The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) is a U.S. federal court that resides in Washington D.C. Its primary responsibility is to oversee and grant requests for electronic surveillance and physical searches of foreign intelligence agencies operating within the United States. However, several synonyms or alternate terms also exist for the court. Some of these include the FISA Court, the FISC Court, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court, and the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Regardless of what term is used, the court's purpose remains the same: to ensure that foreign intelligence gathering operations operating within the US do so in accordance with the law.