Civil liberties review of FBI queries

(a) Requirement Subsection (f)(3) of section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D)— (A) by redesignating clauses (iv) through (vi) as clauses (v) through (vii), respectively; (B) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clause: (iv) Monthly civil liberties review A requirement that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on a monthly basis, provides to the Civil Liberties Protection Officer within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence the written statements regarding each United States person query submitted in the previous month under clause (iii).; (C) in clause (vi), as so redesignated, by striking (iv) and inserting (v); and (D) by conforming the margin of clause (vii), as so redesignated, to the margin of the other clauses; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (E) Civil liberties reviews and investigations (i) Civil Liberties Protection Officer The Civil Liberties Protection Officer within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall review each written statement regarding a United States person query submitted under subparagraph (D)(iv) to determine whether the query meets the standards required by the procedures adopted under paragraph (1). If the Civil Liberties Protection Officer determines that the query did not meet such standards or there exists possible abuses of civil liberties and privacy, the Civil Liberties Protection Officer shall refer the query to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. (ii) Inspector General of the Intelligence Community The Inspector General of the Intelligence Community shall determine whether each query referred under clause (i) constitutes a violation of laws, rules, or regulations or an abuse of authority.. (b) Conforming amendments The National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 103D (50 U.S.C. 3029)— (A) in subsection (b)— (i) in paragraph (6), by striking; and and inserting a semicolon; (ii) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and (iii) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph (7): (7) review each written statement submitted to the Civil Liberties Protection Officer under section 702(f)(3) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a(f)(3)); and; and (B) in subsection (c), by inserting before the period at the end the following:, and, based on the reviews specified in paragraph (7) of such subsection, shall make referrals to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community under section 702(f)(3) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a(f)(3)); and (2) in section 103H(g)(3)(A) (50 U.S.C. 3033(g)(3)(A)), by inserting after and safety the following: (including with respect to referrals from the Civil Liberties Protection Officer pursuant to section 702(f)(3) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a(f)(3)).