US Congress Senate Bill 1130 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-3)
Status: Introduced on June 11 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-06-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ending Secret Law Act - 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.

Ending Secret Law Act

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Max Baucus [D-MT]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]
Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-06-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB2440 (Related) 2013-07-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
HB2475 (Same As) 2013-07-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1130/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s1130/BILLS-113s1130is.pdf