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Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73

§1863 Congressional oversight

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 36— - FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - ACCESS TO CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS FOR FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES › § 1863

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Every six months the Attorney General must fully tell the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about all requests for records under this part of the law. Every six months the Attorney General must also give the House and Senate Judiciary Committees a report covering the prior six months that shows the total number of applications for orders to approve record requests under this part of the law and the total number of those orders that were granted, changed, or denied.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §1863

War and National Defense — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)On a semiannual basis, the Attorney General shall fully inform the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate concerning all requests for records under this subchapter.
(b)On a semiannual basis, the Attorney General shall provide to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report setting forth with respect to the preceding 6-month period—
(1)the total number of applications made for orders approving requests for records under this subchapter; and
(2)the total number of such orders either granted, modified, or denied.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2019—Pub. L. 116–69 amended directory language of Pub. L. 109–177, § 102(b)(1). See 2006 Amendment note below. 2015—Pub. L. 114–23, § 705(a), (c), amended directory language of Pub. L. 109–177, § 102(b)(1). See 2006 Amendment note below. 2011—Pub. L. 112–14 amended directory language of Pub. L. 109–177, § 102(b)(1). See 2006 Amendment note below. Pub. L. 112–3 amended directory language of Pub. L. 109–177, § 102(b)(1). See 2006 Amendment note below. 2010—Pub. L. 111–141 amended directory language of Pub. L. 109–177, § 102(b)(1). See 2006 Amendment note below. 2009—Pub. L. 111–118 amended directory language of Pub. L. 109–177, § 102(b)(1). See 2006 Amendment note below. 2006—Pub. L. 109–177, § 102(b)(1), revived this section to read as it read on Oct. 25, 2001.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of Revival Section, which had been repealed by Pub. L. 107–56, title II, § 215, Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 287, was revived by section 102(b)(1) of Pub. L. 109–177 effective Mar. 15, 2020, except that former provisions to continue in effect with respect to any particular foreign intelligence investigation that began before Mar. 15, 2020, or with respect to any particular offense or potential offense that began or occurred before Mar. 15, 2020, see section 102(b) of Pub. L. 109–177, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2006 Amendment note under section 1805 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 1863

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73