[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3881 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3881

 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide 
   for more transparency of the programs carried out under that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2014

Mr. Carney (for himself, Ms. Hanabusa, and Mr. Connolly) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
  and in addition to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent 
Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide 
   for more transparency of the programs carried out under that Act.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expansion of National Security 
Agency Oversight Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES IN CERTAIN REPORTS UNDER THE 
              FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978.

    (a) Physical Searches.--
            (1) Definitions.--Section 301 of the Foreign Intelligence 
        Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1821) is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) 
                as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(2) `Appropriate congressional committees' means--
                    ``(A) the Permanent Select Committee on 
                Intelligence, the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
                Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on 
                Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
                    ``(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
                Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Armed 
                Services, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate.''.
            (2) Reports.--Section 306 of the Foreign Intelligence 
        Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1826) is amended by 
        striking ``the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
        the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on 
        Intelligence of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary 
        of the Senate,'' and inserting ``the appropriate congressional 
        committees''.
    (b) Pen Register and Trap and Trace Devices.--
            (1) Definitions.--Section 401 of the Foreign Intelligence 
        Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1841) is amended by adding 
        at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) The term `appropriate congressional committees' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 301.''.
            (2) Reports.--Section 406 of the Foreign Intelligence 
        Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1846) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``the Permanent 
                Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
                Representatives and the Select Committee on 
                Intelligence of the Senate, and the Committee on the 
                Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
                Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate,'' and 
                inserting ``the appropriate congressional committees''; 
                and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``the committees 
                referred to in subsection (a) and to the Committees on 
                the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
                Senate'' and inserting ``the appropriate congressional 
                committees''.
    (c) Access to Certain Business Records.--Section 502 of the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1862) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``the Permanent Select 
        Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and 
        the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the 
        Judiciary of the Senate'' and inserting ``the appropriate 
        congressional committees'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``the House and Senate 
        Committees on the Judiciary and the House Permanent Select 
        Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on 
        Intelligence'' and inserting ``the appropriate congressional 
        committees''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) In this section, the term `appropriate congressional 
committees' has the meaning given the term in section 301.''.
    (d) General Oversight.--Section 601 of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1871) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``the Permanent Select 
        Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the 
        Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the 
        Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and 
        the Senate'' and inserting ``the appropriate congressional 
        committees'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``the committees of 
        Congress referred to in subsection (a)'' and inserting ``the 
        appropriate congressional committees'';
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``the committees of 
        Congress referred to in subsection (a)'' and inserting ``the 
        appropriate congressional committees''; and
            (4) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
                paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so 
                redesignated) the following new paragraph:
            ``(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        `appropriate congressional committees' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 301.''.
    (e) Additional Procedures Regarding Certain Persons Outside the 
United States.--
            (1) Definitions.--Section 701(b) of the Foreign 
        Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881(b)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
                paragraphs (2) through (6), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting before paragraph (2) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        `appropriate congressional committees' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 301.''.
            (2) Reports.--Section 707(a) of the Foreign Intelligence 
        Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881f(a)) is amended by 
        striking ``the congressional intelligence committees and the 
        Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of 
        Representatives'' and inserting ``the appropriate congressional 
        committees''.
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