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CHAPTER 36⁠—FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE — Front Matter

Chap.Sec.
1801.Definitions.
1802.Electronic surveillance authorization without court order; certification by Attorney General; reports to Congressional committees; transmittal under seal; duties and compensation of communication common carrier; applications; jurisdiction of court.
1803.Designation of judges.
1804.Applications for court orders.
1805.Issuance of order.
1805a to 1805c.Repealed.
1806.Use of information.
1807.Report of electronic surveillance.
1808.Report of Attorney General to Congressional committees; limitation on authority or responsibility of information gathering activities of Congressional committees; report of Congressional committees to Congress.
1809.Criminal sanctions.
1810.Civil liability.
1810a.Reporting requirements for civil actions.
1811.Authorization during time of war.
1812.Statement of exclusive means by which electronic surveillance and interception of certain communications may be conducted.
1813.Procedures for the retention of incidentally acquired communications.
1821.Definitions.
1822.Authorization of physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes.
1823.Application for order.
1824.Issuance of order.
1825.Use of information.
1826.Congressional oversight.
1827.Penalties.
1828.Civil liability.
1829.Authorization during time of war.
1841.Definitions.
1842.Pen registers and trap and trace devices for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations.
1843.Authorization during emergencies.
1844.Authorization during time of war.
1845.Use of information.
1846.Congressional oversight.
1861.Definitions.
1862.Access to certain business records for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations.
1863.Congressional oversight.
1864.Notification of changes to retention of call detail record policies.
1871.Semiannual report of the Attorney General.
1872.Declassification of significant decisions, orders, and opinions.
1873.Annual reports.
1874.Public reporting by persons subject to orders.
1881.Definitions.
1881a.Procedures for targeting certain persons outside the United States other than United States persons.
1881b.Certain acquisitions inside the United States targeting United States persons outside the United States.
1881c.Other acquisitions targeting United States persons outside the United States.
1881d.Joint applications and concurrent authorizations.
1881e.Use of information acquired under this subchapter.
1881f.Congressional oversight.
1881g.Savings provision.
1881h.Penalties for unauthorized disclosure.
1885.Definitions.
1885a.Procedures for implementing statutory defenses.
1885b.Preemption.
1885c.Reporting.