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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2736
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 18, 2013
Mr. Larsen of
Washington (for himself and Mr.
Amash) introduced the following 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 information related to the compliance
with such orders or directives.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Government Surveillance Transparency
Act of 2013.
2.
Disclosure of
certain aggregate information related to orders under the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978
(a)
Disclosures
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following
new title:
IX
Disclosure of
certain aggregate information
901.
Disclosure of
certain aggregate information
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 preceding 90-day period, make publicly
available the following information:
(1) The aggregate
number of orders or directives under this Act with which such entity was
required to comply.
(2) A general
description of the types of assistance, information, or tangible things such
entity was required to provide pursuant to such orders or directives.
(3) The aggregate
number of each type of assistance, information, or tangible things such entity
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.
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(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.
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