or obtained specific reading 
materials or services from a bookseller or library.’’. 
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER 
FISA. 
Section 502 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1862) is amended by striking sub-
sections (a) and (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) On a semiannual basis, the Attorney General 
shall fully inform the appropriate congressional commit-
tees concerning all requests for the production of tangible 
things under section 501, including with respect to the 
preceding 6-month period— 
‘‘(1) the total number of applications made for 
orders approving requests for the production of tan-
gible things under section 501; and 
‘‘(2) the total number of such orders either 
granted, modified, or denied. 
‘‘(b) In informing the appropriate congressional com-
mittees under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall 
include the following: 
‘‘(1) A description with respect to each applica-
tion for an order requiring the production of any