text: SECTION 1. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION REGARDING SURVEILLANCE 
                ACTIVITIES UNDER THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE 
                ACT OF 1978.
  
      (a) Definitions.--In this section:
              (1) FISA court.--The term ``FISA Court'' means a court 
          established under section 103 of the Foreign Intelligence 
          Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803).
              (2) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence 
          community'' has the meaning given that term in section 3(4) of 
          the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
      (b) Requirement To Disclose.--
              (1) In general.--If a FISA Court issues a decision that 
          determines that surveillance activities conducted by the 
          Government of the United States have violated the laws or 
          Constitution of the United States, the Attorney General shall 
          publicly disclose the decision in a manner consistent with the 
          protection of the national security of the United States.
              (2) Disclosure described.--For each disclosure required by 
          paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall make available to the 
          public documents sufficient to identify with particularity the 
          statutory or constitutional provision that was determined to 
          have been violated.
              (3) Documents described.--The Attorney General shall 
          satisfy the disclosure requirements in paragraph (2) by--
                      (A) releasing a FISA Court decision in its entirety 
                  or as redacted; or
                      (B) releasing a summary of a FISA Court decision.
              (4) Extensive disclosure.--The Attorney General shall 
          release as much information regarding the facts and analysis 
          contained in a decision described in paragraph (1) or documents 
          described in paragraph (3) as is consistent with legitimate 
          national security concerns.
              (5) Timing of disclosure.--A decision that is required to 
          be disclosed under paragraph (1) shall be disclosed not later 
          than 60 days after the decision is issued.
      (c) Director of National Intelligence Disclosures to Congress and 
  the Public.--
              (1) Requirement for disclosures to congress.--Not later 
          than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
          Director of National Intelligence shall provide to Congress, in 
          writing, the following information:
                      (A) Whether the National Security Agency or any 
                  other element of the intelligence community has ever 
                  collected the cell-site location information of a large 
                  number of United States persons with no known 
                  connection to suspicious activity, or made plans to 
                  collect such information.
                      (B) A description of the type and amount of 
                  evidence the Director of National Intelligence believes 
                  is required to permit the collection of cell-site 
                  location information of United States persons for 
                  intelligence purposes.
                      (C) Whether the National Security Agency or any 
                  other element of the intelligence community has ever 
                  conducted a warrantless search of a collection of 
                  communications collected under section 702 of the 
                  Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
                  U.S.C. 1881a) in an effort to find the communications 
                  of a particular United States person (other than a 
                  corporation).
                      (D) If the National Security Agency or any other 
                  element of the intelligence community has conducted a 
                  search described in subparagraph (C), the number of 
                  such searches that have been conducted or an estimate 
                  of such number if it is not possible to provide a 
                  precise count.
                      (E) A specific description of when the United 
                  States Government first began relying on authorities 
                  under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
                  (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) to justify the collection of 
                  records pertaining to large numbers of United States 
                  persons with no known connection to suspicious 
                  activity.
                      (F) Whether representations made to the Supreme 
                  Court of the United States by the Department of Justice 
                  in the case of Clapper v. Amnesty International USA 
                  accurately described the use of authorities under the 
                  Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 by the 
                  United States Government, and if any representations 
                  were inaccurate, which representations were inaccurate 
                  and how such representations have been corrected.
                      (G) A listing of FISA Court opinions that 
                  identified violations of the law, the Constitution, or 
                  FISA Court orders with regard to collection carried out 
                  pursuant to section 402, 501, or 702 of the Foreign 
                  Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1842, 
                  1861, and 1881a) and a description of the violations 
                  identified by a FISA Court.
              (2) Form of disclosures.--
                      (A) Disclosures to the public.--The written 
                  submission required by paragraph (1) shall be made 
                  available to the public not later than 15 days after 
                  the date it is submitted to Congress.
                      (B) Redactions.--If the Director of National 
                  Intelligence believes that public disclosure of 
                  information in the written submission required by 
                  paragraph (1) could cause significant harm to national 
                  security, the Director may redact such information from 
                  the version made available to the public.
                      (C) Submission to congress.--If the Director 
                  redacts information under subparagraph (B), not later 
                  than 30 days after the date the written submission 
                  required by paragraph (1) is made available to the 
                  public under subparagraph (A), the Director shall 
                  submit to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
                  Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on 
                  Intelligence of the House of Representatives a 
                  statement explaining the specific harm to national 
                  security that the disclosure of such information could 
                  cause.
      (d) Assessment of Economic Impact of Surveillance Activities.--
              (1) Requirement for assessment.--The Comptroller General of 
          the United States, in consultation with the United States 
          International Trade Commission, shall conduct an assessment of 
          the economic impact of bulk collection programs conducted under 
          title IV and title V of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
          Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.), as modified by the USA 
          PATRIOT Act (Public Law 107-56; 115 Stat. 272), and of 
          surveillance programs conducted under section 702 of the 
          Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
          1881a), in light of the fact that such programs are now public.
              (2) Evaluation.--The assessment required by paragraph (1) 
          shall include an evaluation of the impact of these disclosures 
          on United States communication service providers' ability to 
          compete in foreign markets.
              (3) Submission to congress.--Not later than 270 days after 
          the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
          shall submit to Congress the findings of the assessment 
          required by paragraph (1).
target: Requires the Attorney General to publicly disclose, in a&nbsp;manner consistent with national security,&nbsp;any decision of a court established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) that surveillance activities conducted by the U.S. government have violated a particular U.S. law or constitutional provision. Requires the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to provide information on surveillance activities to Congress, including information regarding: (1) whether the National Security Agency (NSA) or any other element of the intelligence community has ever collected, or made plans to collect, the cell-site location information of a large number of U.S. persons with no known connection to suspicious activity; (2) the type and amount of evidence the DNI believes is required to permit the collection&nbsp;of cell-site information for intelligence purposes; (3) whether NSA or any other element of the intelligence community has ever conducted a warrantless search of a collection of communications in an effort to find the communications of a particular U.S. person (other than a corporation) and, if so, the number of such searches or an estimate of such number; (4) when the U.S. government first began relying on authorities under FISA to justify the collection of records with no known connection to suspicious activity; (5) whether representations made to the U.S. Supreme Court by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the case of Clapper v. Amnesty International USA accurately described the use of authorities under FISA by the government, which of such representations, if any, were inaccurate, and how such representations have been corrected; and (6) FISA court opinions that identified violations of the law, the Constitution, or FISA court orders relating to the collection of information under FISA. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO), in consultation with the U.S. International Trade Commission, to conduct an assessment of the economic impact, including the impact on the ability of U.S. communication service providers to compete in foreign markets, of bulk collection and surveillance programs conducted under FISA, and to report to Congress on such assessment. 
feat_title: To provide for the public disclosure of information regarding surveillance activities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.