[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6577 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6577

 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to require 
 the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to appoint amicus curiae 
assist such court in the consideration of each application for an order 
                  or review under title I of that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 4, 2023

  Mr. Lieu (for himself and Mr. Buck) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
 to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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 require 
 the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to appoint amicus curiae 
assist such court in the consideration of each application for an order 
                  or review under title I of that Act.

    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 ``Protecting Americans from 
Unauthorized Surveillance Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT TO 
              APPOINT AMICUS CURIAE.

    Section 103(i) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
(50 U.S.C. 1803(i)) is amended--
            (1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Requirement.--A court established under subsection 
        (a) or (b), consistent with the requirement of subsection (c) 
        and any other statutory requirement that the court act 
        expeditiously or within a stated time, shall appoint an 
        individual who has been designated under paragraph (1) to serve 
        as amicus curiae to assist such court in the consideration of 
        each application for an order or review under this title.'';
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``If a court established 
        under subsection (a) or (b) appoints an amicus curiae under 
        paragraph (2)(A)'' and inserting ``An amicus curiae appointed 
        under paragraph (2)(A)'';
            (3) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ``If a court 
        established under subsection (a) or (b) appoints an amicus 
        curiae under paragraph (2), the amicus curiae'' and inserting 
        ``An amicus curiae appointed under paragraph (2)(A)''; and
            (4) by repealing paragraph (7).
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