Congress 108 - S 436 - Domestic Surveillance Oversight Act of 2003

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Armed Forces and National Security Arts, Culture, Religion Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Conduct of court proceedings Confidential communications Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Consumer credit Courts of special jurisdiction Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Education Electronic surveillance Elementary and secondary education Evidence (Law) Finance and Financial Sector Financial statements Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Higher education Law Libraries Right of privacy School libraries Searches and seizures Secondary education

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Domestic Surveillance Oversight Act of 2003 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to authorize courts established to hear applications, grant orders, and review denials regarding electronic surveillance to establish rules and procedures and take actions necessary to administer their responsibilities under FISA. Directs that such rules and procedures be transmitted to the judges on such courts, the Chief Justice of the United States, and specified congressional committees. Requires the Attorney General to issue a public report annually on the aggregate number of U.S. persons targeted for FISA orders and the number of times that the Attorney General has authorized that such information be used in a criminal proceeding.

Amends: (1) the Federal criminal code to require that the semiannual report of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to the intelligence and judiciary committees concerning requests for access to telephone and transactional records include a separate statement of requests made of institutions operating as public libraries or serving as libraries of secondary schools or institutions of higher education; (2) the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to require that the Attorney General's semiannual report regarding requests for financial records go to the judiciary committees; and (3) the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require that the Attorney General's semiannual report regarding disclosures by credit reporting agencies to the FBI be made to the judiciary committees.

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Feb 25, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2705-2706)
Feb 25, 2003

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2703-2705)
Feb 25, 2003

Introduced in Senate

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