3.0.0 1130 2023-01-11T13:24:41Z 2023-01-11T13:24:41Z Senate S S 2013-06-11 113 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-06-11T16:09:44Z FISA Court in the Sunshine Act of 2013 113 2440 HR 2013-07-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Related bill CRS Ending Secret Law Act 113 2475 HR 2013-07-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Identical bill CRS 2013-06-11 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2013-06-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2013-06-11 True H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2013-06-11 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2013-06-11 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2013-06-11 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2013-06-11 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2013-06-11 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2013-06-11 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2013-06-11 True P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2013-06-11 True U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2013-06-12 False B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2013-06-12 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2013-06-12 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2013-07-08 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2013-07-16 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2013-09-09 False Crime and Law Enforcement Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal procedure and sentencing Government information and archives Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Specialized courts Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2013-06-11 Introduced in Senate 2013-08-22T13:47:56Z Amends FISA provisions concerning access to business records and the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States to require the Attorney General, with exceptions, to declassify and make publicly available decisions concerning certain surveillance orders required for inclusion in a semiannual report to Congress. Requires release to the public of unclassified summaries and reports if the Attorney General determines that a decision may not be declassified.

Requires the Attorney General, in cases in which an unclassified summary may not be made available, to make publicly available an unclassified report on the status of the internal deliberations and process regarding the declassification by executive branch personnel of such decisions, including estimates of the number of decisions that will be declassified or remain classified.

]]> Ending Secret Law Act Display Title Ending Secret Law Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Attorney General to disclose each decision, order, or opinion of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that includes significant legal interpretation of section 501 or 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 unless such disclosure is not in the national security interest of the United States and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Ending Secret Law Act Introduced in Senate 2013-06-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1130is/xml/BILLS-113s1130is.xml 2013-06-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.