[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 85 (Sunday, May 31, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1445. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2048, to reform the authorities of the Federal 
Government to require the production of certain business records, 
conduct electronic surveillance, use pen registers and trap and trace 
devices, and use other forms of information gathering for foreign 
intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. COURT APPROVAL FOR NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS.

       (a) In General.--Section 2709(b) of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Required 
     Certification'' and inserting ``Request Upon Authorization by 
     Court''; and
       (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``The Director'' and inserting ``If authorized by an order of 
     a Federal court (other than the court established under 
     section 103(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
     of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803(a))), the Director''.
       (b) Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978.--Section 
     1114(a)(5)(A) of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 
     (12 U.S.C. 3414(a)(5)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``A certification may only be made under this 
     subparagraph if authorized by an order of a Federal court 
     (other than the court established under section 103(a) of the 
     Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
     1803(a))).''.
       (c) Fair Credit Reporting Act.--The Fair Credit Reporting 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 626 (15 U.S.C. 1681u)--
       (A) in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by inserting 
     ``if authorized by an order of a Federal court (other than 
     the court established under section 103(a) of the Foreign 
     Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803(a))) 
     and'' after ``The Director or the Director's designee may 
     make such a certification only''; and
       (B) in subsection (b), in the second sentence, by inserting 
     ``if authorized by an order of a Federal court (other than 
     the court established under section 103(a) of the Foreign 
     Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803(a))) 
     and'' after ``The Director or the Director's designee may 
     make such a certification only''; and
       (2) in section 627(b) (15 U.S.C. 1681v(b))--
       (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Form of'' and 
     inserting ``Requirements for''; and
       (B) by striking ``described in subsection (a) shall be 
     signed'' and inserting the following: ``described in 
     subsection (a)--
       ``(1) may only be made if authorized by an order of a 
     Federal court (other than the court established under section 
     103(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
     (50 U.S.C. 1803(a))); and
       ``(2) shall be signed''.
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