S.1460: FISA Judge Selection Reform Act of 2013

About This Bill

  • Introduced Aug. 1, 2013
  • Latest Major Action Aug. 1, 2013

Bill Summary

FISA Judge Selection Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, with respect to the appointment of judges to the court established by such Act (FISA Court), to: (1) increase from 11 to 13 the number of FISA Court judges, with one judge designated from each judicial circuit; (2) authorize a chief judge of a judicial circuit to submit to the Chief Justice of the United States the name of a district judge...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Aug. 1, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug. 1, 2013

Introduced in the Senate by Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

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