Order

UNITED STATES
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT
WASHINGTON, D.C.
IN RE ORDERS OF THIS COURT
INTERPRETING SECTION 215
OF THE PATRIOT ACT
ORDER
Docket No. Misc. 13-02
The Court having reviewed and considered the Submission of the United States in
Response to the Court's September 13, 2013 Opinion and Order and Motion for Stay of Further
Proceedings Due to Lapsed Appropriations, filed on October 4, 2013 ("Submission"), it is
HEREBY ORDERED as follows:
(1) In view of the lack of appropriations noted in the Submission, the government's
motion for stay of further proceedings is GRANTED.
(2) The government has identified the Opinion issued in Docket Number BR 13-25 on
February 19, 2013, as one that "contain[s] analysis by this Court evaluating the meaning, scope,
and/or constitutionality" of Section 215 of the USA PA TRI OT Act, codified as amended at 50
U.S.C. § 1861, and that is not at issue in a previously commenced suit (ACLU v. FBI, No. 11
Civ. 7562 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 26, 2011 )) under the Freedom oflnformation Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C.
§ 552. Submission at 2. The government shall promptly conduct a declassification review of that
opinion when the necessary appropriations are restored to the agencies involved in such a review.
(3) Within seven days of such restoration of appropriations, the government shall submit
to the Court a proposed timetable for completing the declassification review of the opinion
identified in paragraph (2) above and submitting to the Court any proposed redactions for that
op1mon.
So ORDERED this 8th day of October, 2013, in Docket No. Misc. 13-02.
Isl F. Dennis Saylor
F. DENNIS SAYLOR IV
Judge, United States Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court