3.0.0 1460 2023-01-11T13:23:24Z 2023-01-11T13:23:24Z Senate S S 2013-08-01 113 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-08-01T21:08:52Z 2013-08-01 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2013-08-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2013-08-01 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2013-08-01 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2013-08-01 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2013-08-01 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2013-08-01 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2013-08-01 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2013-08-01 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2013-08-01 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2014-01-07 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Government studies and investigations Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Judges Specialized courts Armed Forces and National Security 00 2013-08-01 Introduced in Senate 2013-08-21T20:35:15Z FISA Judge Selection Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, with respect to the appointment of judges to the court established by such Act (FISA Court), to: (1) increase from 11 to 13 the number of FISA Court judges, with one judge designated from each judicial circuit; (2) authorize a chief judge of a judicial circuit to submit to the Chief Justice of the United States the name of a district judge within such circuit to fill a FISA Court vacancy; (3) allow the Chief Justice to accept the proposed replacement judge or reject such replacement and request two additional names; (4) require the Chief Justice to fill the vacancy with one of the two additional named judges; and (5) require any judge appointed to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review by the Chief Justice to be confirmed by five Associate Justices.

Directs the Committee on Intercircuit Assignments of the Judicial Conference of the United States to study and report on how to ensure that judges appointed to the FISA Court and the FISA Court of Review are diverse and representative.]]>

FISA Judge Selection Reform Act of 2013 Display Title FISA Judge Selection Reform Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to create two additional judge positions on the court established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and modify the procedures for the appointment of judges to that court, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced FISA Judge Selection Reform Act of 2013 Introduced in Senate 2013-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1460is/xml/BILLS-113s1460is.xml 2013-08-01 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.