Order

UNITED STATES
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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IN RE ORDERS ISSUED BY THIS COURT 	)
INTERPRETING SECTION 215 OF THE 	)
PATRIOT ACT 	)
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IN RE MOTION FOR DECLARATORY 	)
JUDGMENT OF A FIRST AMENDMENT 	)
RIGHT TO PUBLISH AGGREGATE 	)
INFORMATION ABOUT FISA ORDERS 	)
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IN RE MOTION TO DISCLOSE AGGREGATE 	)
NUMBERS REGARDING FISA ORDERS 	)
ORDER
Docket No. Misc. 13-02
Docket No. Misc. 13-03
Docket No. Misc. 13-04
These matters are before the Court on the following motions:
(1) Motion of U.S. Representatives Amash, Broun, Gabbard, Griffith, Holt, Jones, Lee,
Lofgren, Massie, McClintock, Norton, O'Rourke, Pearce, Salmon, Sanford, and Yoho for Leave
to File a Brief as Amici Curiae in Support of the Motion of the American Civil Liberties Union,
the American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation's Capital, and the Media Freedom and
Information Access Clinic for the Release of Court Records, filed on June 28, 2013, in Docket
Number Misc. 13-02;
(2) Motion of the First Amendment Coalition, American Civil Liberties Union, Center for
Democracy and Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and TechFreedom for Leave to File
Brief as Amici Curiae in Support of the Motions for Declaratory Judgment, filed on July 8, 2013,

in Docket Numbers Misc. 13-03 and Misc. 13-04; and,
(3) Motion of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, ABC, Inc., The
Associated Press, Bloomberg L.P., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Gannett Co. Inc., Los Angeles
Times, The McClatchey Company, National Public Radio, Inc., The New York Times Company,
The New Yorker, The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC, Reuters America LLC, Tribune
Company, and The Washington Post for Leave to File Brief as Amici Curiae in Support of the
Motion for the Release of Court Records and the Motions for Declaratory Judgment, filed on
July 15, 2013, in Docket Numbers Misc. 13-02, Misc. 13-03, and Misc. 13-04.
The parties have consented to the filing of the briefs accompanying these motions.
Accordingly, the motions are granted. Counsel for amici The Reporters Committee for Freedom
of the Press and the U.S. Representatives are directed to submit the federal bar information
required by FISC Rules 7(h)(l) and 63 no later than August 9, 2013. See FISC Rule 63 (a non-
government attorney appearing before the FISC "must be a licensed attorney and a member, in
good standing, of a bar of a United States district court or circuit court").
SO ORDERED this~ of July 2013.
&itJ~L~~Judge, United States Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court
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