,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgfa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ai1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,schiff 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,poe of     
,texas1 ,mr4 ,holt1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 and  
,mr4 ,van ,hollen7 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     
require ,presidential appointment and   
,senate confirmation of ,foreign        
,intelligence ,surveillance ,court      
judges4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,presidential          
,appointment of ,,fisa ,court ,judges   
,act4  #b4 ,presidential appointment and
 ,senate confirmation of ,foreign       
,intelligence ,surveillance ,court      
judges  7a7 ,presidential appointment   

and ,senate confirmation required       
,section #ajc of the ,foreign           
,intelligence ,surveillance ,act of     
#aigh 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjc7 is amended--
  7#a7 in subsection 7a77#a7--  7,a7 in 
the first sentence1 by striking ,the    
,chief ,justice of the ,united ,states  
and inserting 7,a7 ,the ,president1 by  
and with the advice and consent of the  
,senate12 and  7,b7 by adding at the end
 the following new subparagraph3  7,b7  
,the ,president1 by and with the advice 
and consent of the ,senate1 shall       
publicly designate a judge designated   
under subparagraph 7,a7 to serve as the 
presiding judge of the court established
 under such subparagraph4  2  7#b7 in   
subsection 7b71 by striking ,the ,chief 
,justice and inserting ,the ,president1 
by and with the advice and consent of   
the ,senate12 and  7#c7 in subsection   
7c71 by striking the ,chief ,justice in 
consultation with4  7b7 ,completion of  
terms by existing designees             
,notwithstanding the amendments by      

subsection 7a71 each judge serving on a 
court established under subsection 7a7  
or subsection 7b7 of section #ajc of the
 ,foreign ,intelligence ,surveillance   
,act of #aigh 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjc7 on  
the date of the enactment of this ,act  
may complete the term of such judge on  
such court4