Title 50 — War and National Defense
Chapter 36 — Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
§ 1844. Authorization during time of war
Statutory text
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize the use of a pen register or trap and trace device without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for a period not to exceed 15 calendar days following a declaration of war by Congress.
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.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
Pub. L. 95–511 title IV § 404 · 92 Stat. 1783
Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 1844
(Pub. L. 95–511, title IV, § 404, as added Pub. L. 105–272, title VI, § 601(2), Oct. 20, 1998, 112 Stat. 2408.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 95–511, title IV, § 404, as added Pub. L. 105–272, title VI, § 601(2), Oct. 20, 1998, 112 Stat. 2408.)
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Credits
(Pub. L. 95–511, title IV, § 404, as added Pub. L. 105–272, title VI, § 601(2), , 112 Stat. 2408.)