,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjce  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #b1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,lofgren 7for herself1 ,mr4        
,chaffetz1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 
,mr4 ,farenthold1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4  
,poe of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,polis1 ,mr4       
,amash1 and ,mr4 ,massie7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in
 addition to the ,select ,committee on  
,intelligence 7,permanent ,select7 and  
,financial ,services1 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 permit periodic public   
reporting by electronic communications  
providers and remote computer service   
providers of certain estimates          
pertaining to requests or demands by    
,federal agencies under the provisions  
of certain surveillance laws where      
disclosure of such estimates is1 or may 

be1 otherwise prohibited by law4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,surveillance ,order ,reporting ,act
 of #bjac4  #b4 ,reporting ,,fisa orders
 and national security letters  7a7 ,in 
general ,each electronic service        
provider may report information to the  
public in accordance with this section  
about requests and demands for          
information made by any ,government     
entity under a surveillance law1 and is 
exempt in accordance with subsection 7d7
 from liability with respect to that    
report1 even if such provider would     
otherwise be prohibited by a            
surveillance law from reporting that    
information4  7b7 ,periodic aggregate   
reports ,an electronic service provider 
may report such information not more    
often than quarterly and only to the    
following extent3  7#a7 ,estimate of    
numbers of demands and requests made    
,the report may reveal an estimate of   
the number of such demands and requests 
made during the period to which the     

report pertains4  7#b7 ,estimate of     
numbers of demands and requests complied
 with ,the report may reveal an estimate
 of the numbers of such demands and     
requests the service provider complied  
with during the period to which the     
report pertains1 regardless of when the 
demands or requests were made4  7#c7    
,estimate of number of users or accounts
 ,the report may reveal an estimate of  
the numbers of users or accounts1 or    
both1 of the service provider1 for which
 information was demanded1 requested1 or
 provided during the period to which the
 report pertains4  7c7 ,special rules   
for reports  7#a7 ,level of detail by   
authorizing surveillance law ,any       
estimate disclosed under this section   
may be an overall estimate or broken    
down by categories of authorizing       
surveillance laws or by provisions of   
authorizing surveillance laws4  7#b7    
,level of detail by numerical range     
,each estimate disclosed under this     
section must be expressed in no greater 

detail than in a range of #ajj1 rounded 
to the nearest #ajjs4  7#c7 ,report may 
be broken down by periods not less than 
calendar quarters ,for any reporting    
period1 the provider may break down the 
report by calendar quarters or any other
 time periods greater than a calendar   
quarter4  7d7 ,limitation on liability  
,a electronic service provider making a 
report that provider reasonably believes
 in good faith is authorized by this    
section is not criminally or civilly    
liable in any court for making that     
report4  7e7 ,rule of construction      
,nothing in this section shall be       
construed to prohibit disclosures other 
than those authorized by this section4  
7f7 ,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7
 ,the term electronic service provider  
means an electronic communications      
service provider 7as that term is       
defined in section #beaj of title #ah1  
,united ,states ,code7 or a remote      
computing service provider 7as that term
 is defined in section #bgaa of title   

#ah1 ,united ,states ,code74  7#b7 ,the 
term surveillance law means any         
provision of any of the following3  7,a7
 ,the ,foreign ,intelligence            
,surveillance ,act of #aigh 7#ej        
,u4,s4,c4 #ahja et seq474  7,b7 ,section
 #hjb7;a7 of the ,national ,security    
,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #dcf7;a774 
7,c7 ,section #bgji of title #ah1       
,united ,states ,code4  7,d7 ,section   
#aaad7;a77#e77;,a7 of the ,right to     
,financial ,privacy ,act of #aigh 7#ab  
,u4,s4,c4 #cdad7;a77#e77;,a774  7,e7    
,subsections 7a7 or 7b7 of section #fbf 
of the ,fair ,credit ,reporting ,act    
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #afhau7a71 #afhau7b774   
7,f7 ,section #fbg7;a7 of the ,fair     
,credit ,reporting ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4  
#afhav7a774