,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aa1       
#bjai,mr4 ,stewart 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,nunes1 ,mr4 ,conaway1 ,mr4 ,turner1    
,mr4 ,wenstrup1 ,mr4 ,crawford1 ,ms4    
,stefanik1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,north       
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 and ,mr4 ,hurd  
of ,texas7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in    
addition to the ,permanent ,select      
,committee on ,intelligence1 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 require  
reviews by amici curiae of applications 
made to the ,foreign ,intelligence      
,surveillance ,court1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,fisa ,improvements

 ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,enhanced fidelity 
of ,,fisa applications and processes    
associated with the ,foreign            
,intelligence ,surveillance ,court  7a7 
,mandatory review by amicus curiae      
,section #ajc7;i7 of the ,foreign       
,intelligence ,surveillance ,act of     
#aigh 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjc7;i77#b77 is  
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7,a7
 in subparagraph 7,a71 by striking 2 and
 and inserting a semicolon2  7,b7 in    
subparagraph 7,b71 by striking the      
period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      
following new subparagraph3  7,c7 shall 
appoint an individual who has been      
designated under paragraph 7#a7 to serve
 as amicus curiae to assist such court  
in the consideration of any initial     
application for an order that seeks to  
target an identifiable ,united ,states  
person pursuant to sections #ajd1 #cjc1 
#gjc1 or #gjd4  2 and  7#b7 in paragraph
 7#d7-- 7,a7 by redesignating           
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,c7 as      

clauses 7i7 through 7iii71 respectively2
  7,b7 by striking ,if a court and      
inserting 7,a7 ,novel or significant    
interpretations of law--,if a court1 and
 adjusting the margins accordingly2 and 
7,c7 by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph3  7,b7 ,initial        
applications ,if a court established    
under subsection 7a7 appoints an amicus 
curiae under paragraph 7#b77;,c71 the   
amicus curiae shall review the submitted
 application for which the individual   
has been appointed to assess the        
sufficiency of evidence supporting the  
probable cause determination required to
 issue an order pursuant to the         
application and provide to the court a  
written recommendation regarding such   
sufficiency4  4  7b7 ,disclosure of     
unverified information ,section #ajd7;a7
 of such ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjd7;a77 
is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#h71 by 
striking 2 and and inserting a          
semicolon2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#i71 by  
striking the period at the end and      

inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph3    
7#aj7 a statement fully disclosing the  
use of any information in the           
application that the ,government cannot 
substantiate based on any supporting    
intelligence or open-source information 
available to the ,government at the time
 of the application1 including1 at a    
minimum--  7,a7 the origin of such      
information2  7,b7 the means by which   
the ,government obtained such           
information2  7,c7 a summary of each    
step the ,government took to verify the 
information prior to using the          
information in the application2  7,d7   
whether the ,government has used such   
information in any other judicial       
proceeding2 and  7,e7 the necessity of  
using such information to support the   
probable cause determination required by
 section #aje4  4  7c7 ,transcripts of  
proceedings ,subsection 7c7 of section  
#ajc of such ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjc7 
is amended-- 7#a7 by inserting 1 and    

shall be transcribed before the first   
period2 and  7#b7 by inserting 1        
transcriptions1 after applications made4
  7d7 ,written record of interactions   
with court ,such section is further     
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7l7 ,written 
record of interactions ,the ,attorney   
,general shall maintain all written     
communications with the court           
established under subsection 7a71       
including the identity of the employees 
of the court to or from whom the        
communications were made1 regarding an  
application or order made under this    
title in a file associated with the     
application or order4 ,the ,attorney    
,general shall document a summary of any
 oral communications with the court1    
including the identity of the employees 
of the court to or from whom the        
communications were made1 relating to   
such an application or order and keep   
such documentation in a file associated 
with the application or order4  4  7e7  

,extensions ,section #aje7;d77#b7 of    
such ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #ahje7;d77#b77 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following new sentence3 ,to the extent  
practicable1 an extension of an order   
issued under this title shall be granted
 or denied by the same judge who issued 
the original order44