; and (ii) an affidavit or other information containing a statement of the facts and circumstances relied upon by the applicant to justify the belief of the applicant that the contents of communications described in subparagraph (A) covered by the application would provide evidence of— (I) criminal activity; (II) contraband, fruits of a crime, or other items illegally possessed by a third party; or (III) property designed for use, intended for use, or used in committing a crime. (D) Order Upon an application made pursuant to subparagraph (C), the Court shall enter an order approving the access of the contents of communications described in subparagraph (A) covered by the application if the Court finds probable cause to believe that such contents would provide any of the evidence described in subparagraph (C)(ii). (3) Query defined In this subsection, the term query means any instance in which information the United States Government has acquired is searched using one or more specific terms for the purpose of discovering or retrieving unminimized contents or noncontents of the communications of United States persons. . (2) Application Subsection (f) of section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1881a ), as added by paragraph (1), shall apply with respect to certifications submitted under subsection (h) of such section to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court after January 1, 2018. (b) Conforming amendments (1) Amendments to section 702 of FISA Such section 702 is further amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking with subsection (i)(3) and inserting with subsections (j)(3) ; (B) in subsection (c)— (i) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking with subsection (g) and inserting with subsection (h) ; (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking to subsection (i)(3) and inserting to subsection (j)(3) ; and (iii) in paragraph (3)— (I) in subparagraph (A), by striking with subsection (g) and inserting with subsection (h)