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Ending Secret Law Act

Introduced: June 20, 2013 Introduced by: Schiff, Adam B. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Jul 15, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jun 20, 2013
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 20, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Ending Secret Law Act - 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.

What's happening now July 15, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 2440 Related bill FISA Court in the Sunshine Act of 2013
  • S 1130 Identical bill Ending Secret Law Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 11 Republican 2
D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Jan 29, 2014
 R
Schweikert, David
Arizona · Sep 20, 2013
Bishop, Rob
· Aug 2, 2013
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Aug 2, 2013
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Jul 25, 2013
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jul 19, 2013
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jul 19, 2013
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jul 19, 2013
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jul 19, 2013
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 28, 2013
JONES, WALTER
· Jun 25, 2013
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jun 25, 2013
Polis, Jared
· Jun 25, 2013
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 25, 2013
SLAUGHTER, LOUISE
· Jun 25, 2013
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jun 25, 2013
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jun 20, 2013
O'Rourke, Beto
· Jun 20, 2013
Rokita, Todd
· Jun 20, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2475: Ending Secret Law Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2475/
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"H.R. 2475: Ending Secret Law Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2475/.
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H.R. 2475, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2475/.
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