A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve transparency, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4740 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4740 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve transparency, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 10, 2026 Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve transparency, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PUBLIC RELEASE OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT OPINION RELATED TO SECTION 702 CERTIFICATIONS. As soon as practicable, but not later than 14 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall, in consultation with the Attorney General, publicly release the Memorandum Opinion and Order of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court dated March 17, 2026, regarding section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a), with such redactions as may be necessary to protect intelligence sources and methods. SEC. 2. REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON SENSITIVE QUERIES. Section 702(f)(3) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a(f)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(E) Reports to congress.--Not less frequently than once each year, the Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an annual report on the number of-- ``(i) requests to conduct sensitive queries in the year covered by the report; ``(ii) requests to conduct sensitive queries that were approved and denied in the year covered by the report; and ``(iii) sensitive queries conducte