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[S. 2248 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 512
110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2248

                          [Report No. 110-209]

    To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to 
  modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 26, 2007

 Mr. Rockefeller, from the Select Committee on Intelligence, reported 
  the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the 
                                calendar

                            November 1, 2007

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary pursuant to section 3(b) of 
S. Res. 400, 94th Congress, as amended by S. Res. 445, 108th Congress, 
             for a period not to exceed 10 days of session

                           November 16, 2007

                Reported by Mr. Leahy, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to 
  modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2007'' or the 
``FISA Amendments Act of 2007''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows:</DELETED>

<DELETED>Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
          <DELETED>TITLE I--FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE

<DELETED>Sec. 101. Targeting the communications of certain persons 
                            outside the United States.
<DELETED>Sec. 102. Statement of exclusive means by which electronic 
                            surveillance and interception of domestic 
                            communications may be conducted.
<DELETED>Sec. 103. Submittal to Congress of certain court orders under 
                            the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
                            of 1978.
<DELETED>Sec. 104. Applications for court orders.
<DELETED>Sec. 105. Issuance of an order.
<DELETED>Sec. 106. Use of information.
<DELETED>Sec. 107. Amendments for physical searches.
<DELETED>Sec. 108. Amendments for emergency pen registers and trap and 
                            trace devices.
<DELETED>Sec. 109. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
<DELETED>Sec. 110. Technical and conforming amendments.
  <DELETED>TITLE II--PROTECTIONS FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SERVICE 
                               PROVIDERS

<DELETED>Sec. 201. Definitions.
<DELETED>Sec. 202. Limitations on civil actions for electronic 
                            communication service providers.
<DELETED>Sec. 203. Procedures for implementing statutory defenses under 
                            the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
                            of 1978.
<DELETED>Sec. 204. Preemption of State investigations.
<DELETED>Sec. 205. Technical amendments.
                  <DELETED>TITLE III--OTHER PROVISIONS

<DELETED>Sec. 301. Severability.
<DELETED>Sec. 302. Effective date; repeal; transition procedures.

     <DELETED>TITLE I--FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 101. TARGETING THE COMMUNICATIONS OF CERTAIN PERSONS 
              OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking title VII; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding after title VI the following new 
        title:</DELETED>

       <DELETED>``TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES FOR TARGETING 
 COMMUNICATIONS OF CERTAIN PERSONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 701. LIMITATION ON DEFINITION OF ELECTRONIC 
              SURVEILLANCE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``Nothing in the definition of electronic surveillance 
under section 101(f) shall be construed to encompass surveillance that 
is targeted in accordance with this title at a person reasonably 
believed to be located outside the United States.</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--The terms `agent of a foreign power', 
`Attorney General', `contents', `electronic surveillance', `foreign 
intelligence information', `foreign power', `minimization procedures', 
`person', `United States', and `United States person' shall have the 
meanings given such terms in section 101, except as specifically 
provided in this title.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Additional Definitions.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Congressional intelligence committees.--The 
        term `congressional intelligence committees' means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence 
                of the Senate; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the Permanent Select Committee on 
                Intelligence of the House of Representatives.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Foreign intelligence surveillance court; 
        court.--The terms `Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court' and 
        `Court' mean the court established by section 103(a).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Foreign intelligence surveillance court of 
        review; court of review.--The terms `Foreign Intelligence 
        Surveillance Court of Review' and `Court of Review' mean the 
        court established by section 103(b).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Electronic communication service provider.--
        The term `electronic communication service provider' means--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) a telecommunications carrier, as 
                that term is defined in section 3 of the Communications 
                Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) a provider of electronic 
                communications service, as that term is defined in 
                section 2510 of title 18, United States Code;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) a provider of a remote computing 
                service, as that term is defined in section 2711 of 
                title 18, United States Code;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) any other communication service 
                provider who has access to wire or electronic 
                communications either as such communications are 
                transmitted or as such communications are stored; 
                or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) an officer, employee, or agent of an 
                entity described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or 
                (D).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Element of the intelligence community.--The 
        term `element of the intelligence community' means an element 
        of the intelligence community specified in or designated under 
        section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
        401a(4)).</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 703. PROCEDURES FOR ACQUIRING THE COMMUNICATIONS OF 
              CERTAIN PERSONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding any other law, the 
Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence may 
authorize jointly, for periods of up to 1 year, the targeting of 
persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States to 
acquire foreign intelligence information.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Limitations.--An acquisition authorized under 
subsection (a)--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) may not intentionally target any person 
        known at the time of acquisition to be located in the United 
        States;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) may not intentionally target a person 
        reasonably believed to be outside the United States if the 
        purpose of such acquisition is to target for surveillance a 
        particular, known person reasonably believed to be in the 
        United States, except in accordance with title I; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) shall be conducted in a manner consistent 
        with the fourth amendment to the Constitution of the United 
        States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) United States Persons Located Outside the United 
States.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Acquisition inside the united states of 
        united states persons outside the united states.--An 
        acquisition authorized by subsection (a) that occurs inside the 
        United States may not target a United States person except in 
        accordance with the provisions of title I.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Acquisition outside the united states of 
        united states persons outside the united states.--An 
        acquisition by an electronic, mechanical, or other surveillance 
        device outside the United States may not intentionally target a 
        United States person reasonably believed to be outside the 
        United States to acquire the contents of a wire or radio 
        communication sent by or intended to be received by that United 
        States person under circumstances in which a person has a 
        reasonable expectation of privacy and a warrant would be 
        required for law enforcement purposes if the technique were 
        used inside the United States unless--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the Attorney General or the Attorney 
                General's designee submits an application to the 
                Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that includes a 
                statement of the facts and circumstances relied upon by 
                the applicant to justify the Attorney General's belief 
                that the target of the acquisition is a foreign power 
                or an agent of a foreign power; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the Foreign Intelligence 
                Surveillance Court--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) finds on the basis of the 
                        facts submitted by the applicant there is 
                        probable cause to believe that the target of 
                        the electronic surveillance is a foreign power 
                        or an agent of a foreign power; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) issues an ex parte order as 
                        requested or as modified approving the 
                        targeting of that United States 
                        person.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Procedures.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Submittal to foreign intelligence 
                surveillance court.--Not later than 30 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this title, the Attorney 
                General shall submit to the Foreign Intelligence 
                Surveillance Court the procedures to be utilized in 
                determining whether a target reasonably believed to be 
                outside the United States is a United States 
                person.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Approval by foreign intelligence 
                surveillance court.--The procedures submitted under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be utilized as described in that 
                subparagraph only upon the approval of the Foreign 
                Intelligence Surveillance Court.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Utilization in targeting.--Any 
                targeting of persons authorized by subsection (a) shall 
                utilize the procedures submitted under subparagraph (A) 
                as approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
                Court under subparagraph (B).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Conduct of Acquisition.--An acquisition authorized 
under subsection (a) may be conducted only in accordance with--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) a certification made by the Attorney General 
        and the Director of National Intelligence pursuant to 
        subsection (g); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) the targeting and minimization procedures 
        required pursuant to subsections (e) and (f).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Targeting Procedures.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Requirement to adopt.--The Attorney General, 
        in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 
        shall adopt targeting procedures that are reasonably designed 
        to ensure that any acquisition authorized under subsection (a) 
        is limited to targeting persons reasonably believed to be 
        located outside the United States.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Judicial review.--The procedures referred to 
        in paragraph (1) shall be subject to judicial review pursuant 
        to subsection (i).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Minimization Procedures.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Requirement to adopt.--The Attorney General, 
        in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 
        shall adopt, consistent with the requirements of section 
        101(h), minimization procedures for acquisitions authorized 
        under subsection (a).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Judicial review.--The minimization 
        procedures required by this subsection shall be subject to 
        judicial review pursuant to subsection (i).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(g) Certification.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Requirement.--Subject to 
                subparagraph (B), prior to the initiation of an 
                acquisition authorized under subsection (a), the 
                Attorney General and the Director of National 
                Intelligence shall provide, under oath, a written 
                certification, as described in this 
                subsection.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Exception.--If the Attorney General 
                and the Director of National Intelligence determine 
                that immediate action by the Government is required and 
                time does not permit the preparation of a certification 
                under this subsection prior to the initiation of an 
                acquisition, the Attorney General and the Director of 
                National Intelligence shall prepare such certification, 
                including such determination, as soon as possible but 
                in no event more than 168 hours after such 
                determination is made.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Requirements.--A certification made under 
        this subsection shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) attest that--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) there are reasonable 
                        procedures in place for determining that the 
                        acquisition authorized under subsection (a) is 
                        targeted at persons reasonably believed to be 
                        located outside the United States and that such 
                        procedures have been approved by, or will 
                        promptly be submitted for approval by, the 
                        Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 
                        pursuant to subsection (i);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) the procedures referred to 
                        in clause (i) are consistent with the 
                        requirements of the fourth amendment to the 
                        Constitution of the United States and do not 
                        permit the intentional targeting of any person 
                        who is known at the time of acquisition to be 
                        located in the United States;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) a significant purpose of 
                        the acquisition is to obtain foreign 
                        intelligence information;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) the minimization procedures 
                        to be used with respect to such acquisition--
                        </DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I) meet the definition 
                                of minimization procedures under 
                                section 101(h); and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) have been approved 
                                by, or will promptly be submitted for 
                                approval by, the Foreign Intelligence 
                                Surveillance Court pursuant to 
                                subsection (i);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(v) the acquisition involves 
                        obtaining the foreign intelligence information 
                        from or with the assistance of an electronic 
                        communication service provider; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(vi) the acquisition does not 
                        constitute electronic surveillance, as limited 
                        by section 701; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) be supported, as appropriate, by the 
                affidavit of any appropriate official in the area of 
                national security who is--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) appointed by the President, 
                        by and with the consent of the Senate; 
                        or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) the head of any element of 
                        the intelligence community.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Limitation.--A certification made under this 
        subsection is not required to identify the specific facilities, 
        places, premises, or property at which the acquisition 
        authorized under subsection (a) will be directed or 
        conducted.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Submission to the court.--The Attorney 
        General shall transmit a copy of a certification made under 
        this subsection, and any supporting affidavit, under seal to 
        the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court as soon as 
        possible, but in no event more than 5 days after such 
        certification is made. Such certification shall be maintained 
        under security measures adopted by the Chief Justice of the 
        United States and the Attorney General, in consultation with 
        the Director of National Intelligence.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Review.--The certification required by this 
        subsection shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to 
        subsection (i).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(h) Directives.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Authority.--With respect to an acquisition 
        authorized under subsection (a), the Attorney General and the 
        Director of National Intelligence may direct, in writing, an 
        electronic communication service provider to--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) immediately provide the Government 
                with all information, facilities, or assistance 
                necessary to accomplish the acquisition in a manner 
                that will protect the secrecy of the acquisition and 
                produce a minimum of interference with the services 
                that such electronic communication service provider is 
                providing to the target; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) maintain under security procedures 
                approved by the Attorney General and the Director of 
                National Intelligence any records concerning the 
                acquisition or the aid furnished that such electronic 
                communication service provider wishes to 
                maintain.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Compensation.--The Government shall 
        compensate, at the prevailing rate, an electronic communication 
        service provider for providing information, facilities, or 
        assistance pursuant to paragraph (1).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Release from liability.--Notwithstanding any 
        other law, no cause of action shall lie in any court against 
        any electronic communication service provider for providing any 
        information, facilities, or assistance in accordance with a 
        directive issued pursuant to paragraph (1).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Challenging of directives.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Authority to challenge.--An 
                electronic communication service provider receiving a 
                directive issued pursuant to paragraph (1) may 
                challenge the directive by filing a petition with the 
                Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Assignment.--The presiding judge of 
                the Court shall assign the petition filed under 
                subparagraph (A) to 1 of the judges serving in the pool 
                established by section 103(e)(1) not later than 24 
                hours after the filing of the petition.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Standards for review.--A judge 
                considering a petition to modify or set aside a 
                directive may grant such petition only if the judge 
                finds that the directive does not meet the requirements 
                of this section or is otherwise unlawful. If the judge 
                does not modify or set aside the directive, the judge 
                shall immediately affirm such directive, and order the 
                recipient to comply with the directive. The judge shall 
                provide a written statement for the record of the 
                reasons for a determination under this 
                paragraph.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) Continued effect.--Any directive not 
                explicitly modified or set aside under this paragraph 
                shall remain in full effect.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Enforcement of directives.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Order to compel.--In the case of a 
                failure to comply with a directive issued pursuant to 
                paragraph (1), the Attorney General may file a petition 
                for an order to compel compliance with the directive 
                with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
                Court.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Assignment.--The presiding judge of 
                the Court shall assign a petition filed under 
                subparagraph (A) to 1 of the judges serving in the pool 
                established by section 103(e)(1) not later than 24 
                hours after the filing of the petition.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Standards for review.--A judge 
                considering a petition shall issue an order requiring 
                the electronic communication service provider to comply 
                with the directive if the judge finds that the 
                directive was issued in accordance with paragraph (1), 
                meets the requirements of this section, and is 
                otherwise lawful. The judge shall provide a written 
                statement for the record of the reasons for a 
                determination under this paragraph.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) Contempt of court.--Failure to obey 
                an order of the Court issued under this paragraph may 
                be punished by the Court as contempt of 
                court.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) Process.--Any process under this 
                paragraph may be served in any judicial district in 
                which the electronic communication service provider may 
                be found.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) Appeal.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Appeal to the court of review.--The 
                Government or an electronic communication service 
                provider receiving a directive issued pursuant to 
                paragraph (1) may file a petition with the Foreign 
                Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review for review of 
                the decision issued pursuant to paragraph (4) or (5) 
                not later than 7 days after the issuance of such 
                decision. The Court of Review shall have jurisdiction 
                to consider such a petition and shall provide a written 
                statement for the record of the reasons for a decision 
                under this paragraph.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Certiorari to the supreme court.--
                The Government or an electronic communication service 
                provider receiving a directive issued pursuant to 
                paragraph (1) may file a petition for a writ of 
                certiorari for review of the decision of the Court of 
                Review issued under subparagraph (A). The record for 
                such review shall be transmitted under seal to the 
                Supreme Court of the United States, which shall have 
                jurisdiction to review such decision.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(i) Judicial Review.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Review by the foreign intelligence 
                surveillance court.--The Foreign Intelligence 
                Surveillance Court shall have jurisdiction to review 
                any certification required by subsection (d) or 
                targeting and minimization procedures adopted pursuant 
                to subsections (e) and (f).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Submission to the court.--The 
                Attorney General shall submit to the Court any such 
                certification or procedure, or amendment thereto, not 
                later than 5 days after making or amending the 
                certification or adopting or amending the 
                procedures.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Certifications.--The Court shall review a 
        certification provided under subsection (g) to determine 
        whether the certification contains all the required 
        elements.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Targeting procedures.--The Court shall 
        review the targeting procedures required by subsection (e) to 
        assess whether the procedures are reasonably designed to ensure 
        that the acquisition authorized under subsection (a) is limited 
        to the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located 
        outside the United States.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Minimization procedures.--The Court shall 
        review the minimization procedures required by subsection (f) 
        to assess whether such procedures meet the definition of 
        minimization procedures under section 101(h).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Orders.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Approval.--If the Court finds that a 
                certification required by subsection (g) contains all 
                of the required elements and that the targeting and 
                minimization procedures required by subsections (e) and 
                (f) are consistent with the requirements of those 
                subsections and with the fourth amendment to the 
                Constitution of the United States, the Court shall 
                enter an order approving the continued use of the 
                procedures for the acquisition authorized under 
                subsection (a).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Correction of deficiencies.--If the 
                Court finds that a certification required by subsection 
                (g) does not contain all of the required elements, or 
                that the procedures required by subsections (e) and (f) 
                are not consistent with the requirements of those 
                subsections or the fourth amendment to the Constitution 
                of the United States, the Court shall issue an order 
                directing the Government to, at the Government's 
                election and to the extent required by the Court's 
                order--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) correct any deficiency 
                        identified by the Court's order not later than 
                        30 days after the date the Court issues the 
                        order; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) cease the acquisition 
                        authorized under subsection (a).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Requirement for written statement.--
                In support of its orders under this subsection, the 
                Court shall provide, simultaneously with the orders, 
                for the record a written statement of its 
                reasons.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) Appeal.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Appeal to the court of review.--The 
                Government may appeal any order under this section to 
                the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, 
                which shall have jurisdiction to review such order. For 
                any decision affirming, reversing, or modifying an 
                order of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 
                the Court of Review shall provide for the record a 
                written statement of its reasons.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Continuation of acquisition pending 
                rehearing or appeal.--Any acquisitions affected by an 
                order under paragraph (5)(B) may continue--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) during the pending of any 
                        rehearing of the order by the Court en banc; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) during the pendency of any 
                        appeal of the order to the Foreign Intelligence 
                        Surveillance Court of Review.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Certiorari to the supreme court.--
                The Government may file a petition for a writ of 
                certiorari for review of a decision of the Court of 
                Review issued under subparagraph (A). The record for 
                such review shall be transmitted under seal to the 
                Supreme Court of the United States, which shall have 
                jurisdiction to review such decision.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(j) Judicial Proceedings.--Judicial proceedings under 
this section shall be conducted as expeditiously as possible.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(k) Maintenance of Records.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Standards.--A record of a proceeding under 
        this section, including petitions filed, orders granted, and 
        statements of reasons for decision, shall be maintained under 
        security measures adopted by the Chief Justice of the United 
        States, in consultation with the Attorney General and the 
        Director of National Intelligence.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Filing and review.--All petitions under this 
        section shall be filed under seal. In any proceedings under 
        this section, the court shall, upon request of the Government, 
        review ex parte and in camera any Government submission, or 
        portions of a submission, which may include classified 
        information.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Retention of records.--A directive made or 
        an order granted under this section shall be retained for a 
        period of not less than 10 years from the date on which such 
        directive or such order is made.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(l) Oversight.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Semiannual assessment.--Not less frequently 
        than once every 6 months, the Attorney General and Director of 
        National Intelligence shall assess compliance with the 
        targeting and minimization procedures required by subsections 
        (e) and (f) and shall submit each such assessment to--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the Foreign Intelligence 
                Surveillance Court; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the congressional intelligence 
                committees.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Agency assessment.--The Inspectors General 
        of the Department of Justice and of any element of the 
        intelligence community authorized to acquire foreign 
        intelligence information under subsection (a)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) are authorized to review the 
                compliance of their agency or element with the 
                targeting and minimization procedures required by 
                subsections (e) and (f);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) with respect to acquisitions 
                authorized under subsection (a), shall review the 
                number of disseminated intelligence reports containing 
                a reference to a United States person identity and the 
                number of United States person identities subsequently 
                disseminated by the element concerned in response to 
                requests for identities that were not referred to by 
                name or title in the original reporting;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) with respect to acquisitions 
                authorized under subsection (a), shall review the 
                number of targets that were later determined to be 
                located in the United States and the number of persons 
                located in the United States whose communications were 
                reviewed; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) shall provide each such review to--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) the Attorney 
                        General;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) the Director of National 
                        Intelligence; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) the congressional 
                        intelligence committees.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Annual review.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Requirement to conduct.--The head of 
                an element of the intelligence community conducting an 
                acquisition authorized under subsection (a) shall 
                direct the element to conduct an annual review to 
                determine whether there is reason to believe that 
                foreign intelligence information has been or will be 
                obtained from the acquisition. The annual review shall 
                provide, with respect to such acquisitions authorized 
                under subsection (a)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) an accounting of the number 
                        of disseminated intelligence reports containing 
                        a reference to a United States person 
                        identity;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) an accounting of the number 
                        of United States person identities subsequently 
                        disseminated by that element in response to 
                        requests for identities that were not referred 
                        to by name or title in the original reporting; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) the number of targets that 
                        were later determined to be located in the 
                        United States and the number of persons located 
                        in the United States whose communications were 
                        reviewed.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Use of review.--The head of each 
                element of the intelligence community that conducts an 
                annual review under subparagraph (A) shall use each 
                such review to evaluate the adequacy of the 
                minimization procedures utilized by such element or the 
                application of the minimization procedures to a 
                particular acquisition authorized under subsection 
                (a).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Provision of review to foreign 
                intelligence surveillance court.--The head of each 
                element of the intelligence community that conducts an 
                annual review under subparagraph (A) shall provide such 
                review to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
                Court.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Reports to congress.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Semiannual report.--Not less 
                frequently than once every 6 months, the Attorney 
                General shall fully inform, in a manner consistent with 
                national security, the congressional intelligence 
                committees, the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
                Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
                of Representatives, concerning the implementation of 
                this Act.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Content.--Each report made under 
                subparagraph (A) shall include--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) any certifications made 
                        under subsection (g) during the reporting 
                        period;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) any directives issued under 
                        subsection (h) during the reporting 
                        period;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) the judicial review during 
                        the reporting period of any such certifications 
                        and targeting and minimization procedures 
                        utilized with respect to such acquisition, 
                        including a copy of any order or pleading in 
                        connection with such review that contains a 
                        significant legal interpretation of the 
                        provisions of this Act;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) any actions taken to 
                        challenge or enforce a directive under 
                        paragraphs (4) or (5) of subsections 
                        (h);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(v) any compliance reviews 
                        conducted by the Department of Justice or the 
                        Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
                        of acquisitions authorized under subsection 
                        (a);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(vi) a description of any 
                        incidents of noncompliance with a directive 
                        issued by the Attorney General and the Director 
                        of National Intelligence under subsection (h), 
                        including--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I) incidents of 
                                noncompliance by an element of the 
                                intelligence community with procedures 
                                adopted pursuant to subsections (e) and 
                                (f); and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) incidents of 
                                noncompliance by a specified person to 
                                whom the Attorney General and Director 
                                of National Intelligence issued a 
                                directive under subsection 
                                (h);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(vii) any procedures 
                        implementing this section; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(viii) any annual review 
                        conducted pursuant to paragraph (3).</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 704. USE OF INFORMATION ACQUIRED UNDER SECTION 
              703.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``Information acquired from an acquisition conducted under 
section 703 shall be deemed to be information acquired from an 
electronic surveillance pursuant to title I for purposes of section 
106, except for the purposes of subsection (j) of such 
section.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents in the first 
section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
1801 et seq.) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking the item relating to title 
        VII;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking the item relating to section 701; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>

       <DELETED>``TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES FOR TARGETING 
      COMMUNICATIONS OF CERTAIN PERSONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

<DELETED>``Sec. 701. Limitation on definition of electronic 
                            surveillance.
<DELETED>``Sec. 702. Definitions.
<DELETED>``Sec. 703. Procedures for acquiring the communications of 
                            certain persons outside the United States.
<DELETED>``Sec. 704. Use of information acquired under section 703.''.
<DELETED>    (c) Sunset.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph 
        (2), the amendments made by subsections (a)(2) and (b) shall 
        cease to have effect on December 31, 2013.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Continuing applicability.--Section 703(h)(3) 
        of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (as 
        amended by subsection (a)) shall remain in effect with respect 
        to any directive issued pursuant to section 703(h) of that Act 
        (as so amended) during the period such directive was in effect. 
        The use of information acquired by an acquisition conducted 
        under section 703 of that Act (as so amended) shall continue to 
        be governed by the provisions of section 704 of that Act (as so 
        amended).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 102. STATEMENT OF EXCLUSIVE MEANS BY WHICH ELECTRONIC 
              SURVEILLANCE AND INTERCEPTION OF DOMESTIC COMMUNICATIONS 
              MAY BE CONDUCTED.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Statement of Exclusive Means.--Title I of the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:</DELETED>

      <DELETED>``statement of exclusive means by which electronic 
    surveillance and interception of domestic communications may be 
                          conducted</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``Sec. 112.  Chapters 119 and 121 of title 18, United 
States Code, and this Act shall be the exclusive means by which 
electronic surveillance (as defined in section 101(f), regardless of 
the limitation of section 701) and the interception of domestic wire, 
oral, or electronic communications may be conducted.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents in the first 
section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
1801 et seq.) is amended by adding after the item relating to section 
111, the following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``Sec. 112. Statement of exclusive means by which electronic 
                            surveillance and interception of domestic 
                            communications may be conducted.''.

<DELETED>SEC. 103. SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS OF CERTAIN COURT ORDERS UNDER 
              THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 
              1978.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Inclusion of Certain Orders in Semi-Annual Reports of 
Attorney General.--Subsection (a)(5) of section 601 of the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1871) is amended by 
striking ``(not including orders)'' and inserting ``, 
orders,''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Reports by Attorney General on Certain Other Orders.--
Such section 601 is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) The Attorney General shall submit to the committees 
of Congress referred to in subsection (a) a copy of any decision, 
order, or opinion issued by the court established under section 103(a) 
or the court of review established under section 103(b) that includes 
significant construction or interpretation of any provision of this Act 
not later than 45 days after such decision, order, or opinion is 
issued.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 104. APPLICATIONS FOR COURT ORDERS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 104 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1804) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking paragraphs (2) and 
                (11);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 
                through (10) as paragraphs (2) through (9), 
                respectively;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by striking 
                ``detailed'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, in the matter 
                preceding subparagraph (A)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by striking ``Affairs or'' and 
                        inserting ``Affairs,''; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by striking ``Senate--'' and 
                        inserting ``Senate, or the Deputy Director of 
                        the Federal Bureau of Investigation, if 
                        designated by the President as a certifying 
                        official--'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by striking 
                ``statement of'' and inserting ``summary statement 
                of'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) in paragraph (8), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by adding ``and'' 
                at the end; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (G) in paragraph (9), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by striking ``; 
                and'' and inserting a period;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking subsection (b);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 
        as subsections (b) through (d), respectively; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) in paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (d), as 
        redesignated by paragraph (3) of this subsection, by striking 
        ``or the Director of National Intelligence'' and inserting 
        ``the Director of National Intelligence, or the Director of the 
        Central Intelligence Agency''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 105. ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 105 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1805) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking paragraph (1); 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 
                through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), 
                respectively;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``(a)(3)'' and 
        inserting ``(a)(2)'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in subsection (c)(1)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subparagraph (D), by adding ``and'' 
                at the end;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``; 
                and'' and inserting a period; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by striking subparagraph 
                (F);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) by striking subsection (d);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) by redesignating subsections (e) through (i) 
        as subsections (d) through (h), respectively;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) by amending subsection (e), as redesignated by 
        paragraph (5) of this section, to read as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
title, the Attorney General may authorize the emergency employment of 
electronic surveillance if the Attorney General--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(A) determines that an emergency situation 
        exists with respect to the employment of electronic 
        surveillance to obtain foreign intelligence information before 
        an order authorizing such surveillance can with due diligence 
        be obtained;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(B) determines that the factual basis for 
        issuance of an order under this title to approve such 
        electronic surveillance exists;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(C) informs, either personally or through a 
        designee, a judge having jurisdiction under section 103 at the 
        time of such authorization that the decision has been made to 
        employ emergency electronic surveillance; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(D) makes an application in accordance with this 
        title to a judge having jurisdiction under section 103 as soon 
        as practicable, but not later than 168 hours after the Attorney 
        General authorizes such surveillance.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(2) If the Attorney General authorizes the emergency 
employment of electronic surveillance under paragraph (1), the Attorney 
General shall require that the minimization procedures required by this 
title for the issuance of a judicial order be followed.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(3) In the absence of a judicial order approving such 
electronic surveillance, the surveillance shall terminate when the 
information sought is obtained, when the application for the order is 
denied, or after the expiration of 168 hours from the time of 
authorization by the Attorney General, whichever is earliest.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(4) A denial of the application made under this 
subsection may be reviewed as provided in section 103.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(5) In the event that such application for approval is 
denied, or in any other case where the electronic surveillance is 
terminated and no order is issued approving the surveillance, no 
information obtained or evidence derived from such surveillance shall 
be received in evidence or otherwise disclosed in any trial, hearing, 
or other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, 
office, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other 
authority of the United States, a State, or political subdivision 
thereof, and no information concerning any United States person 
acquired from such surveillance shall subsequently be used or disclosed 
in any other manner by Federal officers or employees without the 
consent of such person, except with the approval of the Attorney 
General if the information indicates a threat of death or serious 
bodily harm to any person.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(6) The Attorney General shall assess compliance with 
the requirements of paragraph (5).''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(i) In any case in which the Government makes an 
application to a judge under this title to conduct electronic 
surveillance involving communications and the judge grants such 
application, upon the request of the applicant, the judge shall also 
authorize the installation and use of pen registers and trap and trace 
devices, and direct the disclosure of the information set forth in 
section 402(d)(2).''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 106. USE OF INFORMATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Subsection (i) of section 106 of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (8 U.S.C. 1806) is amended by striking ``radio 
communication'' and inserting ``communication''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 107. AMENDMENTS FOR PHYSICAL SEARCHES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Applications.--Section 303 of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1823) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking paragraph (2);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 
                through (9) as paragraphs (2) through (8), 
                respectively;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by striking 
                ``detailed'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) in paragraph (3)(C), as redesignated 
                by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by inserting 
                ``or is about to be'' before ``owned''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, in the matter 
                preceding subparagraph (A)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by striking ``Affairs or'' and 
                        inserting ``Affairs,''; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by striking ``Senate--'' and 
                        inserting ``Senate, or the Deputy Director of 
                        the Federal Bureau of Investigation, if 
                        designated by the President as a certifying 
                        official--''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking ``or the 
        Director of National Intelligence'' and inserting ``the 
        Director of National Intelligence, or the Director of the 
        Central Intelligence Agency''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Orders.--Section 304 of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1824) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking paragraph (1); 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 
                through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), 
                respectively; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by amending subsection (e) to read as 
        follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
title, the Attorney General may authorize the emergency employment of a 
physical search if the Attorney General--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(A) determines that an emergency situation 
        exists with respect to the employment of a physical search to 
        obtain foreign intelligence information before an order 
        authorizing such physical search can with due diligence be 
        obtained;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(B) determines that the factual basis for 
        issuance of an order under this title to approve such physical 
        search exists;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(C) informs, either personally or through a 
        designee, a judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
        Court at the time of such authorization that the decision has 
        been made to employ an emergency physical search; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(D) makes an application in accordance with this 
        title to a judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 
        as soon as practicable, but not more than 168 hours after the 
        Attorney General authorizes such physical search.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(2) If the Attorney General authorizes the emergency 
employment of a physical search under paragraph (1), the Attorney 
General shall require that the minimization procedures required by this 
title for the issuance of a judicial order be followed.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(3) In the absence of a judicial order approving such 
physical search, the physical search shall terminate when the 
information sought is obtained, when the application for the order is 
denied, or after the expiration of 168 hours from the time of 
authorization by the Attorney General, whichever is earliest.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(4) A denial of the application made under this 
subsection may be reviewed as provided in section 103.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(5)(A) In the event that such application for approval 
is denied, or in any other case where the physical search is terminated 
and no order is issued approving the physical search, no information 
obtained or evidence derived from such physical search shall be 
received in evidence or otherwise disclosed in any trial, hearing, or 
other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, 
office, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other 
authority of the United States, a State, or political subdivision 
thereof, and no information concerning any United States person 
acquired from such physical search shall subsequently be used or 
disclosed in any other manner by Federal officers or employees without 
the consent of such person, except with the approval of the Attorney 
General if the information indicates a threat of death or serious 
bodily harm to any person.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(B) The Attorney General shall assess compliance with 
the requirements of subparagraph (A).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Conforming Amendments.--The Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in section 304(a)(4), as redesignated by 
        subsection (b) of this section, by striking ``303(a)(7)(E)'' 
        and inserting ``303(a)(6)(E)''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 305(k)(2), by striking 
        ``303(a)(7)'' and inserting ``303(a)(6)''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 108. AMENDMENTS FOR EMERGENCY PEN REGISTERS AND TRAP AND 
              TRACE DEVICES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 403 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1843) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``48 hours'' 
        and inserting ``168 hours''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking ``48 
        hours'' and inserting ``168 hours''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 109. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Designation of Judges.--Subsection (a) of section 103 
of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803) 
is amended by inserting ``at least'' before ``seven of the United 
States judicial circuits''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) En Banc Authority.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 103 of 
        the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as amended 
        by subsection (a) of this section, is further amended--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(2)(A) The court established under this subsection may, 
on its own initiative, or upon the request of the Government in any 
proceeding or a party under section 501(f) or paragraph (4) or (5) of 
section 703(h), hold a hearing or rehearing, en banc, when ordered by a 
majority of the judges that constitute such court upon a determination 
that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(i) en banc consideration is necessary to secure 
        or maintain uniformity of the court's decisions; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(ii) the proceeding involves a question of 
        exceptional importance.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(B) Any authority granted by this Act to a judge of the 
court established under this subsection may be exercised by the court 
en banc. When exercising such authority, the court en banc shall comply 
with any requirements of this Act on the exercise of such 
authority.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(C) For purposes of this paragraph, the court en banc 
shall consist of all judges who constitute the court established under 
this subsection.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Conforming amendments.--The Foreign 
        Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 is further amended--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subsection (a) of section 103, as 
                amended by this subsection, by inserting ``(except when 
                sitting en banc under paragraph (2))'' after ``no judge 
                designated under this subsection''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in section 302(c) (50 U.S.C. 1822(c)), 
                by inserting ``(except when sitting en banc)'' after 
                ``except that no judge''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Stay or Modification During an Appeal.--Section 103 of 
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803) is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 
        (g); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the 
        following new subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f)(1) A judge of the court established under subsection 
(a), the court established under subsection (b) or a judge of that 
court, or the Supreme Court of the United States or a justice of that 
court, may, in accordance with the rules of their respective courts, 
enter a stay of an order or an order modifying an order of the court 
established under subsection (a) or the court established under 
subsection (b) entered under any title of this Act, while the court 
established under subsection (a) conducts a rehearing, while an appeal 
is pending to the court established under subsection (b), or while a 
petition of certiorari is pending in the Supreme Court of the United 
States, or during the pendency of any review by that court.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(2) The authority described in paragraph (1) shall apply 
to an order entered under any provision of this Act.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 110. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 103(e) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803(e)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``105B(h) or 
        501(f)(1)'' and inserting ``501(f)(1) or 703''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``105B(h) or 
        501(f)(1)'' and inserting ``501(f)(1) or 703''.</DELETED>

  <DELETED>TITLE II--PROTECTIONS FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SERVICE 
                          PROVIDERS</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    In this title:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Assistance.--The term ``assistance'' means the 
        provision of, or the provision of access to, information 
        (including communication contents, communications records, or 
        other information relating to a customer or communication), 
        facilities, or another form of assistance.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Contents.--The term ``contents'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 101(n) of the Foreign 
        Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
        1801(n)).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Covered civil action.--The term ``covered 
        civil action'' means a civil action filed in a Federal or State 
        court that--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) alleges that an electronic 
                communication service provider furnished assistance to 
                an element of the intelligence community; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) seeks monetary or other relief from 
                the electronic communication service provider related 
                to the provision of such assistance.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Electronic communication service provider.--
        The term ``electronic communication service provider'' means--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) a telecommunications carrier, as that 
                term is defined in section 3 of the Communications Act 
                of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) a provider of an electronic 
                communication service, as that term is defined in 
                section 2510 of title 18, United States Code;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) a provider of a remote computing 
                service, as that term is defined in section 2711 of 
                title 18, United States Code;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) any other communication service 
                provider who has access to wire or electronic 
                communications either as such communications are 
                transmitted or as such communications are 
                stored;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) a parent, subsidiary, affiliate, 
                successor, or assignee of an entity described in 
                subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) an officer, employee, or agent of an 
                entity described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or 
                (E).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Element of the intelligence community.--The 
        term ``element of the intelligence community'' means an element 
        of the intelligence community specified in or designated under 
        section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
        401a(4)).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 202. LIMITATIONS ON CIVIL ACTIONS FOR ELECTRONIC 
              COMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Limitations.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, a covered civil action shall not lie or be 
        maintained in a Federal or State court, and shall be promptly 
        dismissed, if the Attorney General certifies to the court 
        that--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the assistance alleged to have been 
                provided by the electronic communication service 
                provider was--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) in connection with an 
                        intelligence activity involving communications 
                        that was--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) authorized by the 
                                President during the period beginning 
                                on September 11, 2001, and ending on 
                                January 17, 2007; and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) designed to detect or 
                                prevent a terrorist attack, or 
                                activities in preparation for a 
                                terrorist attack, against the United 
                                States; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) described in a written 
                        request or directive from the Attorney General 
                        or the head of an element of the intelligence 
                        community (or the deputy of such person) to the 
                        electronic communication service provider 
                        indicating that the activity was--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) authorized by the 
                                President; and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) determined to be 
                                lawful; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the electronic communication service 
                provider did not provide the alleged 
                assistance.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Review.--A certification made pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) shall be subject to review by a court for abuse 
        of discretion.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Review of Certifications.--If the Attorney General 
files a declaration under section 1746 of title 28, United States Code, 
that disclosure of a certification made pursuant to subsection (a) 
would harm the national security of the United States, the court 
shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) review such certification in camera and ex 
        parte; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) limit any public disclosure concerning such 
        certification, including any public order following such an ex 
        parte review, to a statement that the conditions of subsection 
        (a) have been met, without disclosing the subparagraph of 
        subsection (a)(1) that is the basis for the 
        certification.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Nondelegation.--The authority and duties of the 
Attorney General under this section shall be performed by the Attorney 
General (or Acting Attorney General) or a designee in a position not 
lower than the Deputy Attorney General.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Civil Actions in State Court.--A covered civil action 
that is brought in a State court shall be deemed to arise under the 
Constitution and laws of the United States and shall be removable under 
section 1441 of title 28, United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to limit any otherwise available immunity, privilege, or 
defense under any other provision of law.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Effective Date and Application.--This section shall 
apply to any covered civil action that is pending on or filed after the 
date of enactment of this Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 203. PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTING STATUTORY DEFENSES UNDER 
              THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 
              1978.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as amended by section 101, is further amended by 
adding after title VII the following new title:</DELETED>

      <DELETED>``TITLE VIII--PROTECTION OF PERSONS ASSISTING THE 
                          GOVERNMENT</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``In this title:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Assistance.--The term `assistance' means the 
        provision of, or the provision of access to, information 
        (including communication contents, communications records, or 
        other information relating to a customer or communication), 
        facilities, or another form of assistance.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Attorney general.--The term `Attorney 
        General' has the meaning give that term in section 
        101(g).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Contents.--The term `contents' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 101(n).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Electronic communication service provider.--
        The term `electronic communication service provider' means--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) a telecommunications carrier, as 
                that term is defined in section 3 of the Communications 
                Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) a provider of electronic 
                communications service, as that term is defined in 
                section 2510 of title 18, United States Code;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) a provider of a remote computing 
                service, as that term is defined in section 2711 of 
                title 18, United States Code;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) any other communication service 
                provider who has access to wire or electronic 
                communications either as such communications are 
                transmitted or as such communications are 
                stored;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) a parent, subsidiary, affiliate, 
                successor, or assignee of an entity described in 
                subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(F) an officer, employee, or agent of an 
                entity described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or 
                (E).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Element of the intelligence community.--The 
        term `element of the intelligence community' means an element 
        of the intelligence community as specified or designated under 
        section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
        401a(4)).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) Person.--The term `person' means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) an electronic communication service 
                provider; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) a landlord, custodian, or other 
                person who may be authorized or required to furnish 
                assistance pursuant to--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) an order of the court 
                        established under section 103(a) directing such 
                        assistance;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) a certification in writing 
                        under section 2511(2)(a)(ii)(B) or 2709(b) of 
                        title 18, United States Code; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) a directive under section 
                        102(a)(4), 105B(e), as in effect on the day 
                        before the date of the enactment of the FISA 
                        Amendments Act of 2007 or 703(h).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(7) State.--The term `State' means any State, 
        political subdivision of a State, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, the District of Columbia, and any territory or possession 
        of the United States, and includes any officer, public utility 
        commission, or other body authorized to regulate an electronic 
        communication service provider.</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 802. PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTING STATUTORY 
              DEFENSES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) Requirement for Certification.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, no civil action may lie or be maintained in a 
        Federal or State court against any person for providing 
        assistance to an element of the intelligence community, and 
        shall be promptly dismissed, if the Attorney General certifies 
        to the court that--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) any assistance by that person was 
                provided pursuant to an order of the court established 
                under section 103(a) directing such 
                assistance;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) any assistance by that person was 
                provided pursuant to a certification in writing under 
                section 2511(2)(a)(ii)(B) or 2709(b) of title 18, 
                United States Code;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) any assistance by that person was 
                provided pursuant to a directive under sections 
                102(a)(4), 105B(e), as in effect on the day before the 
                date of the enactment of the FISA Amendments Act of 
                2007, or 703(h) directing such assistance; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) the person did not provide the 
                alleged assistance.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Review.--A certification made pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) shall be subject to review by a court for abuse 
        of discretion.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Limitations on Disclosure.--If the Attorney General 
files a declaration under section 1746 of title 28, United States Code, 
that disclosure of a certification made pursuant to subsection (a) 
would harm the national security of the United States, the court 
shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) review such certification in camera and ex 
        parte; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) limit any public disclosure concerning such 
        certification, including any public order following such an ex 
        parte review, to a statement that the conditions of subsection 
        (a) have been met, without disclosing the subparagraph of 
        subsection (a)(1) that is the basis for the 
        certification.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Removal.--A civil action against a person for 
providing assistance to an element of the intelligence community that 
is brought in a State court shall be deemed to arise under the 
Constitution and laws of the United States and shall be removable under 
section 1441 of title 28, United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Relationship to Other Laws.--Nothing in this section 
may be construed to limit any otherwise available immunity, privilege, 
or defense under any other provision of law.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Applicability.--This section shall apply to a civil 
action pending on or filed after the date of enactment of the FISA 
Amendments Act of 2007.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 204. PREEMPTION OF STATE INVESTIGATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Title VIII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as added by section 203 of this Act, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 803. PREEMPTION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--No State shall have authority to--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) conduct an investigation into an electronic 
        communication service provider's alleged assistance to an 
        element of the intelligence community;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) require through regulation or any other 
        means the disclosure of information about an electronic 
        communication service provider's alleged assistance to an 
        element of the intelligence community;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) impose any administrative sanction on an 
        electronic communication service provider for assistance to an 
        element of the intelligence community; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) commence or maintain a civil action or other 
        proceeding to enforce a requirement that an electronic 
        communication service provider disclose information concerning 
        alleged assistance to an element of the intelligence 
        community.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Suits by the United States.--The United States may 
bring suit to enforce the provisions of this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Jurisdiction.--The district courts of the United 
States shall have jurisdiction over any civil action brought by the 
United States to enforce the provisions of this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Application.--This section shall apply to any 
investigation, action, or proceeding that is pending on or filed after 
the date of enactment of the FISA Amendments Act of 2007.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 205. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The table of contents in the first section of the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as 
amended by section 101(b), is further amended by adding at the end the 
following:</DELETED>

 <DELETED>``TITLE VIII--PROTECTION OF PERSONS ASSISTING THE GOVERNMENT

<DELETED>``Sec. 801. Definitions.
<DELETED>``Sec. 802. Procedures for implementing statutory defenses.
<DELETED>``Sec. 803. Preemption.''.

             <DELETED>TITLE III--OTHER PROVISIONS</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 301. SEVERABILITY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    If any provision of this Act, any amendment made by this 
Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held 
invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act, any such amendments, 
and of the application of such provisions to other persons and 
circumstances shall not be affected thereby.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 302. EFFECTIVE DATE; REPEAL; TRANSITION 
              PROCEDURES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the 
amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Repeal.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection 
        (c), sections 105A, 105B, and 105C of the Foreign Intelligence 
        Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1805a, 1805b, and 1805c) 
        are repealed.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Table of contents.--The table of contents in 
        the first section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
        of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended by striking the 
        items relating to sections 105A, 105B, and 105C.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Transitions Procedures.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Protection from liability.--Notwithstanding 
        subsection (b)(1), subsection (l) of section 105B of the 
        Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 shall remain in 
        effect with respect to any directives issued pursuant to such 
        section 105B for information, facilities, or assistance 
        provided during the period such directive was or is in 
        effect.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Orders in effect.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Orders in effect on date of 
                enactment.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
                Act or of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
                1978--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) any order in effect on the 
                        date of enactment of this Act issued pursuant 
                        to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
                        1978 or section 6(b) of the Protect America Act 
                        of 2007 (Public Law 110-55; 121 Stat. 556) 
                        shall remain in effect until the date of 
                        expiration of such order; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) at the request of the 
                        applicant, the court established under section 
                        103(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
                        Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803(a)) shall 
                        reauthorize such order if the facts and 
                        circumstances continue to justify issuance of 
                        such order under the provisions of such Act, as 
                        in effect on the day before the date of the 
                        enactment of the Protect America Act of 2007, 
                        except as amended by sections 102, 103, 104, 
                        105, 106, 107, 108, and 109 of this 
                        Act.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Orders in effect on december 31, 
                2013.--Any order issued under title VII of the Foreign 
                Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as amended by 
                section 101 of this Act, in effect on December 31, 
                2013, shall continue in effect until the date of the 
                expiration of such order. Any such order shall be 
                governed by the applicable provisions of the Foreign 
                Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as so 
                amended.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Authorizations and directives in effect.--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Authorizations and directives in 
                effect on date of enactment.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of this Act or of the Foreign Intelligence 
                Surveillance Act of 1978, any authorization or 
                directive in effect on the date of the enactment of 
                this Act issued pursuant to the Protect America Act of 
                2007, or any amendment made by that Act, shall remain 
                in effect until the date of expiration of such 
                authorization or directive. Any such authorization or 
                directive shall be governed by the applicable 
                provisions of the Protect America Act of 2007 (121 
                Stat. 552), and the amendment made by that Act, and, 
                except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, 
                any acquisition pursuant to such authorization or 
                directive shall be deemed not to constitute electronic 
                surveillance (as that term is defined in section 101(f) 
                of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
                (50 U.S.C. 1801(f)), as construed in accordance with 
                section 105A of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
                Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1805a)).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Authorizations and directives in 
                effect on december 31, 2013.--Any authorization or 
                directive issued under title VII of the Foreign 
                Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as amended by 
                section 101 of this Act, in effect on December 31, 
                2013, shall continue in effect until the date of the 
                expiration of such authorization or directive. Any such 
                authorization or directive shall be governed by the 
                applicable provisions of the Foreign Intelligence 
                Surveillance Act of 1978, as so amended, and, except as 
                provided in section 704 of the Foreign Intelligence 
                Surveillance Act of 1978, as so amended, any 
                acquisition pursuant to such authorization or directive 
                shall be deemed not to constitute electronic 
                surveillance (as that term is defined in section 101(f) 
                of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, 
                to the extent that such section 101(f) is limited by 
                section 701 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
                Act of 1978, as so amended).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Use of information acquired under protect 
        america act.--Information acquired from an acquisition 
        conducted under the Protect America Act of 2007, and the 
        amendments made by that Act, shall be deemed to be information 
        acquired from an electronic surveillance pursuant to title I of 
        the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
        1801 et seq.) for purposes of section 106 of that Act (50 
        U.S.C. 1806), except for purposes of subsection (j) of such 
        section.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) New orders.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of this Act or of the Foreign Intelligence 
        Surveillance Act of 1978--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the government may file an application 
                for an order under the Foreign Intelligence 
                Surveillance Act of 1978, as in effect on the day 
                before the date of the enactment of the Protect America 
                Act of 2007, except as amended by sections 102, 103, 
                104, 105, 106, 107, 108, and 109 of this Act; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the court established under section 
                103(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
                1978 shall enter an order granting such an application 
                if the application meets the requirements of such Act, 
                as in effect on the day before the date of the 
                enactment of the Protect America Act of 2007, except as 
                amended by sections 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 
                and 109 of this Act.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Extant authorizations.--At the request of the 
        applicant, the court established under section 103(a) of the 
        Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 shall extinguish 
        any extant authorization to conduct electronic surveillance or 
        physical search entered pursuant to such Act.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) Applicable provisions.--Any surveillance 
        conducted pursuant to an order entered pursuant to this 
        subsection shall be subject to the provisions of the Foreign 
        Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as in effect on the day 
        before the date of the enactment of the Protect America Act of 
        2007, except as amended by sections 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 
        107, 108, and 109 of this Act.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2007'' or the 
``FISA Amendments Act of 2007''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

               TITLE I--FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE

Sec. 101. Targeting the communications of certain persons outside the 
                            United States.
Sec. 102. Statement of exclusive means by which electronic surveillance 
                            and interception of certain communications 
                            may be conducted.
Sec. 103. Submittal to Congress of certain court orders under the 
                            Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
                            1978.
Sec. 104. Applications for court orders.
Sec. 105. Issuance of an order.
Sec. 106. Use of information.
Sec. 107. Amendments for physical searches.
Sec. 108. Amendments for emergency pen registers and trap and trace 
                            devices.
Sec. 109. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Sec. 110. Review of previous actions.
Sec. 111. Technical and conforming amendments.

               TITLE I--FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE

SEC. 101. TARGETING THE COMMUNICATIONS OF CERTAIN PERSONS OUTSIDE THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
(50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking title VII; and
            (2) by adding after title VI the following new title:

  ``TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES FOR TARGETING COMMUNICATIONS OF 
               CERTAIN PERSONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

``SEC. 701. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this title:
            ``(1) In general.--The terms `agent of a foreign power', 
        `Attorney General', `contents', `electronic surveillance', 
        `foreign intelligence information', `foreign power', 
        `minimization procedures', `person', `United States', and 
        `United States person' shall have the meanings given such terms 
        in section 101.
            ``(2) Additional definitions.--
                    ``(A) Congressional intelligence committees.--The 
                term `congressional intelligence committees' means--
                            ``(i) the Select Committee on Intelligence 
                        of the Senate; and
                            ``(ii) the Permanent Select Committee on 
                        Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
                    ``(B) Foreign intelligence surveillance court; 
                court.--The terms `Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
                Court' and `Court' mean the court established by 
                section 103(a).
                    ``(C) Foreign intelligence surveillance court of 
                review; court of review.--The terms `Foreign 
                Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review' and `Court 
                of Review' mean the court established by section 
                103(b).
                    ``(D) Electronic communication service provider.--
                The term `electronic communication service provider' 
                means--
                            ``(i) a telecommunications carrier, as that 
                        term is defined in section 3 of the 
                        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153);
                            ``(ii) a provider of electronic 
                        communications service, as that term is defined 
                        in section 2510 of title 18, United States 
                        Code;
                            ``(iii) a provider of a remote computing 
                        service, as that term is defined in section 
                        2711 of title 18, United States Code;
                            ``(iv) any other communication service 
                        provider who has access to wire or electronic 
                        communications either as such communications 
                        are transmitted or as such communications are 
                        stored; or
                            ``(v) an officer, employee, or agent of an 
                        entity described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), or 
                        (iv).
                    ``(E) Element of the intelligence community.--The 
                term `element of the intelligence community' means an 
                element of the intelligence community specified in or 
                designated under section 3(4) of the National Security 
                Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).

``SEC. 702. PROCEDURES FOR ACQUIRING THE COMMUNICATIONS OF CERTAIN 
              PERSONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

    ``(a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including title I, the Attorney General and the Director of National 
Intelligence may authorize jointly, for periods of up to 1 year, the 
targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located outside the 
United States to acquire foreign intelligence information.
    ``(b) Limitations.--An acquisition authorized under subsection 
(a)--
            ``(1) may not intentionally target any person known at the 
        time of acquisition to be located in the United States;
            ``(2) may not intentionally target a person reasonably 
        believed to be outside the United States if a significant 
        purpose of such acquisition is to acquire the communications of 
        a specific person reasonably believed to be located in the 
        United States, except in accordance with title I; and
            ``(3) shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the 
        fourth amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
    ``(c) United States Persons Located Outside the United States.--
            ``(1) Acquisition inside the united states of united states 
        persons outside the united states.--An acquisition authorized 
        under subsection (a) that constitutes electronic surveillance 
        and occurs inside the United States may not intentionally 
        target a United States person reasonably believed to be outside 
        the United States, except in accordance with the procedures 
        under title I.
            ``(2) Acquisition outside the united states of united 
        states persons outside the united states.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An acquisition by an electronic, 
                mechanical, or other surveillance device outside the 
                United States may not intentionally target a United 
                States person reasonably believed to be outside the 
                United States to acquire the contents of a wire or 
                radio communication sent by or intended to be received 
                by that United States person under circumstances in 
                which a person has reasonable expectation of privacy 
                and a warrant would be required for law enforcement 
                purposes if the technique were used inside the United 
                States unless--
                            ``(i) the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
                        Court has entered an order approving electronic 
                        surveillance of that United States person under 
                        section 105, or in the case of an emergency 
                        situation, electronic surveillance against the 
                        target is being conducted in a manner 
                        consistent with title I; or
                            ``(ii)(I) the Foreign Intelligence 
                        Surveillance Court has entered a order under 
                        subparagraph (B) that there is probable cause 
                        to believe that the United States person is a 
                        foreign power or an agent of a foreign power;
                            ``(II) the Attorney General has established 
                        minimization procedures for that acquisition 
                        that meet the definition of minimization 
                        procedures under section 101(h); and
                            ``(III) the dissemination provisions of the 
                        minimization procedures described in subclause 
                        (II) have been approved under subparagraph (C).
                    ``(B) Probable cause determination; review.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Attorney General may 
                        submit to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
                        Court the determination of the Attorney 
                        General, together with any supporting 
                        affidavits, that a United States person who is 
                        outside the United States is a foreign power or 
                        an agent of a foreign power.
                            ``(ii) Review.--The Court shall review, any 
                        probable cause determination submitted by the 
                        Attorney General under this subparagraph. The 
                        review under this clause shall be limited to 
                        whether, on the basis of the facts submitted by 
                        the Attorney General, there is probable cause 
                        to believe that the United States person who is 
                        outside the United States is a foreign power or 
                        an agent of a foreign power.
                            ``(iii) Order.--If the Court, after 
                        conducting a review under clause (ii), 
                        determines that there is probable cause to 
                        believe that the United States person is a 
                        foreign power or an agent of a foreign power, 
                        the court shall issue an order approving the 
                        acquisition. An order under this clause shall 
                        be effective for 90 days, and may be renewed 
                        for additional 90-day periods.
                            ``(iv) No probable cause.--If the Court, 
                        after conducting a review under clause (ii), 
                        determines that there is not probable cause to 
                        believe that a United States person is a 
                        foreign power or an agent of a foreign power, 
                        it shall enter an order so stating and provide 
                        a written statement for the record of the 
                        reasons for such determination. The Government 
                        may appeal an order under this clause to the 
                        Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of 
                        Review.
                    ``(C) Review of minimization procedures.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Foreign Intelligence 
                        Surveillance Court shall review the 
                        minimization procedures applicable to 
                        dissemination of information obtained through 
                        an acquisition authorized under subparagraph 
                        (A) to assess whether such procedures meet the 
                        definition of minimization procedures under 
                        section 101(h) with respect to dissemination.
                            ``(ii) Review.--The Court shall issue an 
                        order approving the procedures applicable to 
                        dissemination as submitted or as modified to 
                        comply with section 101(h).
                            ``(iii) Procedures do not meet 
                        definition.--If the Court determines that the 
                        procedures applicable to dissemination of 
                        information obtained through an acquisition 
                        authorized under subparagraph (A) do not meet 
                        the definition of minimization procedures under 
                        section 101(h) with respect to dissemination, 
                        it shall enter an order so stating and provide 
                        a written statement for the record of the 
                        reasons for such determination. The Government 
                        may appeal an order under this clause to the 
                        Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of 
                        Review.
                    ``(D) Emergency procedures.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any 
                        other provision of this paragraph, the Attorney 
                        General may authorize the emergency employment 
                        of an acquisition under subparagraph (A) if the 
                        Attorney General--
                                    ``(I) reasonably determines that--
                                            ``(aa) an emergency 
                                        situation exists with respect 
                                        to the employment of an 
                                        acquisition under subparagraph 
                                        (A) before a determination of 
                                        probable cause can with due 
                                        diligence be obtained; and
                                            ``(bb) the factual basis 
                                        for issuance of a determination 
                                        under subparagraph (B) to 
                                        approve such an acquisition 
                                        exists;
                                    ``(II) informs a judge of the 
                                Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 
                                at the time of such authorization that 
                                the decision has been made to employ an 
                                emergency acquisition;
                                    ``(III) submits a request in 
                                accordance with subparagraph (B) to the 
                                judge notified under subclause (II) as 
                                soon as practicable, but later than 72 
                                hours after the Attorney General 
                                authorizes such an acquisition; and
                                    ``(IV) requires that minimization 
                                procedures meeting the definition of 
                                minimization procedures under section 
                                101(h) be followed.
                            ``(ii) Termination.--In the absence of a 
                        judicial determination finding probable cause 
                        to believe that the United States person that 
                        is the subject of an emergency employment of an 
                        acquisition under clause (i) is a foreign power 
                        or an agent of a foreign power, the emergency 
                        employment of an acquisition under clause (i) 
                        shall terminate when the information sought is 
                        obtained, when the request for a determination 
                        is denied, or after the expiration of 72 hours 
                        from the time of authorization by the Attorney 
                        General, whichever is earliest.
                            ``(iii) Use of information.--If the Court 
                        determines that there is not probable cause to 
                        believe that a United States is a foreign power 
                        or an agent of a foreign power in response to a 
                        request for a determination under clause 
                        (i)(III), or in any other case where the 
                        emergency employment of an acquisition under 
                        this subparagraph is terminated and no 
                        determination finding probable cause is issued, 
                        no information obtained or evidence derived 
                        from such acquisition shall be received in 
                        evidence or otherwise disclosed in any trial, 
                        hearing, or other proceeding in or before any 
                        court, grand jury, department, office, agency, 
                        regulatory body, legislative committee, or 
                        other authority of the United States, a State, 
                        or political subdivision thereof, and no 
                        information concerning any United States person 
                        acquired from such acquisition shall 
                        subsequently be used or disclosed in any other 
                        manner by Federal officers or employees without 
                        the consent of such person, except with the 
                        approval of the Attorney General if the 
                        information indicates a threat of death or 
                        serious bodily harm to any person.
            ``(3) Procedures.--
                    ``(A) Submittal to foreign intelligence 
                surveillance court.--Not later than 30 days after the 
                date of the enactment of the FISA Amendments Act of 
                2007, the Attorney General shall submit to the Foreign 
                Intelligence Surveillance Court the procedures to be 
                used in determining whether a target reasonably 
                believed to be outside the United States is a United 
                States person.
                    ``(B) Review by foreign intelligence surveillance 
                court.--The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 
                shall review, the procedures submitted under 
                subparagraph (A), and shall approve those procedures if 
                they are reasonably designed to determine whether a 
                target reasonably believed to be outside the United 
                States is a United States person. If the Court 
                concludes otherwise, the Court shall enter an order so 
                stating and provide a written statement for the record 
                of the reasons for such determination. The Government 
                may appeal such an order to the Foreign Intelligence 
                Surveillance Court of Review.
                    ``(C) Use in targeting.--Any targeting of persons 
                reasonably believed to be located outside the United 
                States shall use the procedures approved by the Foreign 
                Intelligence Surveillance Court under subparagraph (B). 
                Any new or amended procedures may be used with respect 
                to the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be 
                located outside the United States upon approval of the 
                new or amended procedures by the Court, which shall 
                review such procedures under paragraph (B).
            ``(4) Transition procedures concerning the targeting of 
        united states persons overseas.--Any authorization in effect on 
        the date of enactment of the FISA Amendments Act of 2007 under 
        section 2.5 of Executive Order 12333 to intentionally target a 
        United States person reasonably believed to be located outside 
        the United States, to acquire the contents of a wire or radio 
        communication sent by or intended to be received by that United 
        States person, shall remain in effect, and shall constitute a 
        sufficient basis for conducting such an acquisition of a United 
        States person located outside the United States, until that 
        authorization expires or 90 days after the date of enactment of 
        the FISA Amendments Act of 2007, whichever is earlier.
    ``(d) Conduct of Acquisition.--An acquisition authorized under 
subsection (a) may be conducted only in accordance with--
            ``(1) a certification made by the Attorney General and the 
        Director of National Intelligence pursuant to subsection (g); 
        and
            ``(2) the targeting and minimization procedures required 
        pursuant to subsections (e) and (f).
    ``(e) Targeting Procedures.--
            ``(1) Requirement to adopt.--The Attorney General, in 
        consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
        adopt targeting procedures that are reasonably designed to 
        ensure that any acquisition authorized under subsection (a) is 
        limited to targeting persons reasonably believed to be located 
        outside the United States, and that an application is filed 
        under title I, if otherwise required, when a significant 
        purpose of an acquisition authorized under subsection (a) is to 
        acquire the communications of a specific person reasonably 
        believed to be located in the United States.
            ``(2) Judicial review.--The procedures referred to in 
        paragraph (1) shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to 
        subsection (i).
    ``(f) Minimization Procedures.--
            ``(1) Requirement to adopt.--The Attorney General, in 
        consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
        adopt, consistent with the requirements of section 101(h), 
        minimization procedures for acquisitions authorized under 
        subsection (a).
            ``(2) Judicial review.--The minimization procedures 
        required by this subsection shall be subject to judicial review 
        pursuant to subsection (i).
    ``(g) Certification.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Requirement.--Subject to subparagraph (B), 
                prior to the initiation of an acquisition authorized 
                under subsection (a), the Attorney General and the 
                Director of National Intelligence shall provide, under 
                oath, a written certification, as described in this 
                subsection.
                    ``(B) Exception.--If the Attorney General and the 
                Director of National Intelligence determine that 
                immediate action by the Government is required and time 
                does not permit the preparation of a certification 
                under this subsection prior to the initiation of an 
                acquisition, the Attorney General and the Director of 
                National Intelligence shall prepare such certification, 
                including such determination, as soon as possible but 
                in no event more than 168 hours after such 
                determination is made.
            ``(2) Requirements.--A certification made under this 
        subsection shall--
                    ``(A) attest that--
                            ``(i) there are reasonable procedures in 
                        place for determining that the acquisition 
                        authorized under subsection (a) is targeted at 
                        persons reasonably believed to be located 
                        outside the United States and that such 
                        procedures have been approved by, or will 
                        promptly be submitted for approval by, the 
                        Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 
                        pursuant to subsection (i);
                            ``(ii) the procedures referred to in clause 
                        (i) are consistent with the requirements of the 
                        fourth amendment to the Constitution of the 
                        United States and do not permit the intentional 
                        targeting of any person who is known at the 
                        time of acquisition to be located in the United 
                        States;
                            ``(iii) the procedures referred to in 
                        clause (i) require that an application is filed 
                        under title I, if otherwise required, when a 
                        significant purpose of an acquisition 
                        authorized under subsection (a) is to acquire 
                        the communications of a specific person 
                        reasonably believed to be located in the United 
                        States;
                            ``(iv) a significant purpose of the 
                        acquisition is to obtain foreign intelligence 
                        information;
                            ``(v) the minimization procedures to be 
                        used with respect to such acquisition--
                                    ``(I) meet the definition of 
                                minimization procedures under section 
                                101(h); and
                                    ``(II) have been approved by, or 
                                will promptly be submitted for approval 
                                by, the Foreign Intelligence 
                                Surveillance Court pursuant to 
                                subsection (i);
                            ``(vi) the acquisition involves obtaining 
                        the foreign intelligence information from or 
                        with the assistance of an electronic 
                        communication service provider; and
                            ``(vii) the acquisition is limited to 
                        communications to which at least 1 party is a 
                        specific individual target who is reasonably 
                        believed to be located outside of the United 
                        States, and a significant purpose of the 
                        acquisition of the communications of any target 
                        is to obtain foreign intelligence information; 
                        and
                    ``(B) be supported, as appropriate, by the 
                affidavit of any appropriate official in the area of 
                national security who is--
                            ``(i) appointed by the President, by and 
                        with the consent of the Senate; or
                            ``(ii) the head of any element of the 
                        intelligence community.
            ``(3) Limitation.--A certification made under this 
        subsection is not required to identify the specific facilities, 
        places, premises, or property at which the acquisition 
        authorized under subsection (a) will be directed or conducted.
            ``(4) Submission to the court.--The Attorney General shall 
        transmit a copy of a certification made under this subsection, 
        and any supporting affidavit, under seal to the Foreign 
        Intelligence Surveillance Court as soon as possible, but in no 
        event more than 5 days after such certification is made. Such 
        certification shall be maintained under security measures 
        adopted by the Chief Justice of the United States and the 
        Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of National 
        Intelligence.
            ``(5) Review.--The certification required by this 
        subsection shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to 
        subsection (i).
    ``(h) Directives.--
            ``(1) Authority.--With respect to an acquisition authorized 
        under subsection (a), the Attorney General and the Director of 
        National Intelligence may direct, in writing, an electronic 
        communication service provider to--
                    ``(A) immediately provide the Government with all 
                information, facilities, or assistance necessary to 
                accomplish the acquisition in a manner that will 
                protect the secrecy of the acquisition and produce a 
                minimum of interference with the services that such 
                electronic communication service provider is providing 
                to the target; and
                    ``(B) maintain under security procedures approved 
                by the Attorney General and the Director of National 
                Intelligence any records concerning the acquisition or 
                the aid furnished that such electronic communication 
                service provider wishes to maintain.
            ``(2) Compensation.--The Government shall compensate, at 
        the prevailing rate, an electronic communication service 
        provider for providing information, facilities, or assistance 
        pursuant to paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Release from liability.--Notwithstanding any other 
        law, no cause of action shall lie in any court against any 
        electronic communication service provider for providing any 
        information, facilities, or assistance in accordance with a 
        directive issued pursuant to paragraph (1).
            ``(4) Challenging of directives.--
                    ``(A) Authority to challenge.--An electronic 
                communication service provider receiving a directive 
                issued pursuant to paragraph (1) may challenge the 
                directive by filing a petition with the Foreign 
                Intelligence Surveillance Court.
                    ``(B) Assignment.--The presiding judge of the Court 
                shall assign the petition filed under subparagraph (A) 
                to 1 of the judges serving in the pool established by 
                section 103(e)(1) not later than 24 hours after the 
                filing of the petition.
                    ``(C) Standards for review.--A judge considering a 
                petition to modify or set aside a directive may grant 
                such petition only if the judge finds that the 
                directive does not meet the requirements of this 
                section or is otherwise unlawful. If the judge does not 
                modify or set aside the directive, the judge shall 
                immediately affirm such directive, and order the 
                recipient to comply with the directive. The judge shall 
                provide a written statement for the record of the 
                reasons for a determination under this paragraph.
                    ``(D) Continued effect.--Any directive not 
                explicitly modified or set aside under this paragraph 
                shall remain in full effect.
            ``(5) Enforcement of directives.--
                    ``(A) Order to compel.--In the case of a failure to 
                comply with a directive issued pursuant to paragraph 
                (1), the Attorney General may file a petition for an 
                order to compel compliance with the directive with the 
                Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
                    ``(B) Assignment.--The presiding judge of the Court 
                shall assign a petition filed under subparagraph (A) to 
                1 of the judges serving in the pool established by 
                section 103(e)(1) not later than 24 hours after the 
                filing of the petition.
                    ``(C) Standards for review.--A judge considering a 
                petition shall issue an order requiring the electronic 
                communication service provider to comply with the 
                directive if the judge finds that the directive was 
                issued in accordance with paragraph (1), meets the 
                requirements of this section, and is otherwise lawful. 
                The judge shall provide a written statement for the 
                record of the reasons for a determination under this 
                paragraph.
                    ``(D) Contempt of court.--Failure to obey an order 
                of the Court issued under this paragraph may be 
                punished by the Court as contempt of court.
                    ``(E) Process.--Any process under this paragraph 
                may be served in any judicial district in which the 
                electronic communication service provider may be found.
            ``(6) Appeal.--
                    ``(A) Appeal to the court of review.--The 
                Government or an electronic communication service 
                provider receiving a directive issued pursuant to 
                paragraph (1) may file a petition with the Foreign 
                Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review for review of 
                the decision issued pursuant to paragraph (4) or (5) 
                not later than 7 days after the issuance of such 
                decision. The Court of Review shall have jurisdiction 
                to consider such a petition and shall provide a written 
                statement for the record of the reasons for a decision 
                under this paragraph.
                    ``(B) Certiorari to the supreme court.--The 
                Government or an electronic communication service 
                provider receiving a directive issued pursuant to 
                paragraph (1) may file a petition for a writ of 
                certiorari for review of the decision of the Court of 
                Review issued under subparagraph (A). The record for 
                such review shall be transmitted under seal to the 
                Supreme Court of the United States, which shall have 
                jurisdiction to review such decision.
    ``(i) Judicial Review.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Review by the foreign intelligence 
                surveillance court.--The Foreign Intelligence 
                Surveillance Court shall have jurisdiction to review 
                any certification required by subsection (d) or 
                targeting and minimization procedures adopted pursuant 
                to subsections (e) and (f).
                    ``(B) Submission to the court.--The Attorney 
                General shall submit to the Court any such 
                certification or procedure, or amendment thereto, not 
                later than 5 days after making or amending the 
                certification or adopting or amending the procedures.
            ``(2) Certifications.--The Court shall review a 
        certification provided under subsection (g) to determine 
        whether the certification contains all the required elements.
            ``(3) Targeting procedures.--The Court shall review the 
        targeting procedures required by subsection (e) to assess 
        whether the procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that 
        the acquisition authorized under subsection (a) is limited to 
        the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located 
        outside the United States, and are reasonably designed to 
        ensure that an application is filed under title I, if otherwise 
        required, when a significant purpose of an acquisition 
        authorized under subsection (a) is to acquire the 
        communications of a specific person reasonably believed to be 
        located in the United States.
            ``(4) Minimization procedures.--The Court shall review the 
        minimization procedures required by subsection (f) to assess 
        whether such procedures meet the definition of minimization 
        procedures under section 101(h).
            ``(5) Orders.--
                    ``(A) Approval.--If the Court finds that a 
                certification required by subsection (g) contains all 
                of the required elements and that the targeting and 
                minimization procedures required by subsections (e) and 
                (f) are consistent with the requirements of those 
                subsections and with the fourth amendment to the 
                Constitution of the United States, the Court shall 
                enter an order approving the continued use of the 
                procedures for the acquisition authorized under 
                subsection (a).
                    ``(B) Correction of deficiencies.--
                            ``(i) In general.--If the Court finds that 
                        a certification required by subsection (g) does 
                        not contain all of the required elements, or 
                        that the procedures required by subsections (e) 
                        and (f) are not consistent with the 
                        requirements of those subsections or the fourth 
                        amendment to the Constitution of the United 
                        States, the Court shall issue an order 
                        directing the Government to, at the 
                        Government's election and to the extent 
                        required by the Court's order--
                                    ``(I) correct any deficiency 
                                identified by the Court's order not 
                                later than 30 days after the date the 
                                Court issues the order; or
                                    ``(II) cease the acquisition 
                                authorized under subsection (a).
                            ``(ii) Limitation on use of information.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--Except as 
                                provided in subclause (II), no 
                                information obtained or evidence 
                                derived from an acquisition under 
                                clause (i)(I) shall be received in 
                                evidence or otherwise disclosed in any 
                                trial, hearing, or other proceeding in 
                                or before any court, grand jury, 
                                department, office, agency, regulatory 
                                body, legislative committee, or other 
                                authority of the United States, a 
                                State, or political subdivision 
                                thereof, and no information concerning 
                                any United States person acquired from 
                                such acquisition shall subsequently be 
                                used or disclosed in any other manner 
                                by Federal officers or employees 
                                without the consent of such person, 
                                except with the approval of the 
                                Attorney General if the information 
                                indicates a threat of death or serious 
                                bodily harm to any person.
                                    ``(II) Exception.--If the 
                                Government corrects any deficiency 
                                identified by the Court's order under 
                                clause (i), the Court may permit the 
                                use or disclosure of information 
                                acquired before the date of the 
                                correction pursuant to such 
                                minimization procedures as the Court 
                                shall establish for purposes of this 
                                clause.
                    ``(C) Requirement for written statement.--In 
                support of its orders under this subsection, the Court 
                shall provide, simultaneously with the orders, for the 
                record a written statement of its reasons.
            ``(6) Appeal.--
                    ``(A) Appeal to the court of review.--The 
                Government may appeal any order under this section to 
                the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, 
                which shall have jurisdiction to review such order. For 
                any decision affirming, reversing, or modifying an 
                order of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 
                the Court of Review shall provide for the record a 
                written statement of its reasons.
                    ``(B) Stay pending appeal.--The Government may move 
                for a stay of any order of the Foreign Intelligence 
                Surveillance Court under paragraph (5)(B)(i) pending 
                review by the Court en banc or pending appeal to the 
                Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
                    ``(C) Certiorari to the supreme court.--The 
                Government may file a petition for a writ of certiorari 
                for review of a decision of the Court of Review issued 
                under subparagraph (A). The record for such review 
                shall be transmitted under seal to the Supreme Court of 
                the United States, which shall have jurisdiction to 
                review such decision.
            ``(7) Compliance review.--The Court may review and assess 
        compliance with the minimization procedures submitted to the 
        Court pursuant to subsections (c) and (f) by reviewing the 
        semiannual assessments submitted by the Attorney General and 
        the Director of National Intelligence pursuant to subsection 
        (l)(1) with respect to compliance with minimization procedures. 
        In conducting a review under this paragraph, the Court may, to 
        the extent necessary, require the Government to provide 
        additional information regarding the acquisition, retention, or 
        dissemination of information concerning United States persons 
        during the course of an acquisition authorized under subsection 
        (a).
            ``(8) Remedial authority.--The Foreign Intelligence 
        Surveillance Court shall have authority to fashion remedies as 
        necessary to enforce--
                    ``(A) any order issued under this section; and
                    ``(B) compliance with any such order.
    ``(j) Judicial Proceedings.--Judicial proceedings under this 
section shall be conducted as expeditiously as possible.
    ``(k) Maintenance of Records.--
            ``(1) Standards.--A record of a proceeding under this 
        section, including petitions filed, orders granted, and 
        statements of reasons for decision, shall be maintained under 
        security measures adopted by the Chief Justice of the United 
        States, in consultation with the Attorney General and the 
        Director of National Intelligence.
            ``(2) Filing and review.--All petitions under this section 
        shall be filed under seal. In any proceedings under this 
        section, the court shall, upon request of the Government, 
        review ex parte and in camera any Government submission, or 
        portions of a submission, which may include classified 
        information.
            ``(3) Retention of records.--A directive made or an order 
        granted under this section shall be retained for a period of 
        not less than 10 years from the date on which such directive or 
        such order is made.
    ``(l) Oversight.--
            ``(1) Semiannual assessment.--Not less frequently than once 
        every 6 months, the Attorney General and Director of National 
        Intelligence shall assess compliance with the targeting and 
        minimization procedures required by subsections (c), (e), and 
        (f) and shall submit each such assessment to--
                    ``(A) the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; 
                and
                    ``(B) the congressional intelligence committees.
            ``(2) Agency assessment.--The Inspectors General of the 
        Department of Justice and of any element of the intelligence 
        community authorized to acquire foreign intelligence 
        information under subsection (a)--
                    ``(A) are authorized to review the compliance of 
                their agency or element with the targeting and 
                minimization procedures required by subsections (c), 
                (e), and (f);
                    ``(B) with respect to acquisitions authorized under 
                subsection (a), shall review the number of disseminated 
                intelligence reports containing a reference to a United 
                States person identity and the number of United States 
                person identities subsequently disseminated by the 
                element concerned in response to requests for 
                identities that were not referred to by name or title 
                in the original reporting;
                    ``(C) with respect to acquisitions authorized under 
                subsection (a), shall review the number of targets that 
                were later determined to be located in the United 
                States and the number of persons located in the United 
                States whose communications were reviewed; and
                    ``(D) shall provide each such review to--
                            ``(i) the Attorney General;
                            ``(ii) the Director of National 
                        Intelligence; and
                            ``(iii) the congressional intelligence 
                        committees.
            ``(3) Annual review.--
                    ``(A) Requirement to conduct.--The head of an 
                element of the intelligence community conducting an 
                acquisition authorized under subsection (a) shall 
                direct the element to conduct an annual review to 
                determine whether there is reason to believe that 
                foreign intelligence information has been or will be 
                obtained from the acquisition. The annual review shall 
                provide, with respect to such acquisitions authorized 
                under subsection (a)--
                            ``(i) an accounting of the number of 
                        disseminated intelligence reports containing a 
                        reference to a United States person identity;
                            ``(ii) an accounting of the number of 
                        United States person identities subsequently 
                        disseminated by that element in response to 
                        requests for identities that were not referred 
                        to by name or title in the original reporting; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) the number of targets that were 
                        later determined to be located in the United 
                        States and the number of persons located in the 
                        United States whose communications were 
                        reviewed.
                    ``(B) Use of review.--The head of each element of 
                the intelligence community that conducts an annual 
                review under subparagraph (A) shall use each such 
                review to evaluate the adequacy of the minimization 
                procedures utilized by such element or the application 
                of the minimization procedures to a particular 
                acquisition authorized under subsection (a).
                    ``(C) Provision of review to foreign intelligence 
                surveillance court.--The head of each element of the 
                intelligence community that conducts an annual review 
                under subparagraph (A) shall provide such review to the 
                Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
            ``(4) Reports to congress.--
                    ``(A) Semiannual report.--Not less frequently than 
                once every 6 months, the Attorney General shall fully 
                inform, in a manner consistent with national security, 
                the congressional intelligence committees, the 
                Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the 
                Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
                Representatives, concerning the implementation of this 
                Act.
                    ``(B) Content.--Each report made under subparagraph 
                (A) shall include--
                            ``(i) any certifications made under 
                        subsection (g) during the reporting period;
                            ``(ii) any directives issued under 
                        subsection (h) during the reporting period;
                            ``(iii) the judicial review during the 
                        reporting period of any such certifications and 
                        targeting and minimization procedures utilized 
                        with respect to such acquisition, including a 
                        copy of any order or pleading in connection 
                        with such review that contains a significant 
                        legal interpretation of the provisions of this 
                        Act;
                            ``(iv) any actions taken to challenge or 
                        enforce a directive under paragraphs (4) or (5) 
                        of subsections (h);
                            ``(v) any compliance reviews conducted by 
                        the Department of Justice or the Office of the 
                        Director of National Intelligence of 
                        acquisitions authorized under subsection (a);
                            ``(vi) a description of any incidents of 
                        noncompliance with a directive issued by the 
                        Attorney General and the Director of National 
                        Intelligence under subsection (h), including--
                                    ``(I) incidents of noncompliance by 
                                an element of the intelligence 
                                community with procedures adopted 
                                pursuant to subsections (c), (e), and 
                                (f); and
                                    ``(II) incidents of noncompliance 
                                by a specified person to whom the 
                                Attorney General and Director of 
                                National Intelligence issued a 
                                directive under subsection (h);
                            ``(vii) any procedures implementing this 
                        section; and
                            ``(viii) any annual review conducted 
                        pursuant to paragraph (3).

``SEC. 703. USE OF INFORMATION ACQUIRED UNDER SECTION 702.

    ``Information acquired from an acquisition conducted under section 
702 shall be deemed to be information acquired from an electronic 
surveillance pursuant to title I for purposes of section 106, except 
for the purposes of subsection (j) of such section.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents in the first section 
of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking the item relating to title VII;
            (2) by striking the item relating to section 701; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:

  ``TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES FOR TARGETING COMMUNICATIONS OF 
               CERTAIN PERSONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

``Sec. 701. Definitions.
``Sec. 702. Procedures for acquiring the communications of certain 
                            persons outside the United States.
``Sec. 703. Use of information acquired under section 702.''.
    (c) Sunset.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendments made by subsections (a)(2) and (b) shall cease to 
        have effect on December 31, 2011.
            (2) Continuing applicability.--Section 702(h)(3) of the 
        Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (as amended by 
        subsection (a)) shall remain in effect with respect to any 
        directive issued pursuant to section 702(h) of that Act (as so 
        amended) during the period such directive was in effect. The 
        use of information acquired by an acquisition conducted under 
        section 702 of that Act (as so amended) shall continue to be 
        governed by the provisions of section 703 of that Act (as so 
        amended).

SEC. 102. STATEMENT OF EXCLUSIVE MEANS BY WHICH ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE 
              AND INTERCEPTION OF CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS MAY BE 
              CONDUCTED.

    (a) Statement of Exclusive Means.--Title I of the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

  ``statement of exclusive means by which electronic surveillance and 
        interception of certain communications may be conducted

    ``Sec. 112.  (a) This Act shall be the exclusive means for 
targeting United States persons for the purpose of acquiring their 
communications or communications information for foreign intelligence 
purposes, whether such persons are inside the United States or outside 
the United States, except in cases where specific statutory 
authorization exists to obtain communications information without an 
order under this Act.
    ``(b) Chapters 119 and 121 of title 18, United States Code, and 
this Act shall be the exclusive means by which electronic surveillance 
and the interception of domestic wire, oral, or electronic 
communications may be conducted.
    ``(c) Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply unless specific statutory 
authorization for electronic surveillance, other than as an amendment 
to this Act, is enacted. Such specific statutory authorization shall be 
the only exception to subsection (a) and (b).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) In general.--Section 2511(2)(a) of title 18, United 
        States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(iii) A certification under subparagraph (ii)(B) for assistance 
to obtain foreign intelligence information shall identify the specific 
provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) that provides an exception from providing a court 
order, and shall certify that the statutory requirements of such 
provision have been met.''.
            (2) Table of contents.--The table of contents in the first 
        section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
        (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended by adding after the item 
        relating to section 111, the following:

``Sec. 112. Statement of exclusive means by which electronic 
                            surveillance and interception of certain 
                            communications may be conducted.''.
    (c) Offense.--Section 109(a) of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1809(a)) is amended by striking 
``authorized by statute'' each place it appears in such section and 
inserting ``authorized by this title or chapter 119, 121, or 206 of 
title 18, United States Code''.

SEC. 103. SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS OF CERTAIN COURT ORDERS UNDER THE 
              FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978.

    (a) Inclusion of Certain Orders in Semi-Annual Reports of Attorney 
General.--Subsection (a)(5) of section 601 of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1871) is amended by striking ``(not 
including orders)'' and inserting ``, orders,''.
    (b) Reports by Attorney General on Certain Other Orders.--Such 
section 601 is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(c) Submissions to Congress.--The Attorney General shall submit 
to the committees of Congress referred to in subsection (a)--
            ``(1) a copy of any decision, order, or opinion issued by 
        the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign 
        Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review that includes 
        significant construction or interpretation of any provision of 
        this Act, and any pleadings associated with such decision, 
        order, or opinion, not later than 45 days after such decision, 
        order, or opinion is issued; and
            ``(2) a copy of any such decision, order, or opinion, and 
        the pleadings associated with such decision, order, or opinion, 
        that was issued during the 5-year period ending on the date of 
        the enactment of the FISA Amendments Act of 2007 and not 
        previously submitted in a report under subsection (a).''.

SEC. 104. APPLICATIONS FOR COURT ORDERS.

    Section 104 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
(50 U.S.C. 1804) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking paragraphs (2) and (11);
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (10) as 
                paragraphs (2) through (9), respectively;
                    (C) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by striking 
                ``detailed'';
                    (D) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, in the matter 
                preceding subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``Affairs or'' and 
                        inserting ``Affairs,''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``Senate--'' and inserting 
                        ``Senate, or the Deputy Director of the Federal 
                        Bureau of Investigation, if the Director of the 
                        Federal Bureau of Investigation is 
                        unavailable--'';
                    (E) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by striking 
                ``statement of'' and inserting ``summary statement 
                of'';
                    (F) in paragraph (8), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by adding ``and'' 
                at the end; and
                    (G) in paragraph (9), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by striking ``; 
                and'' and inserting a period;
            (2) by striking subsection (b);
            (3) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as 
        subsections (b) through (d), respectively; and
            (4) in paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (d), as redesignated 
        by paragraph (3) of this subsection, by striking ``or the 
        Director of National Intelligence'' and inserting ``the 
        Director of National Intelligence, or the Director of the 
        Central Intelligence Agency''.

SEC. 105. ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER.

    Section 105 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
(50 U.S.C. 1805) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as 
                paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively;
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``(a)(3)'' and inserting 
        ``(a)(2)'';
            (3) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (D), by adding ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a period; and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (F);
            (4) by striking subsection (d);
            (5) by redesignating subsections (e) through (i) as 
        subsections (d) through (h), respectively;
            (6) by amending subsection (e), as redesignated by 
        paragraph (5) of this section, to read as follows:
    ``(e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the 
Attorney General may authorize the emergency employment of electronic 
surveillance if the Attorney General--
            ``(A) determines that an emergency situation exists with 
        respect to the employment of electronic surveillance to obtain 
        foreign intelligence information before an order authorizing 
        such surveillance can with due diligence be obtained;
            ``(B) determines that the factual basis for issuance of an 
        order under this title to approve such electronic surveillance 
        exists;
            ``(C) informs, either personally or through a designee, a 
        judge having jurisdiction under section 103 at the time of such 
        authorization that the decision has been made to employ 
        emergency electronic surveillance; and
            ``(D) makes an application in accordance with this title to 
        a judge having jurisdiction under section 103 as soon as 
        practicable, but not later than 168 hours after the Attorney 
        General authorizes such surveillance.
    ``(2) If the Attorney General authorizes the emergency employment 
of electronic surveillance under paragraph (1), the Attorney General 
shall require that the minimization procedures required by this title 
for the issuance of a judicial order be followed.
    ``(3) In the absence of a judicial order approving such electronic 
surveillance, the surveillance shall terminate when the information 
sought is obtained, when the application for the order is denied, or 
after the expiration of 168 hours from the time of authorization by the 
Attorney General, whichever is earliest.
    ``(4) A denial of the application made under this subsection may be 
reviewed as provided in section 103.
    ``(5) In the event that such application for approval is denied, or 
in any other case where the electronic surveillance is terminated and 
no order is issued approving the surveillance, no information obtained 
or evidence derived from such surveillance shall be received in 
evidence or otherwise disclosed in any trial, hearing, or other 
proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, office, 
agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority of 
the United States, a State, or political subdivision thereof, and no 
information concerning any United States person acquired from such 
surveillance shall subsequently be used or disclosed in any other 
manner by Federal officers or employees without the consent of such 
person, except with the approval of the Attorney General if the 
information indicates a threat of death or serious bodily harm to any 
person.
    ``(6) The Attorney General shall assess compliance with the 
requirements of paragraph (5).''; and
            (7) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) In any case in which the Government makes an application to a 
judge under this title to conduct electronic surveillance involving 
communications and the judge grants such application, upon the request 
of the applicant, the judge shall also authorize the installation and 
use of pen registers and trap and trace devices, and direct the 
disclosure of the information set forth in section 402(d)(2).''.

SEC. 106. USE OF INFORMATION.

    Subsection (i) of section 106 of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (8 U.S.C. 1806) is amended by striking ``radio 
communication'' and inserting ``communication''.

SEC. 107. AMENDMENTS FOR PHYSICAL SEARCHES.

    (a) Applications.--Section 303 of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1823) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (2);
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (9) as 
                paragraphs (2) through (8), respectively;
                    (C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by striking 
                ``detailed'';
                    (D) in paragraph (3)(C), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by inserting ``or 
                is about to be'' before ``owned''; and
                    (E) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, in the matter 
                preceding subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``Affairs or'' and 
                        inserting ``Affairs,''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``Senate--'' and inserting 
                        ``Senate, or the Deputy Director of the Federal 
                        Bureau of Investigation, if the Director of the 
                        Federal Bureau of Investigation is 
                        unavailable--''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking ``or the Director 
        of National Intelligence'' and inserting ``the Director of 
        National Intelligence, or the Director of the Central 
        Intelligence Agency''.
    (b) Orders.--Section 304 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1824) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as 
                paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively; and
            (2) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
    ``(e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the 
Attorney General may authorize the emergency employment of a physical 
search if the Attorney General--
            ``(A) determines that an emergency situation exists with 
        respect to the employment of a physical search to obtain 
        foreign intelligence information before an order authorizing 
        such physical search can with due diligence be obtained;
            ``(B) determines that the factual basis for issuance of an 
        order under this title to approve such physical search exists;
            ``(C) informs, either personally or through a designee, a 
        judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court at the 
        time of such authorization that the decision has been made to 
        employ an emergency physical search; and
            ``(D) makes an application in accordance with this title to 
        a judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court as soon 
        as practicable, but not more than 168 hours after the Attorney 
        General authorizes such physical search.
    ``(2) If the Attorney General authorizes the emergency employment 
of a physical search under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall 
require that the minimization procedures required by this title for the 
issuance of a judicial order be followed.
    ``(3) In the absence of a judicial order approving such physical 
search, the physical search shall terminate when the information sought 
is obtained, when the application for the order is denied, or after the 
expiration of 168 hours from the time of authorization by the Attorney 
General, whichever is earliest.
    ``(4) A denial of the application made under this subsection may be 
reviewed as provided in section 103.
    ``(5)(A) In the event that such application for approval is denied, 
or in any other case where the physical search is terminated and no 
order is issued approving the physical search, no information obtained 
or evidence derived from such physical search shall be received in 
evidence or otherwise disclosed in any trial, hearing, or other 
proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, office, 
agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority of 
the United States, a State, or political subdivision thereof, and no 
information concerning any United States person acquired from such 
physical search shall subsequently be used or disclosed in any other 
manner by Federal officers or employees without the consent of such 
person, except with the approval of the Attorney General if the 
information indicates a threat of death or serious bodily harm to any 
person.
    ``(B) The Attorney General shall assess compliance with the 
requirements of subparagraph (A).''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 304(a)(4), as redesignated by subsection (b) 
        of this section, by striking ``303(a)(7)(E)'' and inserting 
        ``303(a)(6)(E)''; and
            (2) in section 305(k)(2), by striking ``303(a)(7)'' and 
        inserting ``303(a)(6)''.

SEC. 108. AMENDMENTS FOR EMERGENCY PEN REGISTERS AND TRAP AND TRACE 
              DEVICES.

    Section 403 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
(50 U.S.C. 1843) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``48 hours'' and 
        inserting ``168 hours''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking ``48 hours'' and 
        inserting ``168 hours''.

SEC. 109. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT.

    (a) Designation of Judges.--Subsection (a) of section 103 of the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803) is 
amended by inserting ``at least'' before ``seven of the United States 
judicial circuits''.
    (b) En Banc Authority.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 103 of the 
        Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as amended by 
        subsection (a) of this section, is further amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(2)(A) The court established under this subsection may, on its 
own initiative, or upon the request of the Government in any proceeding 
or a party under section 501(f) or paragraph (4) or (5) of section 
702(h), hold a hearing or rehearing, en banc, when ordered by a 
majority of the judges that constitute such court upon a determination 
that--
            ``(i) en banc consideration is necessary to secure or 
        maintain uniformity of the court's decisions; or
            ``(ii) the proceeding involves a question of exceptional 
        importance.
    ``(B) Any authority granted by this Act to a judge of the court 
established under this subsection may be exercised by the court en 
banc. When exercising such authority, the court en banc shall comply 
with any requirements of this Act on the exercise of such authority.
    ``(C) For purposes of this paragraph, the court en banc shall 
consist of all judges who constitute the court established under this 
subsection.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--The Foreign Intelligence 
        Surveillance Act of 1978 is further amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a) of section 103, as amended by 
                this subsection, by inserting ``(except when sitting en 
                banc under paragraph (2))'' after ``no judge designated 
                under this subsection''; and
                    (B) in section 302(c) (50 U.S.C. 1822(c)), by 
                inserting ``(except when sitting en banc)'' after 
                ``except that no judge''.
    (c) Stay or Modification During an Appeal.--Section 103 of the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(f)(1) A judge of the court established under subsection (a), the 
court established under subsection (b) or a judge of that court, or the 
Supreme Court of the United States or a justice of that court, may, in 
accordance with the rules of their respective courts, enter a stay of 
an order or an order modifying an order of the court established under 
subsection (a) or the court established under subsection (b) entered 
under any title of this Act, while the court established under 
subsection (a) conducts a rehearing, while an appeal is pending to the 
court established under subsection (b), or while a petition of 
certiorari is pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, or 
during the pendency of any review by that court.
    ``(2) The authority described in paragraph (1) shall apply to an 
order entered under any provision of this Act.''.

SEC. 110. REVIEW OF PREVIOUS ACTIONS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``element of the intelligence community'' 
        means an element of the intelligence community specified in or 
        designated under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
        1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)); and
            (2) the term ``Terrorist Surveillance Program'' means the 
        intelligence program publicly confirmed by the President in a 
        radio address on December 17, 2005, and any previous, 
        subsequent or related, versions or elements of that program.
    (b) Audit.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Inspectors General of the Department of Justice and 
relevant elements of the intelligence community shall work in 
conjunction to complete a comprehensive audit of the Terrorist 
Surveillance Program and any closely related intelligence activities, 
which shall include acquiring all documents relevant to such programs, 
including memoranda concerning the legal authority of a program, 
authorizations of a program, certifications to telecommunications 
carriers, and court orders.
    (c) Report.----
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the 
        completion of the audit under subsection (b), the Inspectors 
        General shall submit to the Permanent Select Committee on 
        Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence and 
        the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a joint report 
        containing the results of that audit, including all documents 
        acquired pursuant to the conduct of that audit.
            (2) Form.--The report under paragraph (1) shall be 
        submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
        annex.
    (d) Expedited Security Clearance.--The Director of National 
Intelligence shall ensure that the process for the investigation and 
adjudication of an application by an Inspector General or any 
appropriate staff of an Inspector General for a security clearance 
necessary for the conduct of the audit under subsection (b) is 
conducted as expeditiously as possible.
    (e) Additional Legal and Other Personnel for the Inspectors 
General.--The Inspectors General of the Department of Justice and of 
the relevant elements of the intelligence community are authorized such 
additional legal and other personnel as may be necessary to carry out 
the prompt and timely preparation of the audit and report required 
under this section. Personnel authorized by this subsection shall 
perform such duties relating to the audit as the relevant Inspector 
General shall direct. The personnel authorized by this subsection are 
in addition to any other personnel authorized by law.

SEC. 111. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    Section 103(e) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
(50 U.S.C. 1803(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``105B(h) or 501(f)(1)'' 
        and inserting ``501(f)(1) or 702''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``105B(h) or 501(f)(1)'' 
        and inserting ``501(f)(1) or 702''.
                                                       Calendar No. 512

110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 2248

                          [Report No. 110-209]

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                                 A BILL

    To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to 
  modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                           November 16, 2007

                       Reported with an amendment