Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on June 11, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2014 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI); (2) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (3) Department of Defense (DOD); (4) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (5) National Security Agency (NSA); (6) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (7) Coast Guard; (8) Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy (DOE), and Justice (DOJ); (9) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (10) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (11) National Reconnaissance Office (NRO); (12) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA); and (13) Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

(Sec. 102) Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2014, for such activities are those in the classified Schedule of Authorizations for FY2014, which shall be made available to the congressional appropriations committees and the President.

(Sec. 103) Allows the DNI to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY2014 when necessary for the performance of important intelligence functions. Requires notification to the intelligence committees on the use of such authority.

Requires the DNI to establish guidelines to govern the treatment under such authorized personnel levels of employment or assignment in: (1) a student or trainee program; (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annuitant; or (3) details, joint duty, or long term, full-time training.

(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account for FY2014, as well as for personnel positions for elements within such Account.

Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY2014 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund.

(Sec. 202) Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act to expand the definition of "qualifying service" for purposes of designating CIA employees to participate in a retirement system based on a period of service abroad that is hazardous to life or health, or that is determined to be specialized because of security requirements, to include the service of CIA employees on detail to another agency. (Currently, such qualifying service must be performed within the CIA.)

Makes such qualifying detail service applicable to retired or deceased CIA officers designated to participate in such system prior to the enactment of this Act.

Title III: General Provisions - Subtitle A: General Matters - (Sec. 301) Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for federal employees to be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law.

(Sec. 302) Prohibits the authorization of appropriations by this Act from being deemed to constitute authority to conduct any intelligence activity not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States.

(Sec. 303) Requires funds appropriated for the construction of the High Performance Computing Center 2 (as described in the table entitled Consolidated Cryptologic Program in the classified annex to accompany the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013) that exceed the amount specified in the classified annex accompanying the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 to be specifically authorized by Congress for purposes of complying with restrictions on the use of appropriated funds under the National Security Act of 1947.

(Sec. 304) Exempts from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act the identities of employees of the intelligence community who submit complaints or information to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.

(Sec. 305) Authorizes the DNI to establish functional managers of appropriate intelligence functions to act as the principal advisors to the DNI on their respective functions.

(Sec. 306) Directs the DNI to report annually to Congress regarding each intelligence function for which such a functional manager has been established. Requires such reports to identify or describe: (1) the capabilities, programs, and activities of such function; (2) the investment and allocation of resources for such function; (3) the function's performance; (4) technical interoperability standards and operational overlap; (5) any efforts to integrate such function with other intelligence disciplines or to establish consistency in tradecraft and training; and (6) technology developments.

(Sec. 307) Directs the chief information officer of each element of the intelligence community to conduct, and the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community to compile and report to Congress every two years with respect to, inventories of all existing software licenses of each element. Requires such reports to assess the actions that could be carried out to achieve economies of scale and cost savings in software procurement and usage.

(Sec. 308) Requires the President to establish a written plan to respond to the unauthorized public disclosure of each type of activity undertaken as part of a covert action.

(Sec. 309) Directs the heads of the DNI, CIA, DIA, NSA, NRO, and NGA to ensure that there is a full financial audit of their respective entities each year and that each audit contains an unqualified opinion of the entity's financial statements. Requires the chief financial officer of each entity to provide an annual audit report to Congress.

(Sec. 310) Permits an employee, detailee, or contractor of an element of the intelligence community who intends to report to Congress with respect to an urgent concern to report such complaint or information to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.

Expands authority under which employees or contractors of certain executive agencies (agencies determined by the President to have as their principal function the conduct of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities) make complaints to an appropriate Inspector General to include reports to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. (Sec. 311) Amends the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 to extend through December 31, 2018, the authority of the Public Interest Declassification Board (advises the President, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Office of Management and Budget [OMB], and other executive branch officials on the identification, collection, review for declassification, and release to Congress, interested agencies, and the public of declassified records and materials that are of archival value).

(Sec. 312) Authorizes DHS to use specified National Intelligence Program funds (that are made available for necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and operations coordination activities) for official representation items in support of the Coast Guard Attache Program.

(Sec. 313) Requires the DNI, within 120 days after the enactment of this Act, to: (1) complete a declassification review of documents collected in Abbattabad, Pakistan, during the mission that killed Osama bin Laden on May 1, 2011, (2) make publicly available any information that is declassified as a result of such review, and (3) report to Congress with a justification as to why any such information must remain classified.

(Sec. 314) Directs the DNI to carry out the merger of the Foreign Counterintelligence Program into the General Defense Intelligence Program.

Subtitle B: Reporting - (Sec. 321) Directs the DNI to report annually to Congress regarding violations of law or executive order by personnel of an element of the intelligence community. Requires such report to include any actions taken in response to such violations. Requires the General Counsel of each element of the intelligence community to provide written notification to Congress of any significant legal interpretation of the Constitution or federal law affecting intelligence activities conducted by such element within 30 days after the commencement of any activity pursuant to such interpretation.

Provides exceptions to such notification requirements for the protection from unauthorized disclosure of classified information relating to sensitive intelligence sources and methods or other exceptionally sensitive matters.

Authorizes the President to limit access to information concerning a covert finding to Members of Congress who have been granted access.

(Sec. 322) Requires the Attorney General to establish a regular review process for the official publication of significant opinions of DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel that have been provided to an element of the intelligence community. Prohibits such process from requiring publication that: (1) reveals classified or other sensitive information relating to national security, (2) interferes with federal law enforcement efforts or is prohibited by law, or (3) conflicts with preserving internal executive branch deliberative processes or protecting other information properly subject to privilege. Requires opinions that are not published for classified or sensitive information purposes to be made available to Congress, subject to limited access procedures for covert actions.

Declares that the determination of whether an opinion is appropriate for official publication is not subject to judicial review.

(Sec. 323) Directs the DNI, CIA, and each element of the DOD intelligence community to provide to Congress copies of plans submitted to OMB pertaining to agency operations and orderly shutdown procedures in the absence of appropriations.

(Sec. 324) Requires the DNI to report to Congress on the Syrian chemical weapons program and provide updates regarding: (1) chemical weapon stockpiles, quantities, locations, forms of storage and production, and research and development facilities in Syria; (2) a listing of key personnel associated with the program; (3) undeclared chemical weapons stockpiles, munitions, and facilities, as well as an assessment of how stockpiles, precursors, and delivery systems were obtained; (4) intelligence gaps; and (5) any denial and deception efforts on the part of Syria.

(Sec. 325) Directs the DNI to establish procedures requiring cleared intelligence contractors to report to a designated element of the intelligence community when there is a successful penetration of a network or information system that contains or processes information created by or for an element of the intelligence community with respect to which such contractor is required to apply enhanced protection. Requires such procedures to provide for: (1) intelligence community personnel to, upon request, obtain access to equipment or information of the contractor as necessary for a forensic analysis; (2) the contractor to provide only such access as required to determine whether information created by or for an element of the intelligence community in connection with any intelligence community program was successfully exfiltrated from the network or information system; and (3) protection of trade secrets, commercial or financial information, and information that can be used to identify a specific person other than the suspected perpetrator.

Defines "cleared intelligence contractor" as a private entity granted clearance by the DNI or the head of an element of the intelligence community to access, receive, or store classified information for the purpose of bidding for a contract or conducting activities in support of any program of an element of the intelligence community.

Prohibits dissemination outside the intelligence community of information obtained or derived through such procedures that is not created by or for the intelligence community, except: (1) with approval of the contractor providing such information, (2) to Congress, or (3) to law enforcement agencies to investigate a reported penetration.

(Sec. 326) Directs the DNI to report to Congress on the extent to which the intelligence community has implemented recommendations of the Inspector General on electronic waste disposal. Requires such report to assess the applicability of the intelligence community's electronic waste policies to commercial entities that contract with an element of the intelligence community.

(Sec. 327) Requires the DNI to submit to the Secretary of Education and Congress a report describing anticipated hiring needs of the intelligence community in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including cybersecurity and computer literacy.

(Sec. 328) Amends the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 to eliminate the termination date of requirements for the notification of Congress when a government official authorizes disclosure of national intelligence or security information to the media or to other persons or entities with the intent that it will be made publicly available.

(Sec. 329) Repeals specified reporting requirements concerning: (1) the threat of attack on the United States using weapons of mass destruction, and (2) the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.

Modifies reporting requirements to: (1) direct the DNI and the CIA to notify Congress each time they create an advisory committee (currently, such notice is provided in an annual report), (2) terminate in 2014 (currently, 2015) a report on intelligence community business system transformation, and (3) require privacy and civil liberties officers of specified agencies to submit reports at least semiannually (currently, quarterly).

Title IV: Matters Relating to Elements of the Intelligence Community - Subtitle A: National Security Agency - (Sec. 401) Amends the National Security Agency Act of 1959 to require the President to appoint the NSA Director with the advice and consent of the Senate. (Currently, the President's appointment of the NSA Director is not subject to Senate confirmation.)

(Sec. 402) Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require the President to appoint the NSA Inspector General with the advice and consent of the Senate. (Currently, the NSA Inspector General is appointed by the NSA Director.)

Subtitle B: National Reconnaissance Office - (Sec. 411) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the President to appoint the NRO Director with the advice and consent of the Senate. (Currently, the NRO Director is appointed by the DOD Secretary with the concurrence of the DNI.)

(Sec. 412) Requires the President to appoint the NRO Inspector General with the advice and consent of the Senate. (Currently, the NRO Inspector General is appointed by the NRO Director.)

Subtitle C: Central Intelligence Agency - (Sec. 421) Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to authorize the CIA Director to engage in fund raising for the benefit of nonprofit organizations that provide support to surviving family members of deceased CIA employees or for the welfare, education, or recreation of current CIA employees, former employees, or their family members.

Title V: Security Clearance Reform - (Sec. 501) Requires the DNI, subject to the direction of the President, to: (1) ensure that the background of each employee or officer and contractor of the intelligence community is monitored continuously to determine their eligibility for access to classified information; and (2) develop procedures to require sharing of potentially derogatory security information concerning an employee officer, contractor, or employee of a contractor of the intelligence community that may impact the eligibility of such individuals for a security clearance.

(Sec. 502) Requires the DNI to: (1) ensure that any contractor to an element of the intelligence community with access to classified information develops and operates a security plan that is consistent with DNI standards for intelligence community networks, (2) conduct periodic assessments of each such security plan, and (3) ensure that the insider threat detection capabilities and policies of the intelligence community apply to facilities of contractors with access to a classified network.

(Sec. 503) Requires the DNI to submit to Congress an analysis of the relative costs and benefits of improving the process for: (1) investigating persons who are proposed for access to classified information, and (2) adjudicating whether such persons satisfy the criteria for obtaining and retaining access to such information.

(Sec. 504) Requires the DNI to report to Congress each year, through 2017, on the reciprocal treatment of security clearances, including: (1) the periods of time required by authorized adjudicative agencies for accepting background investigations and determinations completed by an authorized investigative entity or adjudicative agency; and (2) the total number of cases in which a background investigation or determination completed by an authorized investigative entity or adjudicative agency is, or is not, accepted by another agency.

(Sec. 505) Directs the DNI to submit to Congress each year, through December 31, 2017, a strategic plan for updating the process for periodic reinvestigations consistent with a continuous evaluation program.

Title VI: Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protections - (Sec. 601) Extends whistleblower protections to employees of the CIA, DIA, NGA, NSA, DNI, NRO, and any executive agency that is determined to have as its principal function the conduct of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities. Prohibits certain personnel practices against such employees as reprisal for a lawful disclosure to the DNI, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, the head or appropriate inspector general of the employing agency, or Congress. Prohibits whistleblower protections under this Act from: (1) applying to the FBI, or (2) preempting or precluding existing FBI whistleblower protections.

(Sec. 602) Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to: (1) require development of policies that permit individuals to appeal a determination to suspend or revoke a security clearance or access to classified information; (2) allow individuals to remain employed while such an appeal is pending; (3) require implementation of uniform and consistent procedures to ensure proper protections during the process for denying, suspending, or revoking a security clearance or access to classified information; and (4) prohibit revocation of a security clearance or access determination in retaliation for a protected whistleblower disclosure.

Allows employees and former employees to: (1) appeal security clearance or access determinations within their agency, and (2) appeal their agency's final determination in accordance with adjudication procedures established by the DNI.

Requires the DNI to notify Congress regarding such appeals from an agency's final determination.

Requires agencies determined to have committed retaliatory violations to take corrective action to return employees to the position they would have held had the violation not occurred. Permits such corrective action to include back pay, related benefits, and compensatory damages up to $300,000.

(Sec. 603) Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 and the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to establish a conflict of interest procedure for transmitting an Inspector General's determination as to whether an intelligence employee's complaint or information with respect to an urgent concern appears credible.

Allows individuals who have submitted certain urgent complaints or information to an Inspector General under the Inspector General Act of 1978, the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, or the National Security Act of 1947 to notify any member of the House or Senate intelligence committees, or a staff member of either such committee, of the fact that such individual has made a submission to a particular Inspector General.

(Sec. 604) Requires the DNI to develop procedures to ensure that personnel action is not taken against employees in specified intelligence agencies as a reprisal for a protected whistleblower disclosure. Prohibits whistleblower protections under this Act from applying to certain terminations by the DOD Secretary, the DNI, the CIA Director, and the heads of other federal agencies in the interests of the United States or national security. Requires notification to Congress of such a termination within 30 days after the termination.

Title VII: Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments to the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, the National Security Act of 1947, and the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013.

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Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to authorize an owner of a trade secret who is aggrieved by an act of economic espionage, theft of a trade secret, or misappropriation of a trade secret that is related to a product or service used in, or intended for use in, interstate or foreign commerce to bring a civil action under this Act (current law authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action to obtain injunctive relief against any violation of provisions regarding the protection of trade secrets).

Authorizes the court, based on an affidavit or verified complaint satisfying the requirements of this Act, upon ex parte application and if the court finds that issuing the order is necessary to prevent irreparable harm, to issue appropriate orders: (1) providing for the preservation of evidence in the civil action, including by making a copy of an electronic storage medium that contains the trade secret; (2) granting an injunction to prevent any actual or threatened violation, (3) requiring affirmative actions to be taken to protect a trade secret; or (4) providing for the seizure of any property used to commit or facilitate the commission of an alleged violation, except that such an order may not provide for the seizure of any property that is merely incidental to the alleged violation unless necessary to preserve evidence or shall provide for the seizure of any property in a manner that does not interrupt normal and legitimate business operations unrelated to the trade secret.

Makes applicable to such ex parte applications and seizure orders specified requirements of the Trademark Act of 1946 regarding ex parte applications and seizure orders in civil actions arising out of the use of counterfeit marks in connection with the sale, offering for sale, or distribution of goods or services.

Authorizes a court in a civil action brought under this Act to: (1) grant an injunction to prevent any violation, to require affirmative actions to be taken to protect a trade secret, and to condition future use upon payment of a reasonable royalty for no longer than the period use could have been prohibited; (2) award damages for actual loss, damages for unjust enrichment, and (in lieu of damages measured by any other methods) damages caused by misappropriation measured by imposition of liability for a reasonable royalty for the unauthorized disclosure or use of a trade secret; (3) award exemplary treble damages if the trade secret is willfully or maliciously misappropriated; and (4) award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party if a claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith, a motion to terminate an injunction is made or opposed in bad faith, or a trade secret is willfully and maliciously misappropriated.

Establishes a five-year limitations period, beginning when the misappropriation is discovered or should have been discovered.

amends federal criminal code authorize owner trade secret aggrieved act economic espionage theft trade secret misappropriation trade secret related product service intended use interstate foreign commerce bring civil action act current law authorizes attorney general bring civil action obtain injunctive relief violation provisions protection trade secrets authorizes court based affidavit verified complaint satisfying requirements act parte application court finds issuing order necessary prevent irreparable harm issue appropriate orders providing preservation evidence civil action including making copy electronic storage medium contains trade secret granting injunction prevent actual threatened violation requiring affirmative actions taken protect trade secret providing seizure property commit facilitate commission alleged violation order provide seizure property merely incidental alleged violation necessary preserve evidence shall provide seizure property manner normal legitimate business operations unrelated trade secret makes applicable parte applications seizure orders specified requirements trademark act parte applications seizure orders civil actions arising use counterfeit marks connection sale offering sale distribution goods services authorizes court civil action brought act grant injunction prevent violation require affirmative actions taken protect trade secret condition future use payment reasonable royalty longer period use prohibited award damages actual loss damages unjust enrichment lieu damages measured methods damages caused misappropriation measured imposition liability reasonable royalty unauthorized disclosure use trade secret award exemplary treble damages trade secret willfully misappropriated award reasonable attorney fees prevailing party claim misappropriation bad faith motion terminate injunction opposed bad faith trade secret willfully misappropriated establishes year limitations period beginning misappropriation discovered discovered


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Deter Cyber Theft Act of 2014 - Requires the President to report annually to Congress on foreign countries that engage in economic and industrial espionage in cyberspace with respect to U.S. trade secrets or proprietary information. Requires each report to: (1) identify countries that engage in such espionage, including countries that facilitate, support, fail to prosecute, or otherwise permit such espionage; (2) specify the countries that engage in the most egregious forms of such espionage; and (3) describe actions taken and progress made by the President to decrease the prevalence of such espionage.

Authorizes the President to block and prohibit transactions in property, and interests in property, of a foreign person the President determines knowingly requests, engages in, supports, facilitates, or benefits from the significant appropriation, through economic or industrial espionage in cyberspace, of technologies or proprietary information developed by U.S. persons if such property and interests in property: (1) are in the United States; (2) come within the United States; or (3) are, or come within, the possession or control of a U.S. person. Prohibits the President from imposing sanctions on the importation of goods under such authority.

requires president report annually congress foreign countries engage economic industrial espionage cyberspace respect trade secrets proprietary information requires report identify countries engage espionage including countries facilitate support fail prosecute permit espionage specify countries engage egregious forms espionage describe actions taken progress president decrease prevalence espionage authorizes president block prohibit transactions property interests property foreign person president determines knowingly requests engages supports facilitates benefits significant appropriation economic industrial espionage cyberspace technologies proprietary information developed persons property interests property united_states come united_states come possession control person prohibits president imposing sanctions importation goods authority


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Clearance and Over-Classification Reform and Reduction Act or the CORRECT Act - Amends the Reducing Over-Classification Act (ROCA) to require each agency inspector general, by September 30, 2019, to carry out not fewer than three evaluations to assess whether applicable classification policies, rules, and procedures have been followed, the last two of which shall assess: (1) the degree to which the incentives for accurate classification decisions have improved the accuracy of such decisions and achieved a reduction in classified information, (2) progress made and the adequacy of the records to support each self-inspection program determination, and (3) each agency's procedures and activities regarding classification challenges. Directs the President to: (1) issue a standardized sampling technique for agency self-inspection programs to address any vulnerabilities in such programs, and (2) establish goals for reducing classified information by 10% by five years after this Act's enactment through declassification and improved classification decisionmaking.

Amends the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to publish, annually, information on the status of agency efforts at reducing the holding of classified information. Requires the Public Interest Declassification Board to review classification guidance on an ongoing basis, including assessing its clarity to ensure that only the minimum necessary information is classified, and to submit recommendations for improving such guidance and for harmonizing and reducing such guidance across the federal government.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and disseminate to components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and make available to other agencies guidance on best practices and strategies to implement ROCA.

 Directs the head of each agency with the authority to designate a national security position to submit a report that provides information regarding any national security position for which access to classified materials is not required and the position is not determined to be a public trust position.

Requires the Directors of National Intelligence and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish requirements for, and requires investigation service providers to use, a uniform markings process to identify the investigation service provider that originated each piece of information in a current investigation file.

Requires: (1) the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to publish standards for the protection of national security and promotion of fairness, transparency, and employee protections, including safeguards to preserve the rights and confidentiality of whistleblowers with respect to the operation of a continuous evaluation program (continually reviewing the background of an individual eligible for access to classified information) or an insider threat program (monitoring the activity of such an individual) by a federal agency; (2) each agency that is operating such a program to certify that such program is in compliance with such standards or suspend it until it is compliant; and (3) any agency that establishes such a program after enactment of this Act to conduct a pilot program for at least 120 days that uses a representative sample of individuals eligible for access to classified information.

Requires the President: (1) for each adjudicative guideline for individuals with access to classified information, to update and tailor the conditions that mitigate security concerns to address continuous evaluation of such individuals; and (2) to establish adjudicative guidelines for an individual who is subject to an adverse decision based on an insider threat program.

Entitles an employee for whom a final determination of ineligibility for a national security position has been made to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Allows an agency adjudication that an individual may not have access to classified information to be made only by a federal employee and not by an automated system.

Requires the head of each element of the intelligence community to report on its implementation of policy directives regarding contacts with news media by intelligence community personnel.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to:

 require DHS to designate the sensitivity level of national security positions within DHS in an accurate and consistent manner; biennially review all such designations and adjust access to classified information as warranted; annually survey the head of each DHS component with the authority to adjudicate a current investigation file for a national security position to help determine whether investigation service providers are adhering to federal requirements; utilize metrics to assess the timeliness, completeness, and overall quality of the provision of services by such providers; issue uniform standards to be utilized by DHS for adjudicating the eligibility of an individual for access to classified information; issue a DHS-wide directive that sets forth uniform criteria and procedures for the suspension, denial, and revocation of such eligibility; report on the denials, suspensions, revocations, and appeals of such eligibility of individuals throughout DHS; and establish an internal appeals panel for final national security clearance denial and revocation determinations. Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to report on the impact of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 on security clearance processes and reciprocity.

Amends the federal criminal code to authorize increasing by one year the maximum term of imprisonment for making fraudulent or false statements in any matter within the jurisdiction of the federal government if the offense involves an investigation file for a national security position.

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Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2014 or the USA FREEDOM Act of 2014 - Title I: FISA Business Records Reforms - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to establish a new process to be followed when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) submits an application to a FISA court for an order requiring the production of tangible things (commonly referred to as business records) for an investigation to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a U.S. person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities.

Requires the FBI to include in such tangible thing applications a specific selection term to be used as the basis for production.

Provides for applications seeking the production of call detail records to be considered under such revised tangible thing production requirements.

Defines "call detail record" as session identifying information (including an originating or terminating telephone number, an International Mobile Subscriber Identity number, or an International Mobile Station Equipment Identity number), a telephone calling card number, or the time or duration of a call. Excludes from such definition: (1) the contents of any communication; (2) the name, address, or financial information of a subscriber or customer; or (3) cell site location information.

Establishes two separate frameworks for the production of such call detail records with different standards that apply based on whether the application seeks:

 production on a daily basis of call detail records created before, on, or after the date of the application relating to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism, in which case the specific selection term is only required to specifically identify an individual, account, or personal device; or production of call detail records in any other manner under revised FISA requirements for the production of all other tangible things, in which case a narrowly limited specific selection term is required to specifically identify a person, account, physical or electronic address, personal device, or another specific identifier to narrowly limit the scope of tangible things sought to the greatest extent reasonably practicable and is prohibited from including a term: (1) based on a broad geographic region, including a city, state, zip code, or area code, when not used as part of a specific identifier; or (2) identifying an electronic communication service provider or a provider of remote computing service when not used as part of a specific identifier, unless the provider is itself a subject of an authorized investigation for which the specific selection term is used as the basis of production. Requires the FBI, in applications seeking the production on a daily basis of call detail records created before, on, or after the date of an application relating to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism, to include a statement of facts showing: (1) reasonable grounds to believe that the call detail records sought to be produced based on the specific selection term are relevant to such investigation; and (2) a reasonable, articulable suspicion that such specific selection term is associated with a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power engaged in international terrorism or activities in preparation for such terrorism.

Requires a judge approving the release, on a daily basis, of call detail records created before, on, or after the date of application relating to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism to:

 limit such production to a period not to exceed 180 days, but allow such orders to be extended upon application with judicial approval; permit the government to require the prompt production of such records using: (1) a specific selection term that satisfies the reasonable, articulable suspicion standard that the term is associated with a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power; and (2) call detail records with a direct connection to such specific selection term as the basis for production of a second set of call detail records (thus limiting the government to what is commonly referred to as two "hops" of call records when the order concerns production on a daily basis of call detail records created before, on, or after the date of the application relating to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism); and direct the government to: (1) adopt minimization procedures requiring prompt destruction of such call records that the government determines are not foreign intelligence information, and (2) destroy all call detail records produced under the order as prescribed by such procedures. Requires applications and orders under FISA for production of call detail records in any other manner (other than in the manner required for a daily production of such records created before, on, or after the date of an application relating to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism) to be considered under the standards applicable to all other applications and orders for the production of tangible things. (Thus, requires a specific selection term but does not subject the production to the additional requirements--including the reasonable, articulable suspicion standard regarding an association with a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power, the 180-day period limitation, the two-hop limitation, and the prompt destruction requirements for records that are not foreign intelligence information--that are applicable only to the daily production of call detail records created before, on, or after the date of the application relating to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism.)

Authorizes the Attorney General to require the emergency production of tangible things, without first obtaining a court order, if the Attorney General: (1) reasonably determines that an emergency situation requires the production of tangible things before an order authorizing production can be obtained with due diligence, (2) reasonably determines that a factual basis exists for the issuance of such a production order, (3) informs a FISA judge of the decision to require such production at the time the emergency decision is made, and (4) makes an application to a FISA judge within seven days after the Attorney General requires such emergency production.

Terminates the authority for such emergency production of tangible things when the information sought is obtained, when the application for the order is denied, or after the expiration of seven days from the time the Attorney General begins requiring such emergency production, whichever is earliest.

Prohibits information obtained or evidence derived from such an emergency production from being received in evidence or disclosed in any proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, office, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority of the United States, a state, or a political subdivision if: (1) the subsequent application for court approval is denied, or (2) the production is terminated and no order is issued approving the production. Bars information concerning any U.S. person acquired from such production from being used or disclosed in any other manner by federal officers or employees without the consent of such person, except with approval of the Attorney General if the information indicates a threat of death or serious bodily harm.

Requires FISA court orders approving the production of tangible things to include each specific selection term used as the basis for such production.

Prohibits FISA courts from authorizing the collection of tangible things without the use of a specific selection term.

Requires minimization procedures for orders in which the specific selection term does not specifically identify an individual, account, or personal device to prohibit the dissemination, and require the destruction within a reasonable time period specified in the order, of any information that has not been determined to relate to a person: (1) who is a subject of an authorized investigation, a foreign power, or a suspected agent of a foreign power; or (2) who is reasonably likely to have information about the activities of, or who is in contact with or known to, a subject of an authorized investigation or a suspected agent of a foreign power associated with a subject of an authorized investigation. Exempts from such minimization procedures tangible things or information that indicates a threat of death or serious bodily harm or that is disseminated to another element of the intelligence community for the sole purpose of determining whether it relates to such a person.

Requires a FISA court, as a condition to approving an application for a tangible thing production order, to find that the minimization procedures submitted with the application meet applicable FISA standards.

Removes a requirement that a judge considering a petition to modify or set aside a nondisclosure order treat as conclusive a certification by the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, an Assistant Attorney General, or the FBI Director that disclosure may endanger national security or interfere with diplomatic relations.

Extends liability protections to: (1) persons required to provide information, facilities, or technical assistance for the production of tangible things; and (2) persons who provide technical assistance to the government for such production or to implement amendments made by this Act to FISA's requirements for such production. (Currently, liability protections are limited to persons who produce such tangible things.)

Requires the government to compensate a person for reasonable expenses incurred for: (1) producing tangible things or providing information, facilities, or assistance in accordance with an order issued for the production of daily-basis call detail records created before, on, or after the date of the application or an emergency production that requires an application for such daily-basis call records; or (2) providing such technical assistance to the government or to implement the tangible thing production amendments of this Act.

Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to require the Inspector General of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to audit the effectiveness and use of FISA authority to obtain production of tangible things from 2012 to 2014, including an examination of whether minimization procedures adopted by the Attorney General adequately protect the constitutional rights of U.S. persons. Directs the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, for the same 2012-2014 period, to assess: (1) the importance of such information to the intelligence community; (2) the manner in which such information was collected, retained, analyzed, and disseminated; and (3) the adequacy of minimization procedures, including an assessment of any minimization procedures proposed by an element of the intelligence community that were modified or denied by the court.

Prohibits this Act from being construed to authorize the production of the contents of any electronic communication from an electronic communication service provider under such tangible thing requirements.

Title II: FISA Pen Register and Trap and Trace Device Reform - Requires the government's FISA applications for orders approving pen registers or trap and trace devices to include a narrowly limited specific selection term as the basis for the installation or use of the register or device.

Directs the Attorney General to ensure that appropriate procedures are in place to safeguard nonpublicly available information concerning U.S. persons that is collected through the use of a pen register or trap and trace device installed with FISA court approval. Requires such procedures to include privacy protections for the collection, retention, and use of information concerning U.S. persons.

Title III: FISA Acquisitions Targeting Persons Outside the United States Reforms - Sets forth limitations on the use of information obtained through an authorization by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to target persons outside the United States other than U.S. persons. Requires, if the FISA court orders a correction of a certification or minimization procedures for such targeting, that no information obtained or evidence derived from an acquisition pursuant to the deficient part of the certification or procedures concerning a U.S. person be received in evidence or otherwise disclosed in any proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, office, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority of the United States, a state, or a political subdivision. Prohibits information concerning any U.S. person acquired pursuant to such part of such certification from being used or disclosed subsequently in any other manner by federal officers or employees without the consent of the U.S. person, except with approval of the Attorney General if the information indicates a threat of death or serious bodily harm.

Title IV: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Reforms - Directs the presiding judges of the FISA court and the FISA court of review to jointly appoint at least five attorneys to serve as special advocates. Requires such courts to designate such a special advocate attorney to serve as amicus curiae to assist in the consideration of questions of law that the FISA court certifies for review to the FISA court of review, as well as any application for an order or a review that presents a novel or significant interpretation of the law, unless the court issues a finding that such appointment is not appropriate.

Requires such a special advocate to advocate in support of legal interpretations that advance individual privacy and civil liberties.

Permits such courts to allow an individual or organization to serve as amicus curiae or provide technical expertise in any other instance as such courts deem appropriate.

Allows the FISA court of review to: (1) certify a question of law to be reviewed by the Supreme Court, and (2) designate special advocates to provide briefings as prescribed by the Supreme Court.

Requires the DNI to: (1) conduct a declassification review of each decision, order, or opinion issued by the FISA court or the FISA court of review that includes a significant construction or interpretation of law, including any novel or significant construction or interpretation of "specific selection term" as defined in this Act; and (2) make such decisions, orders, or opinions publicly available to the greatest extent practicable, subject to permissible redactions.

Authorizes the DNI to waive such review and public availability requirements if: (1) a waiver is necessary to protect the national security of the United States or properly classified intelligence sources or methods, and (2) an unclassified statement prepared by the Attorney General is made publicly available to summarize the significant construction or interpretation of law.

Title V: National Security Letter Reform - Amends the federal criminal code, the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require: (1) the FBI to use a term that specifically identifies a person, entity, telephone number, or account as the basis for requests (commonly referred to as "national security letters") to wire or electronic communication service providers for telephone toll and transactional records; (2) government authorities to use a term that specifically identifies a customer, entity, or account when requesting financial records for certain intelligence or protective functions; and (3) the FBI and government agencies to use a term that specifically identifies a consumer or account when requesting consumer reports from consumer reporting agencies for counterintelligence or counterterrorism purposes.

Revises nondisclosure procedures relating to such requests, as well as requests under the National Security Act of 1947, to require the FBI or the appropriate agency official to determine annually, and upon closure of an investigation, whether facts no longer support a nondisclosure requirement that prohibits the recipient of a production request from disclosing publicly that it has received such a request. Requires notification to the relevant wire or electronic service provider, financial institution, or consumer reporting agency if a nondisclosure requirement is no longer in effect.

Modifies procedures under which a recipient of a request may petition for judicial review of nondisclosure requirements. Removes a requirement that the court treat as conclusive a certification by the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, an Assistant Attorney General, or FBI Director that disclosure may endanger U.S. national security or interfere with diplomatic relations.

Title VI: FISA Transparency and Reporting Requirements - Requires the Attorney General to expand an annual report to Congress regarding tangible thing applications to include a summary of compliance reviews and the total number of: (1) applications made for the daily production of call detail records created before, on, or after the date of an application relating to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism; and (2) orders approving such requests.

Directs the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to submit annually to Congress, and make available publicly on an Internet website, the number of: (1) FISA applications submitted and orders entered, modified, or denied under specified FISA authorities; and (2) appointments of an individual to serve as amicus curiae for FISA courts, including the name of each appointed individual, as well as any written findings that such an appointment is not appropriate. Makes the Internet availability of such information subject to a declassification review by the Attorney General and DNI.

Directs the DNI to make available publicly a report that identifies, for the preceding 12-month period, the total number of: (1) FISA court orders issued for electronic surveillance, physical searches, the targeting of persons outside the United States, pen registers and trap and trace devices, call detail records, and other tangible things; and (2) national security letters issued.

Requires specified reports to include the estimated number of: (1) targets affected; (2) individuals whose communications were collected, as well as individuals reasonably believed to have been in the United States at the time of collection; (3) search terms that included information concerning a U.S. person that were used to query a database of the contents of certain communications; and (4) search queries initiated by a U.S. officer, employee, or agent whose search terms included information concerning a U.S. person in any database of noncontents information relating to such communications.

Allows a phone number registered in the United States to provide the basis for a reasonable belief that the individual using the number is located in the United States at the time of collection.

Permits a person who is subject to a nondisclosure requirement accompanying a FISA order, directive, or national security letter to choose one of three methods to report publicly, on a semiannual or annual basis, the aggregate number of orders, directives, or letters with which the person was required to comply. Specifies the categories of orders, directives, and letters to be itemized, the details authorized to be included with respect to contents or noncontents orders and the number of customer accounts affected, and the ranges within which the number of orders, directives, or letters received may be reported aggregately in bands under each permitted method (i.e., reported in bands of 1000, 500, 250, or 100 depending on the chosen method).

Delays the time periods within which persons may make certain FISA-related disclosures by: (1) requiring reports to include information for the period ending not less than 180 days before the information is publicly reported in the case of a semiannual report (or the period ending not less than one year before the information is publicly reported in the case of an annual report); and (2) prohibiting disclosure until 540 days after a new order or directive is received with respect to a platform, product, or service for which a person did not previously receive such an order or directive.

Expands the categories of FISA court decisions, orders, or opinions that the Attorney General is required to submit to Congress within 45 days after issuance of the decision to include: (1) a denial or modification of an application under FISA; and (2) a change of the application, or a novel application, of any FISA provision. (Currently, the Attorney General is only required to submit decisions regarding a significant construction or interpretation of any FISA provision.)

Revises reporting requirements regarding electronic surveillance, physical searches, and tangible things to include the House Judiciary Committee as a recipient of such reports.

Requires the Attorney General to identify in an existing semiannual report each agency on behalf of which the government has applied for orders authorizing or approving the installation and use of pen registers or trap and trace devices under FISA.

 Title VII: Sunsets - Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend until December 31, 2017 (thereby aligning the expiration date of the following provisions with the expiration date of provisions under the FISA Amendments Act of 2008), specified authority concerning: (1) the production of business records and other tangible things, (2) roving electronic surveillance orders, and (3) a revised definition of "agent of a foreign power" to include any non-U.S. person who engages in international terrorism or preparatory activities (commonly referred to as the "lone wolf" provision). (Currently, such provisions are scheduled to expire on June 1, 2015.)

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information establishes separate frameworks production detail records different standards apply based application seeks production daily basis detail records created date application relating authorized investigation protect international terrorism case specific selection term required specifically identify individual account personal device production detail records manner revised fisa requirements production tangible things case narrowly limited specific selection term required specifically identify person account physical electronic address personal device specific identifier narrowly limit scope tangible things sought greatest extent reasonably practicable prohibited including term based broad geographic region including city state zip code area code specific identifier identifying electronic communication service provider provider remote computing service specific identifier provider subject authorized investigation specific selection term basis production requires fbi applications seeking production daily basis detail records created date application relating authorized investigation protect international terrorism include statement facts showing reasonable grounds believe detail records sought produced based specific selection term relevant investigation reasonable articulable suspicion specific selection term associated foreign power agent foreign power engaged international terrorism activities preparation terrorism requires judge approving release daily basis detail records created date application relating authorized investigation protect international terrorism limit production period exceed days allow orders extended application judicial approval permit government require prompt production records specific selection term satisfies reasonable articulable suspicion standard term associated foreign power agent foreign power detail records direct connection specific selection term basis production second set detail records limiting government commonly referred hops records order concerns production daily basis detail records created date application relating authorized investigation protect international terrorism direct government adopt minimization procedures requiring prompt destruction records government determines foreign intelligence information destroy detail records produced order prescribed procedures requires applications orders fisa production detail records manner manner required daily production records created date application relating authorized investigation protect international terrorism considered standards applicable applications orders production tangible things requires specific selection term subject production additional requirements including reasonable articulable suspicion standard association foreign power agent foreign power day period limitation limitation prompt destruction requirements records foreign intelligence information applicable daily production detail records created date application relating authorized investigation protect international terrorism authorizes attorney general require emergency production tangible things obtaining court order attorney general reasonably determines emergency situation requires production tangible things order authorizing production obtained diligence reasonably determines factual basis exists issuance production order informs fisa judge decision require production time emergency decision makes application fisa judge seven days attorney general requires emergency production terminates authority emergency production tangible things information sought obtained application order denied expiration seven days time attorney general begins requiring emergency production whichever earliest prohibits information obtained evidence derived emergency production received evidence disclosed proceeding court grand jury department office agency regulatory body legislative committee authority united_states state political subdivision subsequent application court approval denied production terminated order issued approving production bars information concerning person acquired production disclosed manner federal officers employees consent person approval attorney general information indicates threat death bodily harm requires fisa court orders approving production tangible things include specific selection term basis production courts authorizing collection tangible things use specific selection term requires minimization procedures orders specific selection term specifically identify individual account personal device prohibit dissemination require destruction reasonable time period specified order information determined relate person subject authorized investigation foreign power suspected agent foreign power reasonably likely information activities contact known subject authorized investigation suspected agent foreign power associated subject authorized investigation exempts minimization procedures tangible things information indicates threat death bodily harm disseminated element intelligence community sole purpose determining relates person requires fisa court condition approving application tangible thing production order find minimization procedures submitted application meet applicable fisa standards removes requirement judge considering petition modify set aside nondisclosure order treat conclusive certification attorney general deputy attorney general assistant attorney general fbi director disclosure endanger national security interfere diplomatic relations extends liability protections persons required provide information facilities technical assistance production tangible things persons provide technical assistance government production implement amendments act fisa requirements production currently liability protections limited persons produce tangible things requires government compensate person reasonable expenses incurred producing tangible things providing information facilities assistance accordance order issued production daily basis detail records created date application emergency production requires application daily basis records providing technical assistance government implement tangible thing production amendments act amends usa_patriot_improvement reauthorization act require inspector general department justice doj audit effectiveness use fisa authority obtain production tangible things including examination minimization procedures adopted attorney general adequately protect constitutional rights persons directs inspector general intelligence_community period assess importance information intelligence community manner information collected retained analyzed disseminated adequacy minimization procedures including assessment minimization procedures proposed element intelligence community modified denied court prohibits act construed authorize production contents electronic communication electronic communication service provider tangible thing requirements title trap trace device reform requires government fisa applications orders approving pen registers trap trace devices include narrowly limited specific selection term basis installation use register device directs attorney general ensure appropriate procedures place safeguard nonpublicly available information concerning persons collected use pen register trap trace device installed fisa court approval requires procedures include privacy protections collection retention use information concerning persons title iii fisa acquisitions targeting persons outside united states reforms sets forth limitations use information obtained authorization attorney general director national_intelligence dni target persons outside united_states persons requires fisa court orders correction certification minimization procedures targeting information obtained evidence derived acquisition pursuant deficient certification procedures concerning person received evidence disclosed proceeding court grand jury department office agency regulatory body legislative committee authority united_states state political subdivision prohibits information concerning person acquired pursuant certification disclosed subsequently manner federal officers employees consent person approval attorney general information indicates threat death bodily harm title foreign intelligence surveillance court reforms directs presiding judges fisa court fisa court review jointly appoint attorneys serve special advocates requires courts designate special advocate attorney serve amicus curiae assist consideration questions law fisa court certifies review fisa court review application order review presents novel significant interpretation law court issues finding appointment appropriate requires special advocate advocate support legal interpretations advance individual privacy civil liberties permits courts allow individual organization serve amicus curiae provide technical expertise instance courts deem appropriate allows fisa court review certify question law reviewed supreme_court designate special advocates provide briefings prescribed supreme_court requires dni conduct declassification review decision order opinion issued fisa court fisa court review includes significant construction interpretation law including novel significant construction interpretation specific selection term defined act decisions orders opinions publicly available greatest extent practicable subject permissible redactions authorizes dni waive review public availability requirements waiver necessary protect national security united_states properly classified intelligence sources methods unclassified statement prepared attorney general publicly available summarize significant construction interpretation law title national security letter reform amends federal criminal code right_to_financial_privacy_act fair credit reporting act require fbi use term specifically identifies person entity telephone number account basis requests commonly referred national security letters wire electronic communication service providers telephone toll transactional records government authorities use term specifically identifies customer entity account requesting financial records certain intelligence protective functions fbi government agencies use term specifically identifies consumer account requesting consumer reports consumer reporting agencies counterintelligence counterterrorism purposes revises nondisclosure procedures relating requests requests national security act require fbi appropriate agency official determine annually closure investigation facts longer support nondisclosure requirement prohibits recipient production request disclosing publicly received request requires notification relevant wire electronic service provider financial institution consumer reporting agency nondisclosure requirement longer effect modifies procedures recipient request petition judicial review nondisclosure requirements removes requirement court treat conclusive certification attorney general deputy attorney general assistant attorney general fbi director disclosure endanger national security interfere diplomatic relations title fisa transparency reporting requirements requires attorney general expand annual report congress tangible thing applications include summary compliance reviews total number applications daily production detail records created date application relating authorized investigation protect international terrorism orders approving requests directs submit annually congress available publicly internet website number fisa applications submitted orders entered modified denied specified fisa authorities appointments individual serve amicus curiae fisa courts including appointed individual written findings appointment appropriate makes internet availability information subject declassification review attorney general dni directs dni available publicly report identifies preceding month period total number fisa court orders issued electronic surveillance physical searches targeting persons outside united_states pen registers trap trace devices detail records tangible things national security letters issued requires specified reports include estimated number targets affected individuals communications collected individuals reasonably believed united_states time collection search terms included information concerning person query database contents certain communications search queries initiated officer employee agent search terms included information concerning person database information relating communications allows phone number registered united_states provide basis reasonable belief individual number located united_states time collection permits person subject nondisclosure requirement accompanying fisa order directive national security letter choose methods report publicly semiannual annual basis aggregate number orders directives letters person required comply specifies categories orders directives letters itemized details authorized included respect contents orders number customer accounts affected ranges number orders directives letters received reported bands permitted method reported bands depending chosen method delays time periods persons certain fisa related disclosures requiring reports include information period ending days information publicly reported case semiannual report period ending year information publicly reported case annual report prohibiting disclosure days new order directive received respect platform product service person previously receive order directive expands categories fisa court decisions orders opinions attorney general required submit congress days issuance decision include denial modification application fisa change application novel application fisa provision currently attorney general required submit decisions significant construction interpretation fisa provision revises reporting requirements electronic surveillance physical searches tangible things include recipient reports requires attorney general identify existing semiannual report agency behalf government applied orders authorizing approving installation use pen registers trap trace devices fisa title vii sunsets amends usa_patriot_improvement reauthorization act intelligence_reform_and_terrorism_prevention_act extend december aligning expiration date following provisions expiration date provisions fisa amendments act specified authority concerning production business records tangible things roving electronic surveillance orders revised definition agent foreign power include non person engages international terrorism preparatory activities commonly referred lone wolf provision currently provisions scheduled expire june


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Rightsizing Activities of Intelligence Non-Governmental Contractors Act of 2015 or the RAINC Act

Requires the Director of National Intelligence: (1) to study the extent to which contractors are used in the conduct of intelligence activities and the type of information to which such contractors have access; (2) by December 31, 2015, to submit a report containing the results of the study and a plan for reducing the number of intelligence community contractors with top secret security clearances that are engaged in intelligence activities, including analysis, by 25%; and (3) by December 31, 2016, to make such reduction.

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Civilian Contractors Engaged in Intelligence Activities Reduction Act of 2015

Requires the Director of National Intelligence: (1) to study the extent to which contractors are used in the conduct of intelligence activities and the type of information to which such contractors have access; (2) by December 31, 2015, to submit a report containing the results of the study and a plan for reducing the number of intelligence community contractors with top secret security clearances that are engaged in intelligence activities, including analysis, by 25%; and (3) by December 31, 2016, to make such reduction.

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FISA Court in the Sunshine Act of 2015

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.

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