I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2429
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve 
the administration and oversight of foreign intelligence surveillance, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2003
Mr. HOEFFEL (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. FARR, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of 
Texas, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. FROST, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. CASE, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. 
LEE, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. STARK, Mr. 
KUCINICH, and Mr. HONDA) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Select 
Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select) and Financial Services, 
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 amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
to improve the administration and oversight of foreign 
intelligence surveillance, 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 ‘‘Surveillance Oversight 
and Disclosure Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SUR-
VEILLANCE ACT OF 1978. 
(a) RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR FISA COURTS.—
Section 103 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e)(1) The courts established pursuant to sub-
sections (a) and (b) may establish such rules and proce-
dures, and take such actions, as are reasonably necessary 
to administer their responsibilities under this Act. 
‘‘(2) The rules and procedures established under 
paragraph (1), and any modifications of such rules and 
procedures, shall be recorded, and shall be transmitted to 
the following: 
‘‘(A) All of the judges on the court established 
pursuant to subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) All of the judges on the court of review es-
tablished pursuant to subsection (b). 
‘‘(C) The Chief Justice of the United States. 
‘‘(D) The Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate. 
‘‘(E) The Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate. 
‘‘(F) The Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives.
‘‘(G) The Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence of the House of Representatives.’’. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—(1) The Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et 
seq.) is further amended—
(A) by redesignating title VI as title VII, and 
section 601 as section 701, respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after title V the following new 
title: 
‘‘TITLE VI—PUBLIC REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
‘‘PUBLIC REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 
‘‘SEC. 601. In addition to the reports required by sec-
tions 107, 108, 306, 406, and 502, in April of each year, 
the Attorney General shall issue a public report setting 
forth with respect to the preceding calendar year—
‘‘(1) the aggregate number of United States 
persons targeted for orders issued under this Act, 
including those targeted for—
‘‘(A) electronic surveillance under section 
105; 
‘‘(B) physical searches under section 304; 
‘‘(C) pen registers under section 402; and 
‘‘(D) access to records under section 501;
‘‘(2) the aggregate number of applications 
under each section referred to in paragraph (1) for 
orders issued under that section—
‘‘(A) with respect only to United States 
persons, and 
‘‘(B) with respect to all persons without re-
gard to nationality; 
‘‘(3) the number of times that the Attorney 
General has authorized that information obtained 
under such sections or any information derived 
therefrom may be used in a criminal proceeding; 
‘‘(4) the number of times that a statement was 
completed pursuant to section 106(b), 305(c), or 
405(b) to accompany a disclosure of information ac-
quired under this Act for law enforcement purposes; 
and 
‘‘(5) in a manner consistent with the protection 
of the national security of the United States—
‘‘(A) the portions of the documents and 
applications filed with the courts established 
under section 103 that include significant con-
struction or interpretation of the provisions of 
this Act or any provision of the United States 
Constitution, not including the facts of any par-
ticular matter, which may be redacted;
‘‘(B) the portions of the opinions and or-
ders of the courts established under section 103 
that include significant construction or interpre-
tation of the provisions of this Act or any provi-
sion of the United States Constitution, not in-
cluding the facts of any particular matter, 
which may be redacted; and 
‘‘(C) in the first report submitted under 
this section, the matters specified in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) for all documents and ap-
plications filed with the courts established 
under section 103, and all otherwise unpub-
lished opinions and orders of that court, for the 
4 years before the preceding calendar year in 
addition to that year.’’. 
(2) The table of contents for that Act is amended 
by striking the items for title VI and inserting the fol-
lowing new items:
‘‘TITLE VI—PUBLIC REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
‘‘Sec. 601. Public report of the Attorney General. 
‘‘TITLE VII—EFFECTIVE DATE 
‘‘Sec. 701. Effective date.’’.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS OF CONGRESSIONAL 
OVERSIGHT OF SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES. 
(a) TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 
2709(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The infor-
mation shall include a separate statement of all such re-
quests made of institutions operating as public libraries 
or serving as libraries of secondary schools or institutions 
of higher education.’’. 
(b) RIGHT TO FINANCIAL PRIVACY ACT OF 1978.—
Section 1114(a)(5)(C) of the Right to Financial Privacy 
Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3414(a)(5)(C)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(C)(i) On a semiannual basis the Attorney General 
shall fully inform the congressional intelligence commit-
tees, the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate concerning all requests made pursuant to this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(ii) In the case of the semiannual reports required 
to be submitted under clause (i) to the congressional intel-
ligence committees, the submittal dates for such reports 
shall be as provided in section 507 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947. 
‘‘(iii) In this subparagraph, the term ‘congressional 
intelligence committees’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 401a).’’.
(c) 
FAIR
CREDIT
REPORTING
ACT.—Section 
625(h)(1) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 
1681u(h)(1)), as amended by section 811(b)(8)(B) of the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Pub-
lic Law 107–306), is further amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and the Committee on Bank-
ing, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of 
Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Committee on 
Financial Services, and the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the House of Representatives’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and the Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the Senate’’.
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