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Title 50 — War and National Defense

Chapter 44 — National Security

§ 3040a. Prohibition on collection and maintenance of information of United States persons based on first amendment-protected activities

Statutory text

No element of the intelligence community may collect or maintain information concerning a United States person (as defined in section 3039 of this title) solely for the purpose of monitoring an activity protected by the first amendment to the Constitution 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. Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022

    Pub. L. 117–103 div. X title III § 303 · 136 Stat. 49

    Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 3040a

    (July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, § 105C, as added Pub. L. 117–103, div. X, title III, § 303, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 965.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, § 105C, as added Pub. L. 117–103, div. X, title III, § 303, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 965.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 303. None of the funds made available in this title shall be used for the construction of facilities classified as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Office of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, § 105C, as added Pub. L. 117–103, div. X, title III, § 303, , 136 Stat. 965.)

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