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SEC. 103. SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS OF CERTAIN COURT ORDERS UNDER THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE
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(a) Inclusion of Certain Orders in Semiannual Reports of Attorney General- Subsection (a)(5) of section 601 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1871) is amended by striking `(not including orders)' and inserting `, orders,'.

(b) Reports by Attorney General on Certain Other Orders- Such section 601 is further amended by adding at the end the following:

`(c) Submissions to Congress- The Attorney General shall submit to the committees of Congress referred to in subsection (a)--

`(1) a copy of any decision, order, or opinion issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review that includes significant construction or interpretation of any provision of this Act, and any pleadings, applications, or memoranda of law associated with such decision, order, or opinion, not later than 45 days after such decision, order, or opinion is issued; and

`(2) a copy of each such decision, order, or opinion, and any pleadings, applications, or memoranda of law associated with such decision, order, or opinion, that was issued during the 5-year period ending on the date of the enactment of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 and not previously submitted in a report under subsection (a).

`(d) Protection of National Security- The Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, may authorize redactions of materials described in subsection (c) that are provided to the committees of Congress referred to in subsection (a), if such redactions are necessary to protect the national security of the United States and are limited to sensitive sources and methods information or the identities of targets.'.

(c) Definitions- Such section 601, as amended by subsections (a) and (b), is further amended by adding at the end the following:

`(e) Definitions- In this section:

`(1) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT- The term `Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court' means the court established under section 103(a).

`(2) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT OF REVIEW- The term `Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review' means the court established under section 103(b).'.
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