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Title 50
Title 50
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE
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Definitions
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
Designation of judges
Applications for court orders
Issuance of order
Use of information
Report of electronic surveillance
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
Criminal sanctions
Civil liability
Reporting requirements for civil actions
Authorization during time of war
Statement of exclusive means by which electronic surveillance and interception of certain communications may be conducted
Procedures for the retention of incidentally acquired communications
Definitions
Authorization of physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes
Application for order
Issuance of order
Use of information
Congressional oversight
Penalties
Civil liability
Authorization during time of war
Definitions
Pen registers and trap and trace devices for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations
Authorization during emergencies
Authorization during time of war
Use of information
Congressional oversight
Definitions
Access to certain business records for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations
Congressional oversight
Notification of changes to retention of call detail record policies
Semiannual report of the Attorney General
Declassification of significant decisions, orders, and opinions
Annual reports
Public reporting by persons subject to orders
Definitions
Procedures for targeting certain persons outside the United States other than United States persons
Certain acquisitions inside the United States targeting United States persons outside the United States
Other acquisitions targeting United States persons outside the United States
Joint applications and concurrent authorizations
Use of information acquired under this subchapter
Congressional oversight
Savings provision
Penalties for unauthorized disclosure
Definitions
Procedures for implementing statutory defenses
Preemption
Reporting