PUBLIC LAW 109–177—MAR. 9, 2006
120 STAT. 219
SEC. 119. AUDIT OF USE OF NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS.
(a) AUDIT.—The Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall perform an audit of the effectiveness and use, including any improper or illegal use, of national security letters issued by the Department of Justice. (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The audit required under subsection (a) shall include— (1) an examination of the use of national security letters by the Department of Justice during calendar years 2003 through 2006; (2) a description of any noteworthy facts or circumstances relating to such use, including any improper or illegal use of such authority; and (3) an examination of the effectiveness of national security letters as an investigative tool, including— (A) the importance of the information acquired by the Department of Justice to the intelligence activities of the Department of Justice or to any other department or agency of the Federal Government; (B) the manner in which such information is collected, retained, analyzed, and disseminated by the Department of Justice, including any direct access to such information (such as access to ‘‘raw data’’) provided to any other department, agency, or instrumentality of Federal, State, local, or tribal governments or any private sector entity; (C) whether, and how often, the Department of Justice utilized such information to produce an analytical intelligence product for distribution within the Department of Justice, to the intelligence community (as such term is defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4))), or to other Federal, State, local, or tribal government departments, agencies, or instrumentalities; (D) whether, and how often, the Department of Justice provided such information to law enforcement authorities for use in criminal proceedings; (E) with respect to national security letters issued following the date of the enactment of this Act, an examination of the number of occasions in which the Department of Justice, or an officer or employee of the Department of Justice, issued a national security letter without the certification necessary to require the recipient of such letter to comply with the nondisclosure and confidentiality requirements potentially applicable under law; and (F) the types of electronic communications and transactional information obtained through requests for information under section 2709 of title 18, United States Code, including the types of dialing, routing, addressing, or signaling information obtained, and the procedures the Department of Justice uses if content information is obtained through the use of such authority. (c) SUBMISSION DATES.— (1) PRIOR YEARS.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, or upon completion of the audit under this section for calendar years 2003 and 2004, whichever is earlier, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice
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