[Senate Report 113-211]
Calendar No. 472
113th Congress Report
SENATE
2d Session 113-211
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2015
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July 17, 2014.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Durbin, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4870]
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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY REPORTS
The Committee directs the National Security Agency [NSA] to
provide to the congressional intelligence committees, and the
Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and the House Committee on
the Judiciary, no later than 90 days after enactment of this
act:
--A report, unclassified to the greatest extent possible,
setting forth:
--For the last 5 years, on an annual basis, the number of
records acquired by NSA as part of the bulk
telephone metadata program authorized by the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, pursuant
to section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, and the
number of such records that have been reviewed by
NSA personnel in response to a query of such
records; and
--To the extent possible, an estimate of the number of
records of United States persons that have been
acquired by NSA as part of the bulk telephone
metadata program and the number of such records
that have been reviewed by NSA personnel in
response to a query.
--A report, unclassified to the greatest extent possible, and
with a classified annex if necessary, describing all
NSA bulk collection activities, including when such
activities began, the cost of such activities, what
types of records have been collected in the past, what
types of records are currently being collected, and any
plans for future bulk collection.
--A report, unclassified to the greatest extent possible, and
with a classified annex if necessary, including a list
of terrorist activities that were disrupted, in whole
or in part, with the aid of information obtained
through NSA's telephone metadata program and whether
this information could have been promptly obtained by
other means.
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