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Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report containing the results of the audit conducted under this section for calendar years 2005 and 2006. (d) PRIOR NOTICE TO ATTORNEY GENERAL AND DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE; COMMENTS.— (1) NOTICE.—Not less than 30 days before the submission of a report under subsection (c)(1) or (c)(2), the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall provide such report to the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence. (2) COMMENTS.—The Attorney General or the Director of National Intelligence may provide comments to be included in the reports submitted under subsections (c)(1) and (c)(2) as the Attorney General or the Director of National Intelligence may consider necessary. (e) UNCLASSIFIED FORM.—The reports submitted under subsections (c)(1) and (c)(2) and any comments included under subsection (d)(2) shall be in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. SEC.
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ENHANCED OVERSIGHT OF GOOD-FAITH EMERGENCY DISCLOSURES UNDER SECTION 212 OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT.
(a) ENHANCED OVERSIGHT.—Section 2702 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(d) REPORTING OF EMERGENCY DISCLOSURES.—On an annual basis, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report containing— ‘‘(1) the number of accounts from which the Department of Justice has received voluntary disclosures under subsection (b)(8); and ‘‘(2) a summary of the basis for disclosure in those instances where— ‘‘(A) voluntary disclosures under subsection (b)(8) were made to the Department of Justice; and ‘‘(B) the investigation pertaining to those disclosures was closed without the filing of criminal charges.’’. (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO CONFORM COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER RECORDS EXCEPTIONS.— (1) VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURES.—Section 2702 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (A) in subsection (b)(8), by striking ‘‘Federal, State, or local’’; and (B) by striking paragraph (4) of subsection (c) and inserting the following: ‘‘(4) to a governmental entity, if the provider, in good faith, believes that an emergency involving danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure without delay of information relating to the emergency;’’. (2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2711 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (C) by adding at the end the following:
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