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“this amendment modifies a provision of the Protect America Act. I think, along with my colleague, the chairman of the committee, it makes a lot of sense. It lays out a process for the FISA Court to conduct a review of a petition from an electronic communication service provider challenging a directive from the Government in review of a petition by the Government to enforce compliance with its directive. Having the court conduct expedited reviews of these petitions, whether from the provider or from the Government, is in everyone's best interest. These questions are essential to be resolved one way or the other for the protection of the private partners, as well as the protection of our national security. As long as challenges of enforcement proceedings remain pending before the court, the intelligence community cannot intercept terrorist communications through that provider. Those are not unreasonable requirements. Rather, it reflects the judgment of this body and the other in the area of national security that important decisions that go to the heart of our intelligence production should be made on an expedited basis. The DNI and the Attorney General advised us they strongly support this amendment because it would "ensure challenges to directives and petitions to compel compliance with directives are adjudicated in a manner that avoids undue delays in critical intelligence collection." We could not agree more.”