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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
PUBLIC LAW 115-118-JAN. 19, 2018 132 STAT. 3
Public Law 115-118
115th Congress
An Act
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve foreign
intelligence collection and the safeguards, accountability, and oversight of acquisi- Jan.19,2018
tions of foreign intelligence, to extend title VII of such Act, and for other purposes. [S. 139]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, FISA
Amendments
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. Reauthorization
(a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the FISA Amend- Act of 2017.
50 Usc 1801
ments Reauthorization Act of 2017. note.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of contents for this Act
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
TITLE I-ENHANCEMENTS TO FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND
SAFEGUARDS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND OVERSIGHT
Sec. 101. Querying procedures required.
Sec. 102. Use and disclosure provisions.
Sec. 103. Congressional review and oversight of abouts collection.
Sec. 104. Publication of minimization procedures under section 702.
Sec. 105. Section 705 emergency provision.
Sec. 106. Compensation of amici curiae and technical experts.
Sec. 107. Additional reporting requirements.
Sec. 108. Improvements to Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
Sec. 109. Privacy and civil liberties officers.
Sec. 110. Whistleblower protections for contractors of the intelligence community.
Sec. 111. Briefing on notification requirements.
Sec. 112. Inspector General report on queries conducted by Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation.
TITLE II-EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES, INCREASED PENALTIES,
REPORTS, AND OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 201. Extension of title VII of FISA; effective dates.
Sec. 202. Increased penalty for unauthorized removal and retention of classified
documents or material.
Sec. 203. Report on challenges to the effectiveness of foreign intelligence surveil-
lance.
Sec. 204. Comptroller General study on the classification system and protection of
classified information.
Sec. 205. Technical amendments and amendments to improve procedures of the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
Sec. 206. Severability.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEIL-
LANCE ACT OF 1978.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act
an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment
to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall
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