[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 16, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S206-S209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1896. Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Paul) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 139, to implement the use 
of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or 
detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and 
other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, to prevent DNA analysis 
backlogs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Uniting 
     and Strengthening America by Reforming and Improving the 
     Government's High-Tech Surveillance Act of 2017'' or the 
     ``USA RIGHTS Act of 2017''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
     is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Clarification on prohibition on querying of collections of 
              communications to conduct warrantless queries for the 
              communications of United States persons and persons 
              inside the United States.
Sec. 3. Prohibition on reverse targeting under certain authorities of 
              the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Sec. 4. Prohibition on acquisition, pursuant to certain FISA 
              authorities to target certain persons outside the United 
              States, of communications that do not include persons 
              targeted under such authorities.
Sec. 5. Prohibition on acquisition of entirely domestic communications 
              under authorities to target certain persons outside the 
              United States.
Sec. 6. Limitation on use of information obtained under certain 
              authority of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
              1978 relating to United States persons.
Sec. 7. Reforms of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
Sec. 8. Improved role in oversight of electronic surveillance by amici 
              curiae appointed by courts under Foreign Intelligence 
              Surveillance Act of 1978.
Sec. 9. Reforms to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Sec. 10. Study and report on diversity and representation on the FISA 
              Court and the FISA Court of Review.
Sec. 11. Grounds for determining injury in fact in civil action 
              relating to surveillance under certain provisions of 
              Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Sec. 12. Clarification of applicability of requirement to declassify 
              significant decisions of Foreign Intelligence 
              Surveillance Court and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
              Court of Review.
Sec. 13. Clarification regarding treatment of information acquired 
              under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Sec. 14. Limitation on technical assistance from electronic 
              communication service providers under the Foreign 
              Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Sec. 15. Modification of authorities for public reporting by persons 
              subject to nondisclosure requirement accompanying order 
              under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Sec. 16. Annual publication of statistics on number of persons targeted 
              outside the United States under certain Foreign 
              Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 authority.
Sec. 17. Repeal of nonapplicability to Federal Bureau of Investigation 
              of certain reporting requirements under Foreign 
              Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Sec. 18. Publication of estimates regarding communications collected 
              under certain provision of Foreign Intelligence 
              Surveillance Act of 1978.
Sec. 19. Four-year extension of FISA Amendments Act of 2008.

     SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION ON PROHIBITION ON QUERYING OF 
                   COLLECTIONS OF COMMUNICATIONS TO CONDUCT 
                   WARRANTLESS QUERIES FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS OF 
                   UNITED STATES PERSONS AND PERSONS INSIDE THE 
                   UNITED STATES.

       Section 702(b) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
     of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a(b)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
     subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, and indenting 
     such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, an additional two ems 
     from the left margin;
       (2) by striking ``An acquisition'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--An acquisition''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Clarification on prohibition on querying of 
     collections of communications of united states persons and 
     persons inside the united states.--
       ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) 
     and (C), no officer or employee of the United States may 
     conduct a

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     query of information acquired under this section in an effort 
     to find communications of or about a particular United States 
     person or a person inside the United States.
       ``(B) Concurrent authorization and exception for emergency 
     situations.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a query for 
     communications related to a particular United States person 
     or person inside the United States if--
       ``(i) such United States person or person inside the United 
     States is the subject of an order or emergency authorization 
     authorizing electronic surveillance or physical search under 
     section 105, 304, 703, 704, or 705 of this Act, or under 
     title 18, United States Code, for the effective period of 
     that order;
       ``(ii) the entity carrying out the query has a reasonable 
     belief that the life or safety of such United States person 
     or person inside the United States is threatened and the 
     information is sought for the purpose of assisting that 
     person;
       ``(iii) such United States person or person in the United 
     States is a corporation; or
       ``(iv) such United States person or person inside the 
     United States has consented to the query.
       ``(C) Queries of federated data sets and mixed data.--If an 
     officer or employee of the United States conducts a query of 
     a data set, or of federated data sets, that includes any 
     information acquired under this section, the system shall be 
     configured not to return such information unless the officer 
     or employee enters a code or other information indicating 
     that--
       ``(i) the person associated with the search term is not a 
     United States person or person inside the United States; or
       ``(ii) if the person associated with the search term is a 
     United States person or person inside the United States, one 
     or more of the conditions of subparagraph (B) are satisfied.
       ``(D) Matters relating to emergency queries.--
       ``(i) Treatment of denials.--In the event that a query for 
     communications related to a particular United States person 
     or a person inside the United States is conducted pursuant to 
     an emergency authorization authorizing electronic 
     surveillance or a physical search described in subsection 
     (B)(i) and the application for such emergency authorization 
     is denied, or in any other case in which the query has been 
     conducted and no order is issued approving the query--

       ``(I) no information obtained or evidence derived from such 
     query may 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
       ``(II) no information concerning any United States person 
     acquired from such query may 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) Assessment of compliance.--The Attorney General 
     shall assess compliance with the requirements under clause 
     (i).''.

     SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON REVERSE TARGETING UNDER CERTAIN 
                   AUTHORITIES OF THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE 
                   SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978.

       Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
     1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a), as amended by section 2, is further 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(1)(B), as redesignated by section 2, 
     by striking ``the purpose of such acquisition is to target'' 
     and inserting ``a significant purpose of such acquisition is 
     to acquire the communications of'';
       (2) in subsection (d)(1)(A)--
       (A) by striking ``ensure that'' and inserting the 
     following: ``ensure--
       ``(i) that''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(ii) 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 particular, known person reasonably 
     believed to be located in the United States; and'';
       (3) in subsection (g)(2)(A)(i)(I)--
       (A) by striking ``ensure that'' and inserting the 
     following: ``ensure--
       ``(aa) that''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(bb) 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 particular, known person reasonably 
     believed to be located in the United States; and''; and
       (4) in subsection (i)(2)(B)(i)--
       (A) by striking ``ensure that'' and inserting the 
     following: ``ensure--

       ``(I) that''; and

       (B) by adding at the end the following:

       ``(II) 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 particular, known person reasonably 
     believed to be located in the United States; and''.

     SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON ACQUISITION, PURSUANT TO CERTAIN FISA 
                   AUTHORITIES TO TARGET CERTAIN PERSONS OUTSIDE 
                   THE UNITED STATES, OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT DO 
                   NOT INCLUDE PERSONS TARGETED UNDER SUCH 
                   AUTHORITIES.

       Section 702(b)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
     Act of 1978, as redesignated by section 2, is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated by section 2, by 
     striking ``; and'' and inserting a semicolon;
       (2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (G); 
     and
       (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
       ``(E) may not acquire a communication as to which no 
     participant is a person who is targeted pursuant to the 
     authorized acquisition;''.

     SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON ACQUISITION OF ENTIRELY DOMESTIC 
                   COMMUNICATIONS UNDER AUTHORITIES TO TARGET 
                   CERTAIN PERSONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

       Section 702(b)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
     Act of 1978, as redesignated by section 2 and amended by 
     section 4, is further amended by inserting after subparagraph 
     (E), as added by section 4, the following:
       ``(F) may not acquire communications known to be entirely 
     domestic; and''.

     SEC. 6. LIMITATION ON USE OF INFORMATION OBTAINED UNDER 
                   CERTAIN AUTHORITY OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE 
                   SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978 RELATING TO UNITED 
                   STATES PERSONS.

       Section 706(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
     of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881e(a)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Information acquired'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--Information acquired''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Limitation on use in criminal, civil, and 
     administrative proceedings and investigations.--No 
     communication to or from, or information about, a person 
     acquired under section 702 who is either a United States 
     person or is located in the United States may be introduced 
     as evidence against the person in any criminal, civil, or 
     administrative proceeding or used as part of any criminal, 
     civil, or administrative investigation, except--
       ``(A) with the prior approval of the Attorney General; and
       ``(B) in a proceeding or investigation in which the 
     information is directly related to and necessary to address a 
     specific threat of--
       ``(i) terrorism (as defined in clauses (i) through (iii) of 
     section 2332(g)(5)(B) of title 18, United States Code);
       ``(ii) espionage (as used in chapter 37 of title 18, United 
     States Code);
       ``(iii) proliferation or use of a weapon of mass 
     destruction (as defined in section 2332a(c) of title 18, 
     United States Code);
       ``(iv) a cybersecurity threat from a foreign country;
       ``(v) incapacitation or destruction of critical 
     infrastructure (as defined in section 1016(e) of the Uniting 
     and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools 
     Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT 
     ACT) Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e))); or
       ``(vi) a threat to the armed forces of the United States or 
     an ally of the United States or to other personnel of the 
     United States Government or a government of an ally of the 
     United States.''.

     SEC. 7. REFORMS OF THE PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT 
                   BOARD.

       (a) Inclusion of Foreign Intelligence Activities in 
     Oversight Authority of the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
     Oversight Board.--Section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform and 
     Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (c), by inserting ``and to conduct 
     foreign intelligence activities'' after ``terrorism'' each 
     place such term appears; and
       (2) in subsection (d), ``and to conduct foreign 
     intelligence activities'' after ``terrorism'' each place such 
     term appears.
       (b) Submission of Whistleblower Complaints to the Privacy 
     and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform 
     and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), as 
     amended by subsection (a), is further amended--
       (A) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) Whistleblower complaints.--
       ``(A) Submission to board.--An employee of, or contractor 
     or detailee to, an element of the intelligence community may 
     submit to the Board a complaint or information that such 
     employee, contractor, or detailee believes relates to a 
     privacy or civil liberties concern. The confidentiality 
     provisions under section 2409(b)(3) of title 10, United 
     States Code, shall apply to a submission under this 
     subparagraph. Any disclosure under this subparagraph shall be 
     protected against discrimination under the procedures, 
     burdens of proof, and remedies set forth in section 2409 of 
     such title.
       ``(B) Authority of board.--The Board may take such action 
     as the Board considers appropriate with respect to 
     investigating a complaint or information submitted under 
     subparagraph (A) or transmitting such complaint or 
     information to any other Executive agency or the 
     congressional intelligence committees.
       ``(C) Relationship to existing laws.--The authority under 
     subparagraph (A) of an employee, contractor, or detailee to 
     submit to the Board a complaint or information shall be in 
     addition to any other authority under

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     another provision of law to submit a complaint or 
     information. Any action taken under any other provision of 
     law by the recipient of a complaint or information shall not 
     preclude the Board from taking action relating to the same 
     complaint or information.
       ``(D) Relationship to actions taken under other laws.--
     Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent--
       ``(i) any individual from submitting a complaint or 
     information to any authorized recipient of the complaint or 
     information; or
       ``(ii) the recipient of a complaint or information from 
     taking independent action on the complaint or information.''; 
     and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(n) Definitions.--In this section, the terms 
     `congressional intelligence committees' and `intelligence 
     community' have the meanings given such terms in section 3 of 
     the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).''.
       (2) Prohibited personnel practices.--Section 2302(b)(8)(B) 
     of title 5, United States Code, is amended, in the matter 
     preceding clause (i), by striking ``or to the Inspector of an 
     agency or another employee designated by the head of the 
     agency to receive such disclosures'' and inserting ``the 
     Inspector General of an agency, a supervisor in the 
     employee's direct chain of command (up to and including the 
     head of the employing agency), the Privacy and Civil 
     Liberties Oversight Board, or an employee designated by any 
     of the aforementioned individuals for the purpose of 
     receiving such disclosures''.
       (c) Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Subpoena 
     Power.--Section 1061(g) of the Intelligence Reform and 
     Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee(g)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking ``submit a written 
     request to the Attorney General of the United States that the 
     Attorney General'';
       (2) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
     (2) and (3), respectively.
       (d) Appointment of Staff of the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
     Oversight Board.--Section 1061(j) of the Intelligence Reform 
     and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee(j)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
     (3) and (4), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
       ``(2) Appointment in absence of chairman.--If the position 
     of chairman of the Board is vacant, during the period of the 
     vacancy the Board, at the direction of the majority of the 
     members of the Board, may exercise the authority of the 
     chairman under paragraph (1).''.
       (e) Tenure and Compensation of Privacy and Civil Liberties 
     Oversight Board Members and Staff.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform 
     and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), as 
     amended by subsections (a) and (b), is further amended--
       (A) in subsection (h)--
       (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``full-time'' after ``4 
     additional''; and
       (ii) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ``, except that'' and 
     all that follows through the end and inserting a period;
       (B) in subsection (i)(1)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``level III of the 
     Executive Schedule under section 5314'' and inserting ``level 
     II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``level IV of the 
     Executive Schedule'' and all that follows through the end and 
     inserting ``level III of the Executive Schedule under section 
     5314 of title 5, United States Code.''; and
       (C) in subsection (j)(1), by striking ``level V of the 
     Executive Schedule under section 5316'' and inserting ``level 
     IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315''.
       (2) Effective date; applicability.--
       (A) In general.--The amendments made by paragraph (1)--
       (i) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
     Act; and
       (ii) except as provided in paragraph (2), shall apply to 
     any appointment to a position as a member of the Privacy and 
     Civil Liberties Oversight Board made on or after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.
       (B) Exceptions.--
       (i) Compensation changes.--The amendments made by 
     subparagraphs (B)(i) and (C) of paragraph (1) shall take 
     effect on the first day of the first pay period beginning 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (ii) Election to serve full time by incumbents.--

       (I) In general.--An individual serving as a member of the 
     Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board on the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, including a member continuing to 
     serve as a member under section 1061(h)(4)(B) of the 
     Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 
     U.S.C. 2000ee(h)(4)(B)), (referred to in this clause as a 
     ``current member'') may make an election to--

       (aa) serve as a member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
     Oversight Board on a full-time basis and in accordance with 
     section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
     Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), as amended by this 
     section; or
       (bb) serve as a member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
     Oversight Board on a part-time basis in accordance with such 
     section 1061, as in effect on the day before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, including the limitation on service 
     after the expiration of the term of the member under 
     subsection (h)(4)(B) of such section, as in effect on the day 
     before the date of the enactment of this Act.

       (II) Election to serve full time.--A current member making 
     an election under subclause (I)(aa) shall begin serving as a 
     member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board on 
     a full-time basis on the first day of the first pay period 
     beginning not less than 60 days after the date on which the 
     current member makes such election.

       (f) Provision of Information About Government Activities 
     Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to 
     the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.--The 
     Attorney General shall fully inform the Privacy and Civil 
     Liberties Oversight Board about any activities carried out by 
     the Government under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
     Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), including by providing 
     to the Board--
       (1) copies of each detailed report submitted to a committee 
     of Congress under such Act; and
       (2) copies of each decision, order, and opinion of the 
     Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign 
     Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review required to be 
     included in the report under section 601(a) of such Act (50 
     U.S.C. 1871(a)).

     SEC. 8. IMPROVED ROLE IN OVERSIGHT OF ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE 
                   BY AMICI CURIAE APPOINTED BY COURTS UNDER 
                   FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978.

       (a) Role of Amici Curiae Generally.--
       (1) In general.--Section 103(i)(1) of the Foreign 
     Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803(i)(1)) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Any amicus 
     curiae designated pursuant to this paragraph may raise any 
     issue with the Court at any time.''.
       (2) Referral of cases for review.--Section 103(i) of such 
     Act is amended--
       (A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (10) as 
     paragraphs (6) through (11), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
       ``(5) Referral for review.--
       ``(A) Referral to foreign intelligence surveillance court 
     en banc.--If the court established under subsection (a) 
     appoints an amicus curiae under paragraph (2)(A) to assist 
     the Court in the consideration of any matter presented to the 
     Court under this Act and the Court makes a decision with 
     respect to such matter, the Court, in response to an 
     application by the amicus curiae or any other individual 
     designated under paragraph (1), may refer the decision to the 
     Court en banc for review as the Court considers appropriate.
       ``(B) Referral to foreign intelligence surveillance court 
     of review.--If the court established under subsection (a) 
     appoints an amicus curiae under paragraph (2)(A) to assist 
     the Court in the consideration of any matter presented to the 
     Court under this Act and the Court makes a decision with 
     respect to such matter, the Court, in response to an 
     application by the amicus curiae or any other individual 
     designated under paragraph (1) may refer the decision to the 
     court established under subsection (b) for review as the 
     Court considers appropriate.
       ``(C) Referral to supreme court.--If the Court of Review 
     appoints an amicus curiae under paragraph (2) to assist the 
     Court of Review in the review of any matter presented to the 
     Court of Review under this Act or a question of law that may 
     affect resolution of a matter in controversy and the Court of 
     Review makes a decision with respect to such matter or 
     question of law, the Court of Review, in response to an 
     application by the amicus curiae or any other individual 
     designated under paragraph (1) may refer the decision to the 
     Supreme Court for review as the Court of Review considers 
     appropriate.
       ``(D) Annual report.--Not later than 60 days after the end 
     of each calendar year, the Court and the Court of Review 
     shall each publish, on their respective Internet websites, a 
     report listing--
       ``(i) the number of applications for referral received by 
     the Court or the Court of Review, as applicable, during the 
     most recently concluded calendar year; and
       ``(ii) the number of such applications for referral that 
     were granted by the Court or the Court of Review, as 
     applicable, during such calendar year.''.
       (3) Assistance.--Section 103(i)(6) of such Act, as 
     redesignated, is further amended to read as follows:
       ``(6) Assistance.--Any individual designated pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) may raise a legal or technical issue or any 
     other issue with the Court or the Court of Review at any 
     time. If an amicus curiae is appointed under paragraph 
     (2)(A)--
       ``(A) the court shall notify all other amicus curiae 
     designated under paragraph (1) of such appointment;
       ``(B) the appointed amicus curiae may request, either 
     directly or through the court, the assistance of the other 
     amici curiae designated under paragraph (1); and
       ``(C) all amici curiae designated under paragraph (1) may 
     provide input to the court whether or not such input was 
     formally requested by the court or the appointed amicus 
     curiae.''.
       (4) Access to information.--Section 103(i)(7) of such Act, 
     as redesignated, is further amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) in clause (i)--

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       (I) by striking ``that the court'' and inserting the 
     following: ``that--
       ``(I) the court''; and
       (II) by striking ``and'' at the end and inserting the 
     following: ``or
       ``(II) are cited by the Government in an application or 
     case with respect to which an amicus curiae is assisting a 
     court under this subsection;'';

       (ii) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and
       (iii) by inserting after clause (i) the following:
       ``(ii) shall have access to an unredacted copy of each 
     decision made by a court established under subsection (a) or 
     (b) in which the court decides a question of law, 
     notwithstanding whether the decision is classified; and'';
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``may'' and inserting 
     ``shall''; and
       (C) in subparagraph (C)--
       (i) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``Classified 
     information'' and inserting ``Access to information''; and
       (ii) by striking ``court may have access'' and inserting 
     the following: ``court--
       ``(i) shall have access to unredacted copies of each 
     opinion, order, transcript, pleading, or other document of 
     the Court and the Court of Review; and
       ``(ii) may have access''.
       (5) Public notice and receipt of briefs from third 
     parties.--Section 103(i) of such Act, as amended by this 
     subsection, is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(12) Public notice and receipt of briefs from third 
     parties.--Whenever a court established under subsection (a) 
     or (b) considers a novel a question of law that can be 
     considered without disclosing classified information, 
     sources, or methods, the court shall, to the greatest extent 
     practicable, consider such question in an open manner--
       ``(A) by publishing on its Internet website each question 
     of law that the court is considering; and
       ``(B) by accepting briefs from third parties relating to 
     the question under consideration by the court.''.
       (b) Participation of Amici Curiae in Oversight of 
     Authorizations for Targeting of Certain Persons Outside the 
     United States Other Than United States Persons.--
       (1) In general.--Section 702(i)(2) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 
     1881a(i)(2)) is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (B), by redesignating clauses (i) and 
     (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively, and adjusting 
     the indentation of the margin of such subclauses, as so 
     redesignated, two ems to the right;
       (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as 
     clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and adjusting the 
     indentation of the margin of such clauses, as so 
     redesignated, two ems to the right;
       (C) by inserting before clause (i), as redesignated by 
     subparagraph (B), the following:
       ``(A) In general.--''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Participation by amici curiae.--In reviewing a 
     certification under subparagraph (A)(i), the Court shall 
     randomly select an amicus curiae designated under section 
     103(i) to assist with such review.''.
       (2) Schedule.--Section 702(i)(5)(A) of such Act is amended 
     by striking ``at least 30 days prior to the expiration of 
     such authorization'' and inserting ``such number of days 
     before the expiration of such authorization as the Court 
     considers necessary to comply with the requirements of 
     paragraph (2)(B) or 30 days, whichever is greater''.
       (c) Public Notice of Questions of Law Certified for 
     Review.--Section 103(j) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1803(j)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``Following'' and inserting the following:
       ``(1) In general.--Following''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Public notice.--
       ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     whenever a court established under subsection (a) certifies a 
     question of law for review under paragraph (1) of this 
     subsection, the court shall publish on its Internet website--
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