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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3103
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 16, 2013
Mr. Thompson of
California (for himself, Mr.
LoBiondo, Mr. Gutiérrez,
and Mr. Forbes) 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 amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of
1978 to modify the reporting requirements for decisions of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Intelligence Oversight and Accountability Act of
2013.
2.
Reporting
requirements for decisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Court
Section 601(c)(1) of the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1871(c)) is amended to
read as follows:
(1) not later than 45 days after the date on
which the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court of Review issues a decision, order, or opinion that includes
a denial of a request for an order or a modification of a request for an order,
or results in a change of application of any provision of this Act or a new
application of any provision of this Act—
(A) a copy of such
decision, order, or opinion and any pleadings, applications, or memoranda of
law associated with such decision, order, or opinion; and
(B) with respect to such decision, order, or
opinion, a brief statement of the relevant background factual information,
questions of law, legal analysis, and decision rendered;
and
.