113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3882
To require the Comptroller General to produce annual reports on
programs under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 15, 2014
Mr. Carney 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 the Comptroller General to produce annual reports on
programs under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
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 ``National Security Agency
Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL ON PROGRAMS UNDER THE
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978.
(a) Report.--Title VI of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1871 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``SEC. 602. ANNUAL REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL.
``(a) Report.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall
annually submit to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the
Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of
the Senate a report on the effectiveness of the programs and activities
carried out under this Act.
``(b) Contents.--Each report under subsection (a) shall include--
``(1) an analysis of the restrictions placed on access to
information obtained under this Act;
``(2) the number of incidents of non-compliance with this
Act or any rule, regulation, policy, or procedure to carry out
this Act;
``(3) a description of actions taken in response to
incidents of non-compliance described in paragraph (2);
``(4) a description of the minimization procedures used to
carry out each provision of this Act;
``(5) a description of how such minimization procedures are
verified to be in use and effective;
``(6) the number of applications made under each
appropriate provision of this Act, the number of such
applications approved by a court, and the number of times such
applications resulted in an oral argument before the court;
``(7) the number of times employees of or contractors to
the National Security Agency search information acquired under
this Act; and
``(8) any other information the Comptroller General
considers appropriate.
``(c) Public Disclosure.--At the time of submission of each report
required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall make
publicly available an unclassified summary of such report.''.
(b) Table of Contents Amendment.--The table of contents in the
first section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 601 the
following new item:
``Sec. 602. Annual report by the Comptroller General.''.
