50 USC § 1863 - Congressional oversight

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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 1863 - Congressional oversight"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "1863"
section_name: "Congressional oversight"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "ACCESS TO CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS FOR FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–511, title V, § 503, as added Pub. L. 105–272, title VI, § 602, Oct. 20, 1998, 112 Stat. 2412; amended Pub. L. 109–177, title I, § 102(b)(1), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 195; Pub. L. 111–118, div. B, § 1004(a), Dec. 19, 2009, 123 Stat. 3470; Pub. L. 111–141, § 1(a), Feb. 27, 2010, 124 Stat. 37; Pub. L. 112–3, § 2(a), Feb. 25, 2011, 125 Stat. 5; Pub. L. 112–14, § 2(a), May 26, 2011, 125 Stat. 216; Pub. L. 114–23, title VII, § 705(a), (c), June 2, 2015, 129 Stat. 300; Pub. L. 116–69, div. B, title VII, § 1703(a), Nov. 21, 2019, 133 Stat. 1143.)"
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# § 1863. Congressional oversight

**(a)** On a semiannual basis, the Attorney General shall fully inform the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate concerning all requests for records under this subchapter.

**(b)** On a semiannual basis, the Attorney General shall provide to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report setting forth with respect to the preceding 6-month period—

**(1)** the total number of applications made for orders approving requests for records under this subchapter; and

**(2)** the total number of such orders either granted, modified, or denied.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–511, title V, § 503, as added Pub. L. 105–272, title VI, § 602, Oct. 20, 1998, 112 Stat. 2412; amended Pub. L. 109–177, title I, § 102(b)(1), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 195; Pub. L. 111–118, div. B, § 1004(a), Dec. 19, 2009, 123 Stat. 3470; Pub. L. 111–141, § 1(a), Feb. 27, 2010, 124 Stat. 37; Pub. L. 112–3, § 2(a), Feb. 25, 2011, 125 Stat. 5; Pub. L. 112–14, § 2(a), May 26, 2011, 125 Stat. 216; Pub. L. 114–23, title VII, § 705(a), (c), June 2, 2015, 129 Stat. 300; Pub. L. 116–69, div. B, title VII, § 1703(a), Nov. 21, 2019, 133 Stat. 1143.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2019— amended directory language of . See 2006 Amendment note below.

2015—, (c), amended directory language of . See 2006 Amendment note below.

2011— amended directory language of . See 2006 Amendment note below.

amended directory language of . See 2006 Amendment note below.

2010— amended directory language of . See 2006 Amendment note below.

2009— amended directory language of . See 2006 Amendment note below.

2006—, revived this section to read as it read on .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Revival

Section, which had been repealed by , , , was revived by  effective , except that former provisions to continue in effect with respect to any particular foreign intelligence investigation that began before , or with respect to any particular offense or potential offense that began or occurred before , see , set out as an Effective Date of 2006 Amendment note under .