Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2026

IX Required disclosure of relevant information

901. Certification regarding accuracy procedures

(a) Definition of accuracy procedures. In this section, the term accuracy procedures means specific procedures, adopted by the Attorney General, to ensure that an application for a court order under this Act, including any application for renewal of an existing order, is accurate and complete, including procedures that ensure, at a minimum, that—

(1) the application reflects all information that might reasonably call into question the accuracy of the information or the reasonableness of any assessment in the application, or otherwise raises doubts about the requested findings;

(2) the application reflects all material information that might reasonably call into question the reliability and reporting of any information from a confidential human source that is used in the application;

(3) a complete file documenting each factual assertion in an application is maintained;

(4) the applicant coordinates with the appropriate elements of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), concerning any prior or existing relationship with the target of any surveillance, search, or other means of investigation, and discloses any such relationship in the application;

(5) before any application targeting a United States person is made, the applicant Federal officer or employee documents that the officer or employee has collected and reviewed for accuracy and completeness supporting documentation for each factual assertion in the application; and

(6) the applicant Federal agency establishes compliance and auditing mechanisms on an annual basis to assess the efficacy of the accuracy procedures that have been adopted and reports such findings to the Attorney General.

(b) Statement and certification of accuracy procedures. Any Federal officer or employee making an application for a court order under this Act shall include with the application—

(1) a description of the accuracy procedures employed by the officer or employee, or their designee; and

(2) a certification that the officer or employee, or their designee, has collected and reviewed for accuracy and completeness—

(A) supporting documentation for each factual assertion contained in the application;

(B) all information that might reasonably call into question the accuracy of the information or the reasonableness of any assessment in the application, or otherwise raises doubts about the requested findings; and

(C) all material information that might reasonably call into question the reliability and reporting of any information from any confidential human source that is used in the application.

(c) Necessary Finding for Court Orders. A judge may not enter an order under this Act unless the judge finds, in addition to any other findings required under this Act, that the accuracy procedures described in the application for the order, as required under subsection (b)(1), are actually accuracy procedures as defined in this section.

Title IX—Required disclosure of relevant information901. Certification regarding accuracy procedures.