PUBLIC LAW 109–177—MAR. 9, 2006
120 STAT. 211
any extension thereof) entered under this section, or the denial of such warrant (or request for extension), the issuing or denying judge shall report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts— ‘‘(A) the fact that a warrant was applied for; ‘‘(B) the fact that the warrant or any extension thereof was granted as applied for, was modified, or was denied; ‘‘(C) the period of delay in the giving of notice authorized by the warrant, and the number and duration of any extensions; and ‘‘(D) the offense specified in the warrant or application. ‘‘(2) REPORT BY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS.—Beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall transmit to Congress annually a full and complete report summarizing the data required to be filed with the Administrative Office by paragraph (1), including the number of applications for warrants and extensions of warrants authorizing delayed notice, and the number of such warrants and extensions granted or denied during the preceding fiscal year. ‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, in consultation with the Attorney General, is authorized to issue binding regulations dealing with the content and form of the reports required to be filed under paragraph (1).’’. SEC. 115. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS.
Chapter 223 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting at the end of the table of sections the following new item: ‘‘3511. Judicial review of requests for information.’’;
and (2) by inserting after section 3510 the following: ‘‘§ 3511. Judicial review of requests for information ‘‘(a) The recipient of a request for records, a report, or other information under section 2709(b) of this title, section 626(a) or (b) or 627(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, section 1114(a)(5)(A) of the Right to Financial Privacy Act, or section 802(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 may, in the United States district court for the district in which that person or entity does business or resides, petition for an order modifying or setting aside the request. The court may modify or set aside the request if compliance would be unreasonable, oppressive, or otherwise unlawful. ‘‘(b)(1) The recipient of a request for records, a report, or other information under section 2709(b) of this title, section 626(a) or (b) or 627(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, section 1114(a)(5)(A) of the Right to Financial Privacy Act, or section 802(a) of the National Security Act of 1947, may petition any court described in subsection (a) for an order modifying or setting aside a nondisclosure requirement imposed in connection with such a request. ‘‘(2) If the petition is filed within one year of the request for records, a report, or other information under section 2709(b) of this title, section 626(a) or (b) or 627(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, section 1114(a)(5)(A) of the Right to Financial Privacy Act, or section 802(a) of the National Security Act of 1947,
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