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H.R. 3035 113th Congress House

Surveillance Order Reporting Act of 2013

Official title: To permit periodic public reporting by electronic communications providers and remote computer service providers of certain estimates pertaining to requests or… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To permit periodic public reporting by electronic communications providers and remote computer service providers of certain estimates pertaining to requests or demands by Federal agencies under the provisions of certain surveillance laws where disclosure of such estimates is, or may be, otherwise prohibited by law.

Introduced: August 2, 2013 Introduced by: Zoe Lofgren Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Business recordsCivil actions and liabilityConsumer creditGovernment information and archives
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Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaTelephone and wireless communication
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It never became law before the 113th Congress (2013–2014) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Aug 2, 2013
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial Services, 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.
Aug 2, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 13, 2013

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Surveillance Order Reporting Act of 2013 - Permits each electronic service provider to report information to the public about requests and demands for information made by any government entity under a surveillance law and exempts such provider from liability with respect to that report even if the provider would otherwise be prohibited by a surveillance law from reporting that information.

Allows the provider to report such information not more often than quarterly and only to the extent that the report reveals estimates of the number of such demands and requests made, the number the service provider complied with, and the numbers of users and/or accounts for which information was demanded, requested, or provided.

Permits any estimate disclosed to be: (1) an overall estimate or broken down by categories of, or provisions of, authorizing surveillance laws; and (2) expressed in no greater detail than in a range of 100, rounded to the nearest 100s.

Defines "surveillance law" to include the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and specified sections of the National Security Act of 1947, the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the federal criminal code (dealing with counterintelligence access to telephone toll and transactional records).

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3361 USA FREEDOM Act
  • S 1551 Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Reform Act
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 3 Republican 1
Collins, Doug
· Oct 28, 2013
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Sep 17, 2013
Amash, Justin
· Aug 2, 2013
Chaffetz, Jason
· Aug 2, 2013
CONYERS, JOHN
· Aug 2, 2013
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Aug 2, 2013
Farenthold, Blake
· Aug 2, 2013
 R
Massie, Thomas
Kentucky · Aug 2, 2013
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Aug 2, 2013
Poe, Ted
· Aug 2, 2013
Polis, Jared
· Aug 2, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3035: Surveillance Order Reporting Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3035/
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"H.R. 3035: Surveillance Order Reporting Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3035/.
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H.R. 3035, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3035/.
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