Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60
§1863 Congressional Oversight
Title 50 › Chapter 36— FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE › Subchapter IV— ACCESS TO CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS FOR FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES › § 1863
Summary
Every six months the Attorney General must inform the House and Senate intelligence committees about all requests for records under this subchapter, and must give the House and Senate Judiciary Committees a 6‑month report with totals of applications and of orders granted, modified, or denied.
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Title 50, §1863
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(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of Revival Section, which had been repealed by Pub.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.
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Citation
50 U.S.C. § 1863
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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