US Congress House Bill 2440 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: Introduced on June 19 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-07-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

FISA Court in the Sunshine Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that each decision, order, or opinion ("decision," for purposes of this Act) issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review that includes significant construction or interpretation of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) provisions concerning access to business records and the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information should be declassified in a manner consistent with the protection of national security, intelligence sources and methods, and other properly classified and sensitive information. Amends FISA provisions concerning access to business records and the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States to require the Attorney General, with exceptions, to declassify and make publicly available decisions concerning certain surveillance orders required for inclusion in a semiannual report to Congress. Requires release to the public of unclassified summaries and reports if the Attorney General determines that a decision may not be declassified. Requires the Attorney General, in cases in which an unclassified summary may not be made available, to make publicly available an unclassified report on the status of the internal deliberations and process regarding the declassification by executive branch personnel of such decisions, including estimates of the number of decisions that will be declassified or remain classified.

FISA Court in the Sunshine Act of 2013

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2013-06-19	House	Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
2013-06-19	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2013-06-19	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 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.

SB1130 (Related) 2013-06-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB2475 (Related) 2013-07-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2440/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2440/BILLS-113hr2440ih.pdf