; and (2) by striking subparagraph (iii) and inserting the following: (iii) For assistance provided pursuant to a certification under subparagraph (ii)(B), the limitation on causes of action under the last sentence of the matter following that subparagraph shall only apply to the extent that the assistance ceased at the earliest of the time the application for a court order was denied, the time the communication sought was obtained, or 48 hours after the interception began. . III Reforms relating to proceedings before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and other courts 301. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court reform (a) Requirement for same judge To hear renewal applications Section 103(a)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1803(a)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: To the extent practicable, no judge designated under this subsection shall hear a renewal application for electronic surveillance under this Act, which application was previously granted by another judge designated under this subsection, unless the term of the judge who granted the application has expired, or that judge is otherwise no longer serving on the court. . (b) Use of amici curiae in foreign intelligence surveillance court proceedings (1) Expansion of appointment authority (A) In general Section 103(i)(2) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1803(i)(2) ) is amended— (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: (A) shall, unless the court issues a finding that appointment is not appropriate, appoint 1 or more individuals who have been designated under paragraph (1), not fewer than 1 of whom possesses privacy and civil liberties expertise, unless the court finds that such a qualification is inappropriate, to serve as amicus curiae to assist the court in the consideration of any application or motion for an order or review that, in the opinion of the court— (i) presents a novel or significant interpretation of the law