I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2736 
To allow entities required to comply with orders or directives under the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to publicly report every 
90 days certain aggregate information related to the compliance with 
such orders or directives. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2013 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself and Mr. AMASH) introduced the fol-
lowing 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 determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To allow entities required to comply with orders or directives 
under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
to publicly report every 90 days certain aggregate infor-
mation related to the compliance with such orders or 
directives. 
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 ‘‘Government Surveil-
lance Transparency Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN AGGREGATE INFORMA-
TION RELATED TO ORDERS UNDER THE FOR-
EIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 
1978. 
(a) DISCLOSURES.—The Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new title: 
‘‘TITLE IX—DISCLOSURE OF CER-
TAIN AGGREGATE INFORMA-
TION 
‘‘SEC. 901. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN AGGREGATE INFOR-
MATION. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
each entity required to comply with an order or directive 
under this Act may, every 90 days with respect to the pre-
ceding 90-day period, make publicly available the following 
information: 
‘‘(1) The aggregate number of orders or direc-
tives under this Act with which such entity was re-
quired to comply. 
‘‘(2) A general description of the types of as-
sistance, information, or tangible things such entity 
was required to provide pursuant to such orders or 
directives. 
‘‘(3) The aggregate number of each type of as-
sistance, information, or tangible things such entity 
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was required to provide pursuant to such orders or 
directives. 
‘‘(4) The aggregate number of user accounts 
with respect to which such entity was required to 
provide assistance, information, or tangible things 
pursuant to such orders or directives.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of contents in the first section of such Act is amended 
by adding at the end the following new items: 
‘‘TITLE IX—DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN AGGREGATE INFORMATION 
‘‘Sec. 901. Disclosure of certain aggregate information.’’. 
Æ 
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