§1808 Report of Attorney General to Congressional Committees; Limitation on Authority or Responsibility of Information Gathering Activities of Congressional Committees; Report of Congressional Committees to Congress

Summary

The Attorney General must, twice a year, fully tell four congressional committees (the House and Senate Intelligence Committees and the House and Senate Judiciary Committees) about all electronic surveillance done under this law. Each report must give counts and details: how many applications and extensions were made when the target place was unknown; every criminal case that used information from this law at trial during the reporting period; how many emergency uses occurred under section 1805(e) and how many later orders approved or denied them; and how many authorizations under section 1805(f) and any later emergency uses or emergency physical searches under section 301(e). This does not limit the committees’ power to get other information they need. Within one year after October 25, 1978, and on that same date each year for the next four years, the House and Senate Intelligence Committees must each report to their chamber on how the law is working and must include analysis and recommendations on whether the law should be amended, repealed, or left as is.