,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #caie  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bf1      
#bjac,mr4 ,israel 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 ,president1 majority of   
the ,supreme ,court1 ,speaker and       
minority leader of the ,house of        
,representatives1 and majority leader   
and minority leader of the ,senate1 and 
to provide for the public disclosure of 
,foreign ,intelligence ,surveillance    
,court decisions4  #a4 ,short title     

,this ,act may be cited as the ,,fisa   
,court ,oversight ,underscoring         
,responsibility and ,transparency ,act  
or the ,,fisa ,,court ,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;a77 is amended-- 7#a7  
in subsection 7a71 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 #b 
judges shall be designated by the       
,president2  7ii7 #a judge shall be     
designated by a majority of the ,supreme
 ,court2  7iii7 #b judges shall be      

designated by the ,speaker of the ,house
 of ,representatives2  7iv7 #b judges   
shall be designated by the minority     
leader of the ,house of                 
,representatives2  7v7 #b judges shall  
be designated by the majority leader of 
the ,senate2 and  7vi7 #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 subsection 7b71 by       
striking ,the ,chief ,justice and       
inserting ,a majority of the ,supreme   
,court4  #c4 ,public availability of    
significant opinions of the ,foreign    
,intelligence ,surveillance ,court      
,section #fja of the ,foreign           
,intelligence ,surveillance ,act of     
#aigh 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #ahga7 is amended--
 7#a7 in subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 in the   
heading1 by striking ,submissions to    
,congress and inserting ,submissions to 
,congress and public availability of    
certain opinions2 and  7,b7 in the      
matter preceding paragraph 7#a7-- 7i7 by
 striking ,the ,attorney ,general and   
inserting ,subject to subsection 7d71   
the ,attorney ,general2 and  7ii7 by    
inserting and make publicly available   
after in subsection 7a72 and  7#b7 in   
subsection 7d7-- 7,a7 by striking       
,protection of ,national                
,security4--,the ,attorney ,general and 
inserting the following3 ,protection of 
,national ,security4-- 7#a7 ,redaction  

of materials ,the ,attorney ,general  2 
7,b7 in paragraph 7#a71 as designated   
under subparagraph 7,a71 by inserting   
and made publicly available after in    
subsection 7a72 and  7,c7 by adding at  
the end the following new paragraph3    
7#b7 ,waiver of public availability     
7,a7 ,waiver ,the ,attorney ,general1 in
 consultation with the ,director of     
,national ,intelligence1 may waive the  
requirement to make a decision1 order1  
or opinion described in subsection 7c7  
publicly available under such subsection
 if the ,attorney ,general determines   
the public disclosure of such decision1 
order1 or opinion 7including public     
disclosure in redacted form7 would cause
 harm to the national security of the   
,united ,states4  7,b7 ,report ,the     
,attorney ,general shall quarterly make 
publicly available an estimate of the   
number of decisions1 orders1 or opinions
 for which the ,attorney ,general waived
 under subparagraph 7,a7 the requirement
 under subsection 7c7 to make such      

decisions1 orders1 or opinions publicly 
available and the reasons for waiving   
such requirement4  4