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Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Part I · Chapter 121 — Stored Wire and Electronic Communications and Transactional Records Access

§ 2713. Required preservation and disclosure of communications and records

Statutory text

A provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service shall comply with the obligations of this chapter to preserve, backup, or disclose the contents of a wire or electronic communication and any record or other information pertaining to a customer or subscriber within such provider’s possession, custody, or control, regardless of whether such communication, record, or other information is located within or outside of the United States.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2018

    Pub. L. 115–141 div. V § 103(a)(1) · 132 Stat. 348

    Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 2713

    (Added Pub. L. 115–141, div. V, § 103(a)(1), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1214.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 115–141, div. V, § 103(a)(1), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1214.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other law appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 115–141, div. V, § 103(a)(1), , 132 Stat. 1214.)

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