1.This Act may be cited as
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Oversight and Resource Enhancement Act of 2006
.
<enum>I</enum><header>Enhancement of
resources and personnel for electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence
purposes</header>
<section id="ID080c9d73567d4df89a37e348a736f7b6"><enum>101.</enum><header>Foreign
intelligence surveillance court matters</header>
<subsection id="IDfb4d3e8d3a234363b9e967e8c43c743f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority for
additional judges</header><text>Section 103(a) of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID25cf921f694447028830f4bd92ecaa7a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(a)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa33c31d9efe04cf1803ca775673f45de"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
as so designated, by inserting <quote>at least</quote> before <quote>seven of
the United States judicial circuits</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID148c4b6fe2b64b1a9fa16716a23f500f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by designating
the second sentence as paragraph (4) and indenting such paragraph, as so
designated, accordingly; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID402e94471fe7465f9d22e060a707fea6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (1), as so designated, the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID569e1d0a54544e5fb14a5006027cb8e9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In addition to
the judges designated under paragraph (1), the Chief Justice of the United
States may designate as judges of the court established by paragraph (1) such
judges appointed under Article III of the Constitution of the United States as
the Chief Justice determines appropriate in order to provide for the prompt and
timely consideration under section 105 of applications under section 104 for
electronic surveillance under this title. Any judge designated under this
paragraph shall be designated
publicly.</text>
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</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0653cf1c500a4b6f99cc14f4f993af5d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consideration
of emergency applications</header><text>Such section is further amended by
inserting after paragraph (2), as added by subsection (a) of this section, the
following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID78c3b41ecc954b3185bc369cfd020a4e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A judge of the
court established by paragraph (1) shall make a determination to approve, deny,
or seek modification of an application submitted under section subsection (f)
or (g) of section 105 not later than 24 hours after the receipt of such
application by the
court.</text>
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</subsection></section><section id="IDb207f20ebb564b13bd3614d0ba8eedcf"><enum>102.</enum><header>Additional
personnel for preparation and consideration of applications for orders
approving electronic surveillance</header>
<subsection id="IDa8e5a7d5acbe4ed19fcd8e4715f5614b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Office of
Intelligence Policy and Review</header>
<paragraph id="ID62476a0d1d63462ea250f5469e684aab"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Additional
personnel</header><text>The Office of Intelligence Policy and Review of the
Department of Justice is authorized such additional personnel, including not
fewer than 21 full-time attorneys, as may be necessary to carry out the prompt
and timely preparation, modification, and review of applications under section
104 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1804) for
orders under section 105 of that Act (50 U.S.C. 1805) approving electronic
surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6a8fd4a3ee704279b63b14df0873de24"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assignment</header><text>The
Attorney General shall assign personnel authorized by paragraph (1) to and
among appropriate offices of the National Security Agency in order that such
personnel may directly assist personnel of the Agency in preparing applications
described in that paragraph.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa093e7ad93d241f18fc53ce76ff8c8a8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal Bureau
of Investigation</header>
<paragraph id="IDb467a4245c5a49429e0be1224f37587c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Additional
legal and other personnel</header><text>The National Security Branch of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation is authorized such additional legal and other
personnel as may be necessary to carry out the prompt and timely preparation of
applications under section 104 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of
1978 for orders under section 105 of that Act approving electronic surveillance
for foreign intelligence purposes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7d5bf5d6db5e42aea48ce4f624c818ad"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assignment</header><text>The
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall assign personnel
authorized by paragraph (1) to and among the field offices of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation in order that such personnel may directly assist
personnel of the Bureau in such field offices in preparing applications
described in that paragraph.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1f10e5e97bc840d5918c05a48225b2ac"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional
legal and other personnel for National Security Agency</header><text>The
National Security Agency is authorized such additional legal and other
personnel as may be necessary to carry out the prompt and timely preparation of
applications under section 104 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of
1978 for orders under section 105 of that Act approving electronic surveillance
for foreign intelligence purposes.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID092b828a057146ac956f239868207b0d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional
legal and other personnel for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Court</header><text>There is authorized for the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court such additional personnel (other than judges) as may be
necessary to facilitate the prompt and timely consideration by that Court of
applications under section 104 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of
1978 for orders under section 105 of that Act approving electronic surveillance
for foreign intelligence purposes. Personnel authorized by this paragraph shall
perform such duties relating to the consideration of such applications as that
Court shall direct.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID242605059b1a4f02a58f09a748777ca8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Supplement not
supplant</header><text>The personnel authorized by this section are in addition
to any other personnel authorized by law.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID35988a9417e04080b9a58a48f9eed818"><enum>103.</enum><header>Training of
Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Security Agency personnel in
foreign intelligence surveillance matters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Director of the National Security Agency shall each, in
consultation with the Attorney General—</text>
<paragraph id="ID50bab828c54b42aa9f0a7e7a1493292c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop
regulations establishing procedures for conducting and seeking approval of
electronic surveillance on an emergency basis, and for preparing and properly
submitting and receiving applications and orders, under sections 104 and 105 of
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1804 and 1805);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID44ec5007dcd44650819b5171d6082eae"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prescribe related
training for the personnel of the applicable agency.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Improvement of
foreign intelligence surveillance authority</header>
<section id="ID3c38b880b0bb4ad6b8f2e4f150123055"><enum>201.</enum><header>Extension of
period for applications for orders for emergency electronic
surveillance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105(f) of
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1805(f)) is
amended by striking <quote>72 hours</quote> both places it appears and
inserting <quote>168 hours</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="IDb224746d1f5f45cfaeab4364e0bac435"><enum>202.</enum><header>Acquisition of
foreign-foreign communications</header>
<subsection id="IDee643c0732f345e59394d77bea96d816"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), no
court order shall be required for the acquisition through electronic
surveillance of the contents of any communication between one person who is not
located within the United States and another person who is not located within
the United States for the purpose of collecting foreign intelligence
information even if such communication passes through, or the surveillance
device is located within, the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDd5e85b8287924ef89cee3cbf0addcd34"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of
intercepted communications involving domestic party</header><text>If
surveillance conducted, as described in subsection (a), inadvertently collects
a communication in which at least one party is within the United States, the
contents of such communications shall be handled in accordance with the
minimization procedures set forth in section 101(h)(4) of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801(h)(4)).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaea703c2365c4a859025ddf7d404fa30"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section, the terms <term>contents</term>, <term>electronic
surveillance</term>, and <term>foreign intelligence information</term> have the
meaning given such terms in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idED417BB616014C248401771939F88A71"><enum>203.</enum><header>Individualized
FISA Applications</header>
<subsection id="id37E68D17834D4C24BE64146B5B23C263"><enum></enum><text>The contents of
any wire or radio communication sent by a person who is reasonably believed to
be inside the United States to a person outside the United States may not be
retained or used unless a court order authorized under the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act is obtained.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id7ACEDC71EEB34678B1765A95C1ECC7E4"><enum>204.</enum><header>Issues
Reserved for the Courts</header>
<subsection id="idC14E10CAB64E4CF8872F67F287414E06"><enum></enum><text>Nothing in this
Act shall be deemed to amend those provisions of FISA concerning any wire or
radio communication sent from outside the United States to a person inside the
United States. The constitutionality of such interceptions shall be determined
by the courts, including the President's claim that his article II authority
supersedes FISA.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Enhanced
congressional oversight and supreme court review of the Terrorist Surveillance
Program</header>
<section id="H8AB44DC776F24B49960255D79CA72CDF"><enum>301.</enum><header>Congressional
oversight</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H577A951A77FB4880B2DCA93ED53E344"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Electronic
surveillance under FISA</header><text>Section 108 of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1808) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H08D3519DD5C44B108D298C92BE7C002D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H764C579D494845418695EB7609CB2F00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC17207B0F9C4D9DBA8CB2B27690658F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1FEFBDBF8094D1FB349087906425D5E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H4F91FC5C29944D6580B8E500CA832736"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the authority
under which the electronic surveillance is
conducted.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H202AF9205249409A88B461D514375A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H142256DCEA1841828F0005B24B4B2417"><enum>(b)</enum><text>On a semiannual
basis, the Attorney General additionally shall fully inform the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate on electronic surveillance conducted
without a court
order.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H216804B4521947D8B318E93622DE306C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Intelligence
activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H71B0453089214F78BF20D670B4FAFCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
section 501 (50 U.S.C. 413)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE2A54F13B374B4FBF09403B7200AEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (f) as subsection (g); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44C66A11D6E9440E99CA00EBF7B00F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (e) the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F091080A0504EE4947D00C17BE9E591"><enum>(f)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chair of each of the congressional
intelligence committees, in consultation with the ranking member of the
committee for which the person is Chair, may inform, on a bipartisan basis, all
members or any individual members of such committee of a report submitted under
subsection (a)(1) or subsection (b) as such Chair considers
necessary.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H111AE771D360455C838730C210B872B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 502 (50
U.S.C. 414), by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H5E63A25382AB43B5BA38B0053F73E5EE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Informing of
committee members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chair
of each of the congressional intelligence committees, in consultation with the
ranking member of the committee for which the person is Chair, may inform, on a
bipartisan basis, all members or any individual members of such committee of a
report submitted under subsection (a) as such Chair considers
necessary.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID01208613dd504151bd4b5b3e89759732"><enum>302.</enum><header>Supreme court
review of the terrorist surveillance program</header>
<subsection id="IDe03c21465a5a4452b5fd92771dd482e8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Upon appeal by the United States or any party to the
underlying proceedings, the Supreme Court of the United States shall review the
final decision of any United States court of appeal concerning the legality of
the Terrorist Surveillance Program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDf6383ca2d24c41e6aeb882244248d5ef"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expedited
consideration</header><text>It shall be the duty of the Supreme Court of the
United States to advance on the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible
extent the disposition of any matter brought under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb33881faa3f1424486b58830a0241a9c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>Terrorist Surveillance Program</term> means the
program identified by the President of the United States on December 17, 2005,
to intercept international communications into and out of the United States of
persons linked to al Qaeda or related terrorist organizations.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Other
matters</header>
<section id="ID856c92598f6b449288e2a52bafa160f0"><enum>401.</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this Act, the term <term>Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court</term> means the court established by section
103(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C.
1803(a)).</text>
</section><section id="ID9b1cc9a50f5944648ab27bbab64b6cae"><enum>402.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this
Act and the amendments made by this Act.</text>
</section><section id="ID41a0e5206b354a4cbed54184a185ba9c"><enum>403.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act, and the
amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on the date that is 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section>
November 15, 2006
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