(C) notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and 
(B), procedures that allow for the retention and 
dissemination of information that is evidence of 
a crime which has been, is being, or is about to 
be committed and that is to be retained or dis-
seminated for law enforcement purposes; and 
(2) the term ‘‘national security letter’’ means a 
request for information issued under section 2709 of 
title 18, United States Code, section 1114(a)(5) of the 
Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 
3414(5)), subsection (a) or (b) of section 626 of the 
Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681u), or sec-
tion 627 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 
1681v). 
SEC. 209. PUBLIC REPORTING ON NATIONAL SECURITY LET-
TERS. 
Section 118(c) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement 
and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (18 U.S.C. 3511 note) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘concerning different United 
States persons’’; and 
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(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, ex-
cluding the number of requests for subscriber in-
formation’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) CONTENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), each report required under 
this subsection shall include the total number of 
requests described in paragraph (1) requiring 
disclosure of information concerning— 
‘‘(i) United States persons; 
‘‘(ii) persons who are not United 
States persons; 
‘‘(iii) persons who are the subjects of 
authorized national security investigations; 
or 
‘‘(iv) persons who are not the subjects 
of authorized national security investiga-
tions. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—With respect to the 
number of requests for subscriber information 
under section 2709 of title 18, United States 
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Code, a report required under this subsection 
need not provide information separated into each 
of the categories described in subparagraph 
(A).’’. 
TITLE III—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON LEVEL OF CLASSIFICA-
TION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the President should 
periodically review the level of classification of programs 
that make use of national security letters (as defined in sec-
tion 203 of this Act) or the authorities under the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et 
seq.) to determine if such programs can be declassified, in 
whole or in part, without interfering with an ongoing inves-
tigation or otherwise threatening national security. 
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Union Calendar No. 240 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3845 
[Report No. 111–383, Part I] 
A BILL 
To extend and modify authorities needed to combat 
terrorism and protect civil liberties, and for other 
purposes. 
JANUARY 29, 2010 
The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the 
Committee on Financial Services discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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