[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3552 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3552
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to cover
individuals, other than United States persons, who engage in
international terrorism without affiliation with an international
terrorist group.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 20, 2003
Mr. King of New York 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 cover
individuals, other than United States persons, who engage in
international terrorism without affiliation with an international
terrorist group.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TREATMENT AS AGENT OF A FOREIGN POWER UNDER FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978 OF NON-UNITED
STATES PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
WITHOUT AFFILIATION WITH INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST GROUPS.
(a) In General.--Section 101(b)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801(b)(1)) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) engages in international terrorism or
activities in preparation therefor; or''.
(b) Sunset.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be subject
to the sunset provision in section 224 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001
(Public Law 107-56; 115 Stat. 295), including the exception provided in
subsection (b) of such section 224.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978.
(a) Additional Reporting Requirements.--The Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating--
(A) title VI as title VII; and
(B) section 601 as section 701; and
(2) by inserting after title V the following new title VI:
``TITLE VI--REPORTING REQUIREMENT
``annual report of the attorney general
``Sec. 601. (a) In addition to the reports required by sections
107, 108, 306, 406, and 502 in April each year, the Attorney General
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress each year a
report setting forth with respect to the one-year period ending on the
date of such report--
``(1) the aggregate number of non-United States persons
targeted for orders issued under this Act, including a break-
down of those targeted for--
``(A) electronic surveillance under section 105;
``(B) physical searches under section 304;
``(C) pen registers under section 402; and
``(D) access to records under section 501;
``(2) the number of individuals covered by an order issued
under this Act who were determined pursuant to activities
authorized by this Act to have acted wholly alone in the
activities covered by such order;
``(3) the number of times that the Attorney General has
authorized that information obtained under this Act may be used
in a criminal proceeding or any information derived therefrom
may be used in a criminal proceeding; and
``(4) in a manner consistent with the protection of the
national security of the United States--
``(A) the portions of the documents and
applications filed with the courts established under
section 103 that include significant construction or
interpretation of the provisions of this Act, not
including the facts of any particular matter, which may
be redacted;
``(B) the portions of the opinions and orders of
the courts established under section 103 that include
significant construction or interpretation of the
provisions of this Act, not including the facts of any
particular matter, which may be redacted.
``(b) The first report under this section shall be submitted not
later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Subsequent reports under this section shall be submitted annually
thereafter.
``(c) In this section, the term `appropriate committees of
Congress' means--
``(1) the Select Committee on Intelligence and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and
``(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for that Act is
amended by striking the items relating to title VI and inserting the
following new items:
``TITLE VI--REPORTING REQUIREMENT
``Sec. 601. Annual report of the Attorney General.
``TITLE VII--EFFECTIVE DATE
``Sec. 701. Effective date.''.
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