[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4499 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4499

To require reports submitted to Congress under the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 to also be submitted to the Privacy and Civil 
                       Liberties Oversight Board.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2014

  Mr. Himes 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 require reports submitted to Congress under the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 to also be submitted to the Privacy and Civil 
                       Liberties Oversight Board.

    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 ``Privacy and Civil Liberties 
Oversight Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS UNDER THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE 
              SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978 TO THE PRIVACY AND CIVIL 
              LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD.

    (a) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever 
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an 
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
    (b) Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Rules.--Section 
103(g)(2) (50 U.S.C. 1803(g)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph:
            ``(H) The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.''.
    (c) Report of Electronic Surveillance.--Section 107 (50 U.S.C. 
1807) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking 
``Administrative Office of the United States Court and to Congress'' 
and inserting ``Administrative Office of the United States Court, 
Congress, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board''.
    (d) Oversight of Electronic Surveillance.--Section 108 (50 U.S.C. 
1808) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``congressional''; and
            (2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``the House Permanent 
        Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select 
        Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on the Judiciary 
        of the Senate,'' and inserting ``the Permanent Select Committee 
        on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
        of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence and 
        the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Privacy 
        and Civil Liberties Oversight Board''.
    (e) Oversight of Physical Searches.--Section 306 (50 U.S.C. 1826) 
is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``congressional''; and
            (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, 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 
                Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
                of Representatives, the Select Committee on 
                Intelligence of the Senate, the Committees on the 
                Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
                Senate, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight 
                Board''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``those 
                committees and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
                House of Representatives'' and inserting ``those 
                committees and the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
                Oversight Board''.
    (f) Oversight of Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices.--Section 
406 (50 U.S.C. 1846) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``congressional'';
            (2) 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 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
        of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
        Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, and the Privacy and Civil 
        Liberties Oversight Board''; and
            (3) 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 committees referred to in subsection (a) and 
        the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board''.
    (g) Oversight of Production of Certain Business Records.--Section 
502 (50 U.S.C. 1862) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``congressional'';
            (2) 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 Permanent Select 
        Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the 
        Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Committees 
        on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
        Senate, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board''; 
        and
            (3) 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 Permanent Select Committee 
        on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select 
        Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Committees on the 
        Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and 
        the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board''.
    (h) Semiannual Report of the Attorney General.--Section 601 (50 
U.S.C. 1871) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and the Committees on 
        the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate,'' 
        and inserting ``the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, and the Privacy and Civil 
        Liberties Oversight Board'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ``and the Privacy and 
        Civil Liberties Oversight Board'' after ``subsection (a)''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), by inserting ``and the Privacy and 
        Civil Liberties Oversight Board'' after ``subsection (a)''.
    (i) Procedures for Targeting Certain Persons Outside the United 
States Other Than United States Persons.--Section 702(l) (50 U.S.C. 
1881a(l)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the period 
                and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(C) the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight 
                Board.'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)(D)--
                    (A) in clause (ii), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in clause (iii)(II), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(iv) the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
                        Oversight Board.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3)(C)--
                    (A) in clause (iii), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in clause (iv)(II), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(v) the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
                        Oversight Board.''.
    (j) Oversight of Procedures for Targeting Certain Persons Outside 
the United States Other Than United States Persons.--Section 707(a) (50 
U.S.C. 1881f(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``congressional''; and
            (2) by inserting ``and the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
        Oversight Board'' before ``concerning the implementation of 
        this title''.
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