SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that each decision, order, 
or opinion issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of 
Review that includes significant construction or interpre-
tation of section 501 or section 702 of the Foreign Intel-
ligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861 and 
1881a) should be declassified in a manner consistent with 
the protection of national security, intelligence sources and 
methods, and other properly classified and sensitive infor-
mation. 
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF DECISIONS, 
ORDERS, AND OPINIONS OF THE FOREIGN IN-
TELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT. 
(a) SECTION 501.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 501 of the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
1861) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) DISCLOSURE OF DECISIONS.— 
‘‘(1) DECISION DEFINED.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘decision’ means any decision, order, or 
opinion issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Court of Review that includes significant construc-
tion or interpretation of this section. 
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‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT
FOR
DISCLOSURE.—Sub-
ject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the Attorney General 
shall declassify and make available to the public— 
‘‘(A) each decision that is required to be 
submitted to committees of Congress under sec-
tion 601(c), not later than 45 days after such 
opinion is issued; and 
‘‘(B) each decision issued prior to the date 
of the enactment of the FISA Court in the Sun-
shine Act of 2015 that was required to be sub-
mitted to committees of Congress under section 
601(c), not later than 180 days after such date 
of enactment. 
‘‘(3) 
UNCLASSIFIED
SUMMARIES.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (2) and subject to paragraph 
(4), if the Attorney General makes a determination 
that a decision may not be declassified and made 
available in a manner that protects the national se-
curity of the United States, including methods or 
sources related to national security, the Attorney 
General shall release an unclassified summary of 
such decision. 
‘‘(4) UNCLASSIFIED REPORT.—Notwithstanding 
paragraphs (2) and (3), if the Attorney General 
makes a determination that any decision may not be 
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declassified under paragraph (2) and an unclassified 
summary of such decision may not be made available 
under paragraph (3), the Attorney General shall 
make available to the public an unclassified report 
on the status of the internal deliberations and proc-
ess regarding the declassification by personnel of 
Executive branch of such decisions. Such report 
shall include— 
‘‘(A) an estimate of the number of deci-
sions that will be declassified at the end of such 
deliberations; and 
‘‘(B) an estimate of the number of deci-
sions that, through a determination by the At-
torney General, shall remain classified to pro-
tect the national security of the United 
States.’’. 
(2) SECTION 702.—Section 702(l) of the For-
eign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
U.S.C. 1881a(l)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(4) DISCLOSURE OF DECISIONS.— 
‘‘(A) DECISION DEFINED.—In this para-
graph, the term ‘decision’ means any decision, 
order, or opinion issued by the Foreign Intel-
ligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intel-
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ligence Surveillance Court of Review that in-
cludes significant construction or interpretation 
of this section. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE.— 
Subject to subparagraphs (C) and (D), the At-
torney General shall declassify and make avail-
able to the public— 
‘‘(i) each decision that is required to 
be submitted to committees of Congress 
under section 601(c), not later than 45 
days after such opinion is issued; and 
‘‘(ii) each decision issued prior to the 
date of the enactment of the FISA Court 
in the Sunshine Act of 2015 that was re-
quired to be submitted to committees of 
Congress under section 601(c), not later 
than 180 days after such date of enact-
ment. 
‘‘(C) UNCLASSIFIED
SUMMARIES.—Not-
withstanding subparagraph (B) and subject to 
subparagraph (D), if the Attorney General 
makes a determination that a decision may not 
be declassified and made available in a manner 
that protects the national security of the United 
States, including methods or sources related to 
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national security, the Attorney General shall re-
lease an unclassified summary of such decision. 
‘‘(D) UNCLASSIFIED
REPORT.—Notwith-
standing subparagraphs (B) and (C), if the At-
torney General makes a determination that any 
decision may not be declassified under subpara-
graph (B) and an unclassified summary of such 
decision may not be made available under sub-
paragraph (C), the Attorney General shall make 
available to the public an unclassified report on 
the status of the internal deliberations and 
process regarding the declassification by per-
sonnel of executive branch of such decisions. 
Such report shall include— 
‘‘(i) an estimate of the number of de-
cisions that will be declassified at the end 
of such deliberations; and 
‘‘(ii) an estimate of the number of de-
cisions that, through a determination by 
the Attorney General, shall remain classi-
fied to protect the national security of the 
United States.’’. 
Æ 
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