,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #behf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bh1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,cohen introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary1 and in addition to the  
,select ,committee on ,intelligence     
7,permanent ,select71 for a period to be
 subsequently determined by the         
,speaker1 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     
#aigh to provide for the designation of 
,foreign ,intelligence ,surveillance    
,court judges by the ,speaker of the    
,house of ,representatives1 the minority
 leader of the ,house of                
,representatives1 the majority and      
minority leaders of the ,senate1 and the
 ,chief ,justice of the ,supreme ,court1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,fisa ,court ,accountability ,act4  #b4

 ,designation of ,foreign ,intelligence 
,surveillance ,court judges ,section    
#ajc of the ,foreign ,intelligence      
,surveillance ,act of #aigh 7#ej        
,u4,s4,c4 #ahjc7 is amended--  7#a7 in  
subsection 7a7--  7,a7 by striking      
paragraph 7#a7 and inserting the        
following new paragraph3  7#a7 7,a7     
,there is established a court which     
shall have jurisdiction to hear         
applications for and grant orders       
approving electronic surveillance       
anywhere within the ,united ,states     
under the procedures set forth in this  
,act4  7,b7 ,the court established under
 paragraph 7#a7 shall consist of #aa    
publicly designated district court      
judges1 of whom--  7i7 #c judges shall  
be designated by the ,chief ,justice2   
7ii7 #b judges shall be designated by   
the ,speaker of the ,house of           
,representatives2  7iii7 #b judges shall
 be designated by the minority leader of
 the ,house of ,representatives2  7iv7  
#b judges shall be designated by the    

majority leader of the ,senate2 and  7v7
 #b judges shall be designated by the   
minority leader of the ,senate4  7,c7   
,no judge designated under this         
subsection 7except when sitting en banc 
under paragraph 7#b77 shall hear the    
same application for electronic         
surveillance under this ,act which has  
been denied previously by another judge 
designated under this subsection4 ,if   
any judge so designated denies an       
application for an order authorizing    
electronic surveillance under this ,act1
 such judge shall provide immediately   
for the record a written statement of   
each reason for his decision and1 on    
motion of the ,united ,states1 the      
record shall be transmitted1 under seal1
 to the court of review established in  
subsection 7b74  2 and  7,b7 in         
paragraph 7#b71 by adding at the end the
 following new subparagraph3  7,d7 ,any 
authority exercised by the court en banc
 under this paragraph shall only be     
exercised when agreed to by #fj percent 

or more of the judges sitting en banc4  
2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7b7--  7,a7 in
 the first sentence1 by striking ,the   
,chief ,justice shall publicly designate
 three judges1 one of whom shall be     
publicly designate as the presiding     
judge and inserting ,the ,chief         
,justice1 the ,speaker of the ,house of 
,representatives1 and the majority      
leader of the ,senate or1 if the        
majority leader is a member of the same 
political party as the ,speaker1 the    
minority leader of the ,senate1 shall   
each publicly designate one judge1 one  
of whom the ,chief ,justice shall       
publicly designate as the presiding     
judge2 and  7,b7 by adding at the end   
the following3 ,such court may only     
decide in favor of the ,government if   
the decision of the judges of such court
 is unanimous44  #c4 ,submission of     
,foreign ,intelligence ,surveillance    
,court opinions to ,congress ,section   
#fja7;c7 of the ,foreign ,intelligence  
,surveillance ,act of #aigh 7#ej        

,u4,s4,c4 #ahga7;c77 is amended--  7#a7 
in paragraph 7#a7--  7,a7 by striking   
that includes significant construction  
or interpretation of any provision of   
this ,act12 and  7,b7 by striking 2 and 
and inserting a semicolon2  7#b7 in     
paragraph 7#b71 by striking the period  
and inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding
 at the end the following new paragraph3
  7#c7 an unclassified summary of each  
such decision1 order1 or opinion4  4