1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—USA PATRIOT ACT RELATED AMENDMENTS
Sec. 101. Roving wiretaps.
Sec. 102. Extension of sunset of sections 206 and 215 of USA PATRIOT Act.
Sec. 103. Access to certain tangible things under section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Sec. 104. Sunset relating to individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers.
Sec. 105. Audits.
Sec. 106. Criminal sneak and peek
searches.
Sec. 107. Orders for pen registers and trap and trace devices for foreign intelligence purposes.
Sec. 108. Public reporting on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Sec. 109. Challenges to nationwide orders for electronic evidence.
Sec. 110. Report on civil liberties and privacy protections.
Title II—NATIONAL SECURITY LETTER REFORM
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Sunset.
Sec. 203. National security letter defined.
Sec. 204. Modification of standard.
Sec. 205. Notification of right to judicial review of nondisclosure order.
Sec. 206. Disclosure for law enforcement purposes.
Sec. 207. Judicial review of national security letter nondisclosure order.
Sec. 208. Minimization.
Sec. 209. Public reporting on National Security Letters.
Title III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Sense of Congress on level of classification of certain programs.
<enum>I</enum><header>USA PATRIOT ACT RELATED AMENDMENTS</header>
<section id="H4CDF1CD2700D42D0B86B1ED857AE016D"><enum>101.</enum><header>Roving wiretaps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105(c)(2)(B) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1805(c)(2)(B)) is amended by striking <quote>finds, based upon specific facts</quote> and inserting</text>
<quoted-block style="traditional" id="H96262EBF528F40FAA262D6682ABFEAB6" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">finds—</text>
<clause id="H561654F2F8B1485E835B42C6E846B41D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that the target of the application is a foreign power, as defined in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (6) of section 101(a), an agent of such a foreign power, or a specific individual; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H6C6450DDECE24D9D8973B305A699A9D2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>based upon specific facts</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H3E73DB7A530B49D7A4FDED4D74E8703A"><enum>102.</enum><header>Extension of sunset of sections <enum-in-header>206</enum-in-header> and <enum-in-header>215</enum-in-header> of USA PATRIOT Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102(b)(1) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (18 U.S.C. 2510 note) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2013</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="H727CBC2D23C542A4870D4D953389C12E"><enum>103.</enum><header>Access to certain tangible things under section <enum-in-header>501</enum-in-header> of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of <enum-in-header>1978</enum-in-header></header>
<subsection id="H8B9318BA354B4165B2432730927502C7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Factual basis for and issuance of orders</header>
<paragraph id="H403CDE2CAFBF4068BD6BC373E1141E0A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF6FA1247E52F46B4808206610DFB69BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">certain business records</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">tangible things</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFFD5714BA33144D294E30229E15A5D52"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(2)(A)—</text>
<clause id="H4DD483EECF624C43A4971AD93500E7BD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a statement of facts showing</quote> and inserting <quote>a statement of the facts and circumstances relied upon by the applicant to justify the belief of the applicant</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H93674C4B71344CE099AF7B52E92E174E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>clandestine intelligence activities</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>clandestine intelligence activities;</quote>. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF89ECA50DF624B299089F9CE2DC28373"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="H2129BCA8325E47E9BF71C01362864D99"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Title heading</header><text>Title V of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.) is amended in the title heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="title" style="traditional">certain business records</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="title" style="traditional">tangible things</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H35F5444461914D5D8FDA42A36E8D62F2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>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 title V and section 501 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="title">TITLE V—Access to tangible things for foreign intelligence purposes</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 501. Access to tangible things for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA120882E9AF14BCC8863327AFBF6CD18"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Judicial review of FISA orders</header><text>Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1FEAD79E4F2D409CB3FDDB1FD1EC7A5A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H778BC982A7C54645A4E5FD431A5ECEB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D) by striking <quote>things; and</quote> and inserting <quote>things;</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6F31432095AC49E891C06A3745F1FD89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>subsection (a).</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a); and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H52301EAFF29A47E9B83C85859EB49E42"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H105299B7061D42029A7022F41245EAD5"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall direct the applicant to provide notice to each person receiving such order of—</text>
<clause id="H2AFC1F73F4ED4748BC072CD2527A40BE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the right to challenge the legality of a production order or nondisclosure order by filing a petition in accordance with subsection (f); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H2A51917B7E5D4264B12EEBDCA2DC364D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the procedures to follow to file such petition in accordance with such subsection.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H57143049FE754FEEB67668C498B2D4E2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H532FA7753DCE41949CABFB626F87A5A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="H67EF8AED289842528ACAAB3E5BA725CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text>
<subclause id="H18F78112DA3A4B1F8559AAD511A277A1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a production order</quote> and inserting <quote>a production order or nondisclosure order</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H9DD34DF42B6C4E76BBEF3954D4D14838"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Not less than 1 year</quote> and all that follows;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H361DF36E5137477E97566BF25466B180"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>production order or nondisclosure</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H40D0C9F0F832428799E68DA2BB14AB00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<clause id="H0B2C84C9F86447F3B581CB6344FDAA81"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking clause (ii); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H0C678EB26BF740C78206EEE963CD88DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE2063E68F923428B99A30615DF092AF5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Minimization procedures</header><text>Section 501(g) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H97E1A6B23E604653820238A5EF43E20E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H329B30091A574077AFF53AFDD5A890AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H9116EFC3A91D4CAFBF6B5DD2BF45986F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At or before the end of the period of time for the production of tangible things under an order approved under this section or at any time after the production of tangible things under such order, a judge may assess compliance with the minimization procedures required to be followed under such order by reviewing the circumstances under which information concerning United States persons was retained or disseminated.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H420074182EE74558B0DC450C31552BAF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirements for orders for certain records from libraries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H72B1C9C0D89E456188D959C8A22A3A47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H89AFAB4F39694742AA565A1F191D75D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCFF15089E8614BA2B0501A7BBCD225BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H41C5D24656EA43A4BB9A8B67848A756D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the records sought contain bookseller information, or are from a library (as defined in section 213(1) of the Library Services and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 9122(1))) and contain personally identifiable information about a patron of such library, a statement of specific and articulable facts showing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the records sought—</text>
<clause id="HE6332C0620B64B4E90D9F192A4A7A876"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are relevant to an authorized investigation (other than a threat assessment) conducted in accordance with subsection (a)(2) to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a United States person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H55302D4AECA74DFEA8D655F1F611F832"><enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1FD1F8ED153F4DAB8AE001CB3442962C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>pertain to a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H73CE1921C348480C8B6A3AB67C7ED679" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>are relevant to the activities of a suspected agent of a foreign power who is the subject of such authorized investigation; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HCCB26054D949495F85ECD9FBE1BDD26A" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>pertain to an individual in contact with, or known to, a suspected agent of a foreign power who is the subject of such authorized investigation; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1CFC137FDD6A41108DE6C84C6B7F7ECF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HC3D32C4EEE3F4B8F857D1CC35B7E2DE2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Bookseller information defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>bookseller information</quote> means personally identifiable information concerning the purchase (including subscription purchases) or rental of books, journals, or magazines, whether in print or digitally.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HED3672DCE6984CB5A1AE23A4F1A18C68"><enum>104.</enum><header>Sunset relating to individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6001(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 1801 note; Public Law 108–458) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H807B21F75A09400D992ADCBBCCCDA89D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD5F553DD6CCC471D981EBDE605BF5982"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the amendment made by subsection (a) shall cease to have effect</quote> and inserting <quote>effective</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B4083C0216A404982228BE172D06541"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period and inserting</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H60704FEFE82D4C8BB9E50C92B0CB2938" style="OLC"><text>—</text>
<subparagraph id="H49949F3147DD41968C8F1341E801F951"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subparagraph (C) of section 101(b)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801(b)(1)) is repealed;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62B3C9CD1E1B43B0AF67BD74B1113756"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subparagraphs (D) and (E) of such section are redesignated as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H70ACFE8F95644B3C838CE49C55EE3A7F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>paragraph (2) of section 601(a) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1871(a)) is repealed; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H32D67357BF664F4BBD1A5D2F746EFE46"><enum>(D)</enum><text>paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of such section are redesignated as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E631ACA8D624B0D98D16178D1A88D0F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB6C165E8A4BB47C5A21A4186694524F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Exception.—</header-in-text>With respect to</quote> and inserting</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H026FA56ABD574A32AFFCC1A2FBF02F73" style="OLC"><text><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Exception.—</header-in-text></text>
<subparagraph id="HA8D57473659C4C8DBB32DC9F680E7CF0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Existing investigations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9F208BB0F974419C963C93A5DC4BD509"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H7B3F4CB4B2F649529CF888C5CCC34505"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the repeals made by paragraph (1), the first report required under section 601(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1871(a)) that is submitted after the effective date of such repeals shall include the number of individuals covered by an order issued pursuant to section 101(b)(1)(C) of such Act (as in effect on the day before such effective date).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6330B54C738B4668AD5D94269A52990D"><enum>105.</enum><header>Audits</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H840590573FE8422DB6D3FECEB9F591CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Tangible things</header><text>Section 106A of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–177; 120 Stat. 200) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBED9974D36854066B738D79460E43A90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF27E0040F0014A71A6A9DF19BE54E81A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2006</quote> and inserting <quote>2013</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD0120FDA24545D290538E1C95B71D76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(C), by striking <quote>calendar year 2006</quote> and inserting <quote>each of calendar years 2006 through 2013</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEFC51B36DD69476584FEF6E75C86E461"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC94B13DD9E53425797C2B341DEEF7766"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Calendar years <enum-in-header>2007</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2009</enum-in-header></header><text>Not later than December 31, 2010, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report containing the results of the audit conducted under this section for calendar years 2007 through 2009.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD52EA5AF5BF4F15B99F67AEFB335F3C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Calendar years <enum-in-header>2010</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2013</enum-in-header></header><text>Not later than December 31, 2011, and annually thereafter until December 31, 2014, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report containing the results of the audit conducted under this section for the preceding calendar year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64798AB90EAA4E64AB36DB1560E3DE69"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8543F6F18EC74B8C819CAEBEECA8CC16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>or (c)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>, (c)(2), (c)(3), or (c)(4)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8985B7689EDF43D9A75434E295B53838"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and (c)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>, (c)(2), (c)(3), or (c)(4)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB87E0045E5C4FDB9046B9A09707E743"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>and (c)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>, (c)(2), (c)(3), or (c)(4)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70D4F23C6DF34900BCE4A3F3417182E1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National security letters</header><text>Section 119 of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–177; 120 Stat. 219) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFE5F64A948A4D43AA9C6A321503A13E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>2006</quote> and inserting <quote>2013</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C3F5E12E4C646848426119AA15FCE3A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36B49D1FE89C41A3AB4185555AFBFD2C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Calendar years <enum-in-header>2007</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2009</enum-in-header></header><text>Not later than December 31, 2010, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report containing the results of the audit conducted under this section for calendar years 2007 through 2009.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A3BF05B057249DEA19165C464454CDF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Calendar years <enum-in-header>2010</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2013</enum-in-header></header><text>Not later than December 31, 2011, and annually thereafter until December 31, 2014, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report containing the results of the audit conducted under this section for the previous calendar year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD09546AB2204A3EA8C23B12073823AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12F0AB7BB0B9431785AB199430445349"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>or (c)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>, (c)(2), (c)(3), or (c)(4)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D507D5086194500B0CC2495CF0CB4A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>or (c)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>, (c)(2), (c)(3), or (c)(4)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7868C3AF07F5408794DA0B59661C954B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>or (c)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>, (c)(2), (c)(3), or (c)(4)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C4455708CA04C38BBAD069F76881641"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pen registers and trap and trace devices</header>
<paragraph id="H51855044B1164357BFC9D97A00BAF82A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Audits</header><text>The Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall perform comprehensive audits of the effectiveness and use by the Federal Government, including any improper or illegal use, of pen registers and trap and trace devices under title IV of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) and section 3122 of title 18, United States Code, during the period beginning on January 1, 2007 and ending on December 31, 2012.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEE9A591363424EA3A1BA1D7406524646"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The audits required under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H524BA04D63114841A1CCB47A97D32855"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an examination of each instance in which the Attorney General or any other attorney for the Government submitted an application for an order or extension of an order under title IV of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, including whether the court granted, modified, or denied the application (including an examination of the basis for any modification or denial);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3F89229C594E45E1B8E5BFB5F1CE5620"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an examination of each instance in which the Attorney General authorized the installation and use of a pen register or trap and trace device on an emergency basis under section 403 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1843);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB763FBCBB04840278844637AE84AF3DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation requested that the Department of Justice submit an application for an order or extension of an order under title IV of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and the request was not submitted to the court (including an examination of the basis for not submitting the application);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H40BE402CE6C44304920E8BA7A80DB400"><enum>(D)</enum><text>whether bureaucratic or procedural impediments to the use of pen registers and trap and trace devices under title IV of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 prevent the Federal Bureau of Investigation from taking full advantage of the authorities provided under that title;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H30F7A0BF58814CD69E3F97A956DD9050"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any noteworthy facts or circumstances relating to the use of a pen register or trap and trace device under title IV of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, including any improper or illegal use of the authority provided under that title; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6FC1FB7D4C244ADE9B6C96120AF33614"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an examination of the effectiveness of the authority under title IV of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 as an investigative tool, including—</text>
<clause id="H06E12951CD0A4F0E8BBC543E3762DE47"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the importance of the information acquired to the intelligence activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or any other department or agency of the Federal Government;</text></clause>
<clause id="H54A688C41C6141659416EFAF399C745A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the manner in which the information is collected, retained, analyzed, and disseminated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including any direct access to the information provided to any other department, agency, or instrumentality of Federal, State, local, or tribal governments or any private sector entity;</text></clause>
<clause id="H0A27B174785D4BC48FB4CE2ADCE8EDDC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>with respect to calendar years 2010 through 2012, an examination of the minimization procedures used in relation to pen registers and trap and trace devices under title IV of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and whether the minimization procedures protect the constitutional rights of United States persons;</text></clause>
<clause id="H1A10174F0B9D429CAD471FBA8BA827AA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>whether, and how often, the Federal Bureau of Investigation used information acquired under a pen register or trap and trace device under title IV of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to produce an analytical intelligence product for distribution within the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to the intelligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4))), or to other Federal, State, local, or tribal government departments, agencies, or instrumentalities; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H0C9B0F201FFC477EBF9B3ABD00EB70EF"><enum>(v)</enum><text>whether, and how often, the Federal Bureau of Investigation provided information acquired under a pen register or trap and trace device under title IV of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to law enforcement authorities for use in criminal proceedings.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E1FD145080D4CFF8F45928D233A9334"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Submission dates</header>
<subparagraph id="H72939D41DD2945EA97E12E47866E70E0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Prior years</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2010, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a report containing the results of the audit conducted under this section for calendar years 2007 thorough 2009.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H305A4F5A7B2B40AE85B4EAEAB6031C56"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Calendar years <enum-in-header>2010</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2013</enum-in-header></header><text>Not later than December 31, 2011, and annually thereafter until December 31, 2014, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a report containing the results of the audit conducted under this section for the previous calendar year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81DB373B78C34023B795D0D5F3DB281E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prior notice to Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence; comments</header>
<subparagraph id="HFAF8581EA1DC4E95A75721B1C9E18878"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>Not less than 30 days before the submission of a report under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (3), the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall provide the report to the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBC7AE53E2D3449FABD952D3E30F9E667"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Comments</header><text>The Attorney General or the Director of National Intelligence may provide such comments to be included in a report submitted under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (3) as the Attorney General or the Director of National Intelligence may consider necessary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3EA48AC3ACF44EF0B53C72E54B4B2B99"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Unclassified form</header><text>A report submitted under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (3) and any comments included under paragraph (4)(B) shall be in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H07DA5C73F40D45C489F20D8AB237AC9A"><enum>106.</enum><header>Criminal <quote>sneak and peek</quote> searches</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3103a of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE2A6B6EF91D64E059A085361A07888F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFA3B03DB312641D38873141F5F98B2C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>may have an adverse result (as defined in section 2705, except if the adverse results consist only of unduly delaying a trial)</quote> and inserting <quote>may endanger the life or physical safety of an individual, result in flight from prosecution, result in the destruction of or tampering with the evidence sought under the warrant, or result in intimidation of potential witnesses, or is likely to otherwise seriously jeopardize an investigation or unduly delay a trial</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC59C1054412440A2913760FF934E1E9A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>30 days</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>7 days after the date of its execution.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H662BCA14972443BC800EAD4A87EDF6B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>for good cause shown</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>upon application of the United States Attorney for the district seeking the delay, for additional periods of not more than 21 days for each application, if the court finds, for each application, reasonable cause to believe that notice of the execution of the warrant may endanger the life or physical safety of an individual, result in flight from prosecution, result in the destruction of or tampering with the evidence sought under the warrant, or result in intimidation of potential witnesses, or is likely to otherwise seriously jeopardize an investigation or unduly delay a trial.</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABCEDD246694492FAA8647BA0DB9CF38" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header>Orders for pen registers and trap and trace devices for foreign intelligence purposes</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5DF940F76424FEC99F84B487E9BA945"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402(c) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1842(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51FC73E817504712BAFC94FF5901C88D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF887F5D598F40F09EE061E32E9A2BD8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7A2C9E84128E4DFEAF753A3EF5831C86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a certification by the applicant</quote> and inserting <quote>a statement of the facts relied upon by the applicant to justify the belief of the applicant</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFA144F22228C4CC28B53ADC6E75AE662"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1ABABFEE348047E5BE188658CBC3C91A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H957BC6754CFA416586408DDE04E189D5" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59A60F5585424542BB3FC6CE4ABFAACF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a statement of proposed minimization procedures.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD86BC68AAC3240ECB9DE93B4271F45B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimization</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC418138369B146E696D708AA7E51C2FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1841) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H050E1F2F9D394984A545DAE251FEF5B4" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB5E0AC2D06F4D03BC81747D549292A1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>minimization procedures</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A875768C569484AA3606F147A2A6788"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specific procedures, that are reasonably designed in light of the purpose and technique of an order for the installation and use of a pen register or trap and trace device, to minimize the retention, and prohibit the dissemination, of nonpublicly available information known to concern unconsenting United States persons consistent with the need of the United States to obtain, produce, and disseminate foreign intelligence information;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8CEF0706D217495885F47FEB4202A024"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">procedures that require that nonpublicly available information, which is not foreign intelligence information shall not be disseminated in a manner that identifies any United States person, without such person’s consent, unless such person’s identity is necessary to understand foreign intelligence information or assess its importance; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C7C0C8DCFA34FA4983240724ACE57F1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B), procedures that allow for the retention and dissemination of information that is evidence of a crime which has been, is being, or is about to be committed and that is to be retained or disseminated for law enforcement purposes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F78A7C1D85F47E2BDC7D25B2DD10C34"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pen registers and trap and trace devices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1842) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H31940F5C305E4BD5B373893B83C558CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(2)—</text>
<clause id="H00A4FCC1717C4AFAA242806D2CAE29B4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(i)(VII), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting <quote>;</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H9A0AA9A7C49A4564AE6E6A66BDFD5466"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(ii)(IV), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H4A861114C14440008B98B6956CE89C7C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block style="traditional" id="HB1AA7E988AD94781A52D9B6A8FCB5D62" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="HAA5C745826A84FDBA4C79BA36DDB5B79"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall, if the judge finds that there are exceptional circumstances, direct that minimization procedures be followed.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1CA575AAED54756BFD7F4D293E4C804"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91E4E82BCA044BFEB1F133891C111D7E" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B0840D406014769864A48D2063EBBA2"><enum>(h)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At or before the end of the period of time for which the installation and use of a pen register or trap and trace device is approved under an order or an extension under this section, the judge may assess compliance with any applicable minimization procedures by reviewing the circumstances under which information concerning United States persons was retained or disseminated.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2152954BC5CC469A9260184EA2D368A7"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1843) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14AFAC2D6428467BAC8C99E1CB132AB4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEAC7771FF2674E56A828628790003912"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60C1FD0311934DA893CFA58673A3054E" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77803A5909BC4CB9BEF68CA40B08D327"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Attorney General authorizes the emergency installation and use of a pen register or trap and trace device under this section, the Attorney General shall require that minimization procedures be followed, if appropriate.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H690DE0E3D1D6492FBD8180265C50512D"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 405(a)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1845(a)(1)) is amended by inserting <quote>and the minimization procedures under this title, if required</quote> after <quote>provisions of this section</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DA9884C5E8D4FAE940CDA3F75C45B6F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header>Public reporting on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of <enum-in-header>1978</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1871) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3D5AFA9153534CBEBC50A7468AB5AD8B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as subsections (c) through (f), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H958EA2B25466406CA856368257B20874"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE090ED1254F4444486FD40AD1586870B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H18B0377DFD29460EBF012DFA93E4DEDC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General shall make publicly available the portion of each report under subsection (a) relating to paragraph (1) of such subsection.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F132EC5C58B4FDAAF1388452BE7F258"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>subsection (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (d)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HB7DEAFCDEFE443F3A2C19027DD844613"><enum>109.</enum><header>Challenges to nationwide orders for electronic evidence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2703 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53A17320C9B04509BF71A385F4B78F7D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HEC7EA2966FBC4DDC9883A18D520E8CA9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Judicial review</header><text>A provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service may challenge a subpoena, order, or warrant requiring disclosure of customer communications or records under this section in—</text>
<paragraph id="H9BD46D64AAEF4A87BA3A1DEBEB058E86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States district court for the district in which the order was issued; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8A6C75145824D809253B39B28E06B8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the United States district court for the district in which the order was served.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HD4C84E4592544D0F91E7E67590B2E9D3"><enum>110.</enum><header>Report on civil liberties and privacy protections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report describing—</text>
<paragraph id="H828364CC9489428784A41708F0509CBB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>whether operations conducted pursuant to orders issued under section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861) could be modified in a manner that enhances protections for civil liberties; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE48C090FE42A4C3E8213D4BDC6F02624"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the nature of any potential modifications, the likely costs of such modifications, any technical challenges, and any potential impact on such operations.</text></paragraph></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>NATIONAL SECURITY LETTER REFORM</header>
<section id="H3C1D0C0CF8A040A5BAAEAEFB40FC61EC"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be referred to as the <quote><short-title>National Security Letter Reform Act of 2009</short-title></quote>.</text></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49B4B0AEF4B345328DA4287979090742"><enum>202.</enum><header>Sunset</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC264C7DC75184A689D1AE6B1FA641C8A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Effective on December 31, 2013, the following provisions of law are amended to read as such provisions read on October 25, 2001:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24169606AB0447C490C30D997EA7FEF4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 2709 of title 18, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H435F8D1972C9442DA564A920B315D971"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1114(a)(5) of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3414(a)(5)).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EDE1CD1A0684C92AB1CE98E8D61F086"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subsections (a) and (b) of section 626 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681u).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D9965780C5E439389681A62A563721A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 627 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681v).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8034B5C08B4A47F2BCAC12B5B090B314"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 802 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 436).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H586240CC98F843AE8651731C99BB00D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transition provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (a), the provisions of law referred to in subsection (a), as in effect on December 30, 2013, shall continue to apply after December 31, 2013, with respect to any particular foreign intelligence investigation or with respect to any particular offense or potential offense that began or occurred before December 31, 2013.</text></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE87D65CE3A5640B48ADF195161ED3051"><enum>203.</enum><header>National security letter defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <term>national security letter</term> means a request for information under one of the following provisions of law:</text>
<paragraph id="HBAF094663EC04436ABFE55B33DDB4FA6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 2709(a) of title 18, United States Code (to access certain communication service provider records).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD7A5DC3DA5FB4696AF89D1FFC58500C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1114(a)(5)(A) of the Right to Financial Privacy Act (12 U.S.C. 3414(a)(5)(A)) (to obtain financial institution customer records).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD24517233B6543B2B8BE374736523609"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 626 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681u) (to obtain certain financial information and consumer reports).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE2630A6E53634814A5E1301C728760AC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 627 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681v) (to obtain credit agency consumer records for counterterrorism investigations).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H77B8AC0107D6425BA939BE0229D834ED"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 802 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 436).</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H4CD52A8AAEC34AF5B4DE91715FF3BDA0"><enum>204.</enum><header>Modification of standard</header>
<subsection id="H576362F27BC24B1AAAC49913E7716C7C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A national security letter may not be issued unless the official having authority under law to issue that letter documents in a separate writing specific and articulable facts showing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the information sought—</text>
<paragraph id="H227D71C7904D4D8D8BF91F7862EE587E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>pertains to a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55626DC5B7CE4DB3AC61BACA2F084994" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is relevant to the activities of a suspected agent of a foreign power that is the subject of such authorized investigation; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H003DB33630734723ABB3F5149AF2515B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text>pertains to an individual in contact with, or personally known to, a suspected agent of a foreign power that is the subject of such authorized investigation.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDDB32213BC484BE389DF9E73CE5FCFA6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maintenance</header><text>The agency under whose authority a national security letter is issued shall maintain a copy of a separate writing required under subsection (a).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HAB26C003BE0F4E8EA7A272B4B5380FF4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section, the terms <quote>foreign power</quote> and <quote>agent of a foreign power</quote> have the meaning given such terms in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801). </text></subsection></section>
<section id="H455F60F17FD648DDBE2A7CC22732CDA9"><enum>205.</enum><header>Notification of right to judicial review of nondisclosure order</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If a recipient of a national security letter is subject to a nondisclosure requirement imposed in connection with that national security letter, the official issuing that letter shall, simultaneously with its issuance, inform the recipient of the right of the recipient to judicial review of that requirement and that the requirement will remain in effect during the pendency of any judicial review proceedings.</text></section>
<section id="H856BA570F8FC4F9C8B6A0566141A6A0D"><enum>206.</enum><header>Disclosure for law enforcement purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No information acquired by a national security letter shall be disclosed for law enforcement purposes unless such disclosure is accompanied by a statement that such information may only be used in a criminal proceeding with the advance authorization of the Attorney General, or a designee of the Attorney General at a level not lower than Section Chief of a division of the Department of Justice.</text></section>
<section id="HE12F620F8B314957859F8367BFD9D75A"><enum>207.</enum><header>Judicial review of national security letter nondisclosure order</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3511(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HBB1707D862EB454C88D7136697223396"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nondisclosure</header>
<paragraph id="H759FBD1DA5CF4277B702333E8BA3D73B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header>
<subparagraph id="HC86BC1A26BDC4B6B967E461D16B73383"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>If a recipient of a request or order for a report, records, or other information under section 2709 of this title, section 626 or 627 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681u and 1681v), section 1114 of the Right to Financial Privacy Act (12 U.S.C. 3414), or section 802 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 436), wishes to have a court review a nondisclosure requirement imposed in connection with the request, the recipient shall notify the Government.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE3221A4130FE4B79B15302EA657BFC22"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of receipt of a notification under subparagraph (A), the Government shall apply for an order prohibiting the disclosure of particular information about the existence or contents of the relevant request or order. An application under this subparagraph may be filed in the district court of the United States for any district within which the authorized investigation that is the basis for the request or order is being conducted. The applicable nondisclosure requirement shall remain in effect during the pendency of proceedings relating to the requirement.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H74AA09F169DE4A55B335240093596C62"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>A district court of the United States that receives an application under subparagraph (B) should rule expeditiously, and may issue a nondisclosure order for a period of not longer than 180 days.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB6D0EF86936144B2A1E57DAC43EA7B70"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Denial</header><text>If a district court of the United States rejects an application for a nondisclosure order or extension thereof, the nondisclosure requirement shall no longer be in effect.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H14C488E8917B4C5AA664F5717BE0C3F8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application for a nondisclosure order or extension thereof under this subsection shall include a certification from the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, an Assistant Attorney General, or the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or in the case of a request by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Government other than the Department of Justice, the head or deputy head of the department, agency, or instrumentality, of the existence of a result described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) and a statement of specific and articulable facts indicating that, absent a prohibition of disclosure under this subsection, there may result—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE75B11B2DAE840F89E37BB52AF92C656"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a danger to the national security of the United States;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H40C4A84ABFBB492591DBDEFDC4D561C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>interference with a criminal, counterterrorism, or counterintelligence investigation;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF9807023345541F7B7F21EEC9D71D2F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>interference with diplomatic relations; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC9B6C3E2C39749E9848FF4EFFDD2FB06"><enum>(D)</enum><text>danger to the life or physical safety of any person.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H91CA98C027C44E28A6DA4DD6EB623220"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Standard</header><text>A district court of the United States may issue a nondisclosure requirement order or extension thereof under this subsection if the court determines that there is reason to believe that disclosure of the information subject to the nondisclosure requirement during the applicable time period will have a result described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB34C3BCC8184E929CBA09C6D21640AF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Renewal</header><text>A nondisclosure order under this subsection may be renewed for additional periods of not longer than 180 days each, upon a determination by the court that a result described in paragraph (2) justifies the renewal.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H063833AB65D3457792F41093C586C7A7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Early termination of nondisclosure order</header><text>A nondisclosure order the Government applied for under paragraph (1)(B) ceases to have effect when the Government discovers that the factual basis for that order has ceased to exist and the Government so informs the order’s recipient. The Government upon making such a discovery shall promptly so informs the recipient.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H978CD46621D44147934C682A95F341CB"><enum>208.</enum><header>Minimization</header>
<subsection id="H28F880EA31C04E1BA24BFD2A5BA54B87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H76A0435465A842C98F872696BEB1A9D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish minimization procedures governing the acquisition, retention, and dissemination by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of any records received by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in response to a national security letter; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC33D1F8F343B49E2B98693C5AE0F092E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a copy of the minimization procedures established under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H89B193707E6C49619DBC38803F27B36B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H9E188A9DBF5B4B5180EF211AC5EEE7A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>minimization procedures</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA08C9C349DB4407785078C4466C1D8B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specific procedures that are reasonably designed in light of the purpose and technique of a national security letter, to minimize the acquisition and retention, and prohibit the dissemination, of nonpublicly available information concerning unconsenting United States persons (as defined in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801)) consistent with the need of the United States to obtain, produce, and disseminate foreign intelligence information;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA5BA049C73F840DA9590104FD76BD2E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>procedures that require that nonpublicly available information, which is not foreign intelligence information (as defined in section 101(e)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801(e)(1))) shall not be disseminated in a manner that identifies any United States person, without the consent of the United States person, unless the identity of the United States person is necessary to understand foreign intelligence information or assess its importance; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8E25F5349AE2484C9DC9D3154962D18B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B), procedures that allow for the retention and dissemination of information that is evidence of a crime which has been, is being, or is about to be committed and that is to be retained or disseminated for law enforcement purposes; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEA92DA463EFC4F78BBAE116932B0C2EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>national security letter</term> means a request for information issued under section 2709 of title 18, United States Code, section 1114(a)(5) of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3414(5)), subsection (a) or (b) of section 626 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681u), or section 627 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681v).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H2CF2DD0787B242A6A4E161FD295366E1" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header>Public reporting on National Security Letters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 118(c) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (18 U.S.C. 3511 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8DA050CAF97544F9A1A04774B13E4C3A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H73874880B35045C89F17F00A78FBA8B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>concerning different United States persons</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H12A1055958F44E8D9B78C47336693B48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>, excluding the number of requests for subscriber information</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6D7A63ADF8AD40949C04D8FD26EF2A79"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA39401DAE017433DB92DB9A9F2F5EFA3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H7477255D159D4560A16B2D478DE17A94"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H863605A3590E4C9897504FE4AAC77A85"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each report required under this subsection shall include the total number of requests described in paragraph (1) requiring disclosure of information concerning—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HA7F274AFF1E843349B78573937E769FE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>United States persons;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H231EBFF316E845B2888A6E5645726725"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>persons who are not United States persons;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H186C3DE935374E27A72D114A2E3245F1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>persons who are the subjects of authorized national security investigations; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H6E1F61B5ABB4470086B84320593898DD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>persons who are not the subjects of authorized national security investigations.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BE12A0BA24E40908088CD4C2E0A9A68"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>With respect to the number of requests for subscriber information under section 2709 of title 18, United States Code, a report required under this subsection need not provide information separated into each of the categories described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<enum>III</enum><header>GENERAL PROVISIONS</header>
<section id="H26FE1F90ACE24D0B86EAF050E2FFB8E5"><enum>301.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on level of classification of certain programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the President should periodically review the level of classification of programs that make use of national security letters (as defined in section 203 of this Act) or the authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) to determine if such programs can be declassified, in whole or in part, without interfering with an ongoing investigation or otherwise threatening national security.</text></section>
January 29, 2010
The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Financial Services discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed