113 HR 2736 IH: Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 U.S. House of Representatives 2013-07-18 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2736 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 18, 2013 Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself and Mr. Amash) 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 allow entities required to comply with orders or directives under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to publicly report every 90 days certain aggregate information related to the compliance with such orders or directives.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013.
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Disclosure of certain aggregate information related to orders under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
(a)
Disclosures
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new title: <enum>IX</enum><header>Disclosure of certain aggregate information</header> <section id="HCFF70CE42B1E4C29BC41654991C9A444"><enum>901.</enum><header>Disclosure of certain aggregate information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each entity required to comply with an order or directive under this Act may, every 90 days with respect to the preceding 90-day period, make publicly available the following information:</text> <paragraph id="H14DAAADD357B4D45A24A2F68E0B0C992"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The aggregate number of orders or directives under this Act with which such entity was required to comply.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2DF2693A6CC940E6B3D2D9F36ABCEC67"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A general description of the types of assistance, information, or tangible things such entity was required to provide pursuant to such orders or directives.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5E64A06DDF384AAAA1FD785B7BBB5281"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The aggregate number of each type of assistance, information, or tangible things such entity was required to provide pursuant to such orders or directives.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF63CC8077FAA407EA81018054A0FBA49"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The aggregate number of user accounts with respect to which such entity was required to provide assistance, information, or tangible things pursuant to such orders or directives.</text> </paragraph></section>. (b)
Table of contents amendment
The table of contents in the first section of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new items: Title IX—Disclosure of certain aggregate information Sec. 901. Disclosure of certain aggregate information. .