LAW 107–56—OCT. 26, 2001


  UNITING AND STRENGTHENING AMERICA BY


   PROVIDING APPROPRIATE TOOLS REQUIRED


   TO INTERCEPT AND OBSTRUCT TERRORISM


    (USA PATRIOT ACT) ACT OF 2001

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   STAT. 272 PUBLIC LAW 107–56—OCT. 26, 2001


     Public Law 107–56


     107th Congress


         An Act


   Oct. 26, 2001 To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world,


   [H.R. 3162] to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes.


     Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
Uniting and the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Strengthening   America by SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Providing


     (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Uniting and


  Appropriate   Tools Required to Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
Interrupt and to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act
Obstruct of 2001’’.


  Terrorism (USA


     (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act


  PATRIOT ACT)


  Act of 2001. is as follows:
18 USC 1 note. Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.


     Sec. 2. Construction; severability.


     TITLE I—ENHANCING DOMESTIC SECURITY AGAINST TERRORISM


     Sec. 101. Counterterrorism fund.
Sec. 102. Sense of Congress condemning discrimination against Arab and Muslim


      Americans.
Sec. 103. Increased funding for the technical support center at the Federal Bureau


      of Investigation.
Sec. 104. Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain


      emer-gencies.
Sec. 105. Expansion of National Electronic Crime Task Force Initiative.
Sec. 106. Presidential authority.


      TITLE II—ENHANCED SURVEILLANCE PROCEDURES
Sec. 201. Authority to intercept wire, oral, and electronic communications relating


      to terrorism.
Sec. 202. Authority to intercept wire, oral, and electronic communications relating


      to computer fraud and abuse offenses.
Sec. 203. Authority to share criminal investigative information.
Sec. 204. Clarification of intelligence exceptions from limitations on interception


      and disclosure of wire, oral, and electronic communications.
Sec. 205. Employment of translators by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sec. 206. Roving surveillance authority under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance


      Act of 1978.
Sec. 207. Duration of FISA surveillance of non-United States persons who are


      agents of a foreign power.


     Sec. 208. Designation of judges.
Sec. 209. Seizure of voice-mail messages pursuant to warrants.
Sec. 210. Scope of subpoenas for records of electronic communications.
Sec. 211. Clarification of scope.
Sec. 212. Emergency disclosure of electronic communications to protect life and


      limb.
Sec. 213. Authority for delaying notice of the execution of a warrant.
Sec. 214. Pen register and trap and trace authority under FISA.
Sec. 215. Access to records and other items under the Foreign Intelligence


      Surveil-lance Act.
Sec. 216. Modification of authorities relating to use of pen registers and trap and


      trace devices.

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  Sec. 217. Interception of computer trespasser communications.
Sec. 218. Foreign intelligence information.
Sec. 219. Single-jurisdiction search warrants for terrorism.
Sec. 220. Nationwide service of search warrants for electronic evidence.
Sec. 221. Trade sanctions.


  Sec. 222. Assistance to law enforcement agencies.
Sec. 223. Civil liability for certain unauthorized disclosures.
Sec. 224. Sunset.


  Sec. 225. Immunity for compliance with FISA wiretap.


  TITLE III—INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING ABATEMENT AND


     ANTI-TERRORIST FINANCING ACT OF 2001


  Sec. 301. Short title.


  Sec. 302. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 303. 4-year congressional review; expedited consideration.


   Subtitle A—International Counter Money Laundering and Related Measures
Sec. 311. Special measures for jurisdictions, financial institutions, or international


    transactions of primary money laundering concern.
Sec. 312. Special due diligence for correspondent accounts and private banking


    ac-counts.
Sec. 313. Prohibition on United States correspondent accounts with foreign shell


    banks.


  Sec. 314. Cooperative efforts to deter money laundering.
Sec. 315. Inclusion of foreign corruption offenses as money laundering crimes.
Sec. 316. Anti-terrorist forfeiture protection.
Sec. 317. Long-arm jurisdiction over foreign money launderers.
Sec. 318. Laundering money through a foreign bank.
Sec. 319. Forfeiture of funds in United States interbank accounts.
Sec. 320. Proceeds of foreign crimes.
Sec. 321. Financial institutions specified in subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31,


    United States code.


  Sec. 322. Corporation represented by a fugitive.


  Sec. 323. Enforcement of foreign judgments.


  Sec. 324. Report and recommendation.


  Sec. 325. Concentration accounts at financial institutions.


  Sec. 326. Verification of identification.


  Sec. 327. Consideration of anti-money laundering record.
Sec. 328. International cooperation on identification of originators of wire transfers.
Sec. 329. Criminal penalties.
Sec. 330. International cooperation in investigations of money laundering, financial


    crimes, and the finances of terrorist groups.
Subtitle B—Bank Secrecy Act Amendments and Related Improvements
Sec. 351. Amendments relating to reporting of suspicious activities.
Sec. 352. Anti-money laundering programs.
Sec. 353. Penalties for violations of geographic targeting orders and certain


    record-keeping requirements, and lengthening effective period of geographic
targeting orders.


  Sec. 354. Anti-money laundering strategy.
Sec. 355. Authorization to include suspicions of illegal activity in written


    employ-ment references.
Sec. 356. Reporting of suspicious activities by securities brokers and dealers;


    in-vestment company study.
Sec. 357. Special report on administration of bank secrecy provisions.
Sec. 358. Bank secrecy provisions and activities of United States intelligence


    agen-cies to fight international terrorism.
Sec. 359. Reporting of suspicious activities by underground banking systems.
Sec. 360. Use of authority of United States Executive Directors.
Sec. 361. Financial crimes enforcement network.


  Sec. 362. Establishment of highly secure network.
Sec. 363. Increase in civil and criminal penalties for money laundering.
Sec. 364. Uniform protection authority for Federal Reserve facilities.
Sec. 365. Reports relating to coins and currency received in nonfinancial trade or


    business.
Sec. 366. Efficient use of currency transaction report system.


     Subtitle C—Currency Crimes and Protection
Sec. 371. Bulk cash smuggling into or out of the United States.
Sec. 372. Forfeiture in currency reporting cases.

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     Sec. 373. Illegal money transmitting businesses.


     Sec. 374. Counterfeiting domestic currency and obligations.


     Sec. 375. Counterfeiting foreign currency and obligations.


     Sec. 376. Laundering the proceeds of terrorism.


     Sec. 377. Extraterritorial jurisdiction.


       TITLE IV—PROTECTING THE BORDER


       Subtitle A—Protecting the Northern Border
Sec. 401. Ensuring adequate personnel on the northern border.
Sec. 402. Northern border personnel.
Sec. 403. Access by the Department of State and the INS to certain identifying


      in-formation in the criminal history records of visa applicants and
appli-cants for admission to the United States.


     Sec. 404. Limited authority to pay overtime.
Sec. 405. Report on the integrated automated fingerprint identification system for


      ports of entry and overseas consular posts.


       Subtitle B—Enhanced Immigration Provisions


     Sec. 411. Definitions relating to terrorism.
Sec. 412. Mandatory detention of suspected terrorists; habeas corpus; judicial


      re-view.


     Sec. 413. Multilateral cooperation against terrorists.


     Sec. 414. Visa integrity and security.
Sec. 415. Participation of Office of Homeland Security on Entry-Exit Task Force.
Sec. 416. Foreign student monitoring program.


     Sec. 417. Machine readable passports.


     Sec. 418. Prevention of consulate shopping.


     Subtitle C—Preservation of Immigration Benefits for Victims of Terrorism
Sec. 421. Special immigrant status.


     Sec. 422. Extension of filing or reentry deadlines.
Sec. 423. Humanitarian relief for certain surviving spouses and children.
Sec. 424. ‘‘Age-out’’ protection for children.


     Sec. 425. Temporary administrative relief.
Sec. 426. Evidence of death, disability, or loss of employment.
Sec. 427. No benefits to terrorists or family members of terrorists.
Sec. 428. Definitions.


     TITLE V—REMOVING OBSTACLES TO INVESTIGATING TERRORISM
Sec. 501. Attorney General’s authority to pay rewards to combat terrorism.
Sec. 502. Secretary of State’s authority to pay rewards.
Sec. 503. DNA identification of terrorists and other violent offenders.
Sec. 504. Coordination with law enforcement.


     Sec. 505. Miscellaneous national security authorities.


     Sec. 506. Extension of Secret Service jurisdiction.


     Sec. 507. Disclosure of educational records.


     Sec. 508. Disclosure of information from NCES surveys.


     TITLE VI—PROVIDING FOR VICTIMS OF TERRORISM, PUBLIC SAFETY


        OFFICERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES


       Subtitle A—Aid to Families of Public Safety Officers
Sec. 611. Expedited payment for public safety officers involved in the prevention,


      investigation, rescue, or recovery efforts related to a terrorist attack.
Sec. 612. Technical correction with respect to expedited payments for heroic public


      safety officers.
Sec. 613. Public safety officers benefit program payment increase.
Sec. 614. Office of Justice programs.


      Subtitle B—Amendments to the Victims of Crime Act of 1984


     Sec. 621. Crime victims fund.


     Sec. 622. Crime victim compensation.


     Sec. 623. Crime victim assistance.


     Sec. 624. Victims of terrorism.


      TITLE VII—INCREASED INFORMATION SHARING FOR CRITICAL


        INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION
Sec. 701. Expansion of regional information sharing system to facilitate


      Federal-State-local law enforcement response related to terrorist attacks.

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  TITLE VIII—STRENGTHENING THE CRIMINAL LAWS AGAINST TERRORISM
Sec. 801. Terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against mass transportation


    systems.


  Sec. 802. Definition of domestic terrorism.


  Sec. 803. Prohibition against harboring terrorists.
Sec. 804. Jurisdiction over crimes committed at U.S. facilities abroad.
Sec. 805. Material support for terrorism.


  Sec. 806. Assets of terrorist organizations.
Sec. 807. Technical clarification relating to provision of material support to


    ter-rorism.


  Sec. 808. Definition of Federal crime of terrorism.
Sec. 809. No statute of limitation for certain terrorism offenses.
Sec. 810. Alternate maximum penalties for terrorism offenses.
Sec. 811. Penalties for terrorist conspiracies.


  Sec. 812. Post-release supervision of terrorists.
Sec. 813. Inclusion of acts of terrorism as racketeering activity.
Sec. 814. Deterrence and prevention of cyberterrorism.
Sec. 815. Additional defense to civil actions relating to preserving records in


    re-sponse to Government requests.
Sec. 816. Development and support of cybersecurity forensic capabilities.
Sec. 817. Expansion of the biological weapons statute.


     TITLE IX—IMPROVED INTELLIGENCE
Sec. 901. Responsibilities of Director of Central Intelligence regarding foreign


    intel-ligence collected under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Sec. 902. Inclusion of international terrorist activities within scope of foreign


    intel-ligence under National Security Act of 1947.
Sec. 903. Sense of Congress on the establishment and maintenance of intelligence


    relationships to acquire information on terrorists and terrorist
organiza-tions.
Sec. 904. Temporary authority to defer submittal to Congress of reports on


    intel-ligence and intelligence-related matters.
Sec. 905. Disclosure to Director of Central Intelligence of foreign intelligence-


    re-lated information with respect to criminal investigations.
Sec. 906. Foreign terrorist asset tracking center.


  Sec. 907. National Virtual Translation Center.
Sec. 908. Training of government officials regarding identification and use of


    for-eign intelligence.


      TITLE X—MISCELLANEOUS


  Sec. 1001. Review of the department of justice.


  Sec. 1002. Sense of congress.


  Sec. 1003. Definition of ‘‘electronic surveillance’’.


  Sec. 1004. Venue in money laundering cases.


  Sec. 1005. First responders assistance act.
Sec. 1006. Inadmissibility of aliens engaged in money laundering.
Sec. 1007. Authorization of funds for dea police training in south and central asia.
Sec. 1008. Feasibility study on use of biometric identifier scanning system with


    ac-cess to the fbi integrated automated fingerprint identification system at
overseas consular posts and points of entry to the United States.
Sec. 1009. Study of access.
Sec. 1010. Temporary authority to contract with local and State governments for


    performance of security functions at United States military


    installa-tions.


  Sec. 1011. Crimes against charitable americans.


  Sec. 1012. Limitation on issuance of hazmat licenses.
Sec. 1013. Expressing the sense of the senate concerning the provision of funding


    for bioterrorism preparedness and response.
Sec. 1014. Grant program for State and local domestic preparedness support.
Sec. 1015. Expansion and reauthorization of the crime identification technology act


    for antiterrorism grants to States and localities.


  Sec. 1016. Critical infrastructures protection.
SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTION; SEVERABILITY. 18 USC 1 note.


   Any provision of this Act held to be invalid or unenforceable
by its terms, or as applied to any person or circumstance, shall
be construed so as to give it the maximum effect permitted by
law, unless such holding shall be one of utter invalidity or
unenforceability, in which event such provision shall be deemed

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     severable from this Act and shall not affect the remainder thereof
or the application of such provision to other persons not similarly
situated or to other, dissimilar circumstances.


      TITLE I—ENHANCING DOMESTIC


      SECURITY AGAINST TERRORISM


  28 USC 524 note. SEC. 101. COUNTERTERRORISM FUND.


     (a) ESTABLISHMENT; AVAILABILITY.—There is hereby established
in the Treasury of the United States a separate fund to be known
as the ‘‘Counterterrorism Fund’’, amounts in which shall remain
available without fiscal year limitation—


      (1) to reimburse any Department of Justice component


     for any costs incurred in connection with—


       (A) reestablishing the operational capability of an office


      or facility that has been damaged or destroyed as the


      result of any domestic or international terrorism incident;


       (B) providing support to counter, investigate, or


      pros-ecute domestic or international terrorism, including,
with-out limitation, paying rewards in connection with these
activities; and


       (C) conducting terrorism threat assessments of Federal


      agencies and their facilities; and


      (2) to reimburse any department or agency of the Federal
Government for any costs incurred in connection with detaining
in foreign countries individuals accused of acts of terrorism
that violate the laws of the United States.


     (b) NO EFFECT ON PRIOR APPROPRIATIONS.—Subsection (a) shall
not be construed to affect the amount or availability of any
appro-priation to the Counterterrorism Fund made before the date of
the enactment of this Act.


     SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONDEMNING DISCRIMINATION


       AGAINST ARAB AND MUSLIM AMERICANS.


     (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:


      (1) Arab Americans, Muslim Americans, and Americans
from South Asia play a vital role in our Nation and are entitled
to nothing less than the full rights of every American.


      (2) The acts of violence that have been taken against Arab


     and Muslim Americans since the September 11, 2001, attacks


     against the United States should be and are condemned by


     all Americans who value freedom.


      (3) The concept of individual responsibility for wrongdoing
is sacrosanct in American society, and applies equally to all
religious, racial, and ethnic groups.


      (4) When American citizens commit acts of violence against


     those who are, or are perceived to be, of Arab or Muslim


     descent, they should be punished to the full extent of the


     law.


      (5) Muslim Americans have become so fearful of
harass-ment that many Muslim women are changing the way they
dress to avoid becoming targets.


      (6) Many Arab Americans and Muslim Americans have


     acted heroically during the attacks on the United States,


     including Mohammed Salman Hamdani, a 23-year-old New


     Yorker of Pakistani descent, who is believed to have gone

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   to the World Trade Center to offer rescue assistance and is


   now missing.


   (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that—


    (1) the civil rights and civil liberties of all Americans,


   including Arab Americans, Muslim Americans, and Americans


   from South Asia, must be protected, and that every effort


   must be taken to preserve their safety;


    (2) any acts of violence or discrimination against any


   Americans be condemned; and


    (3) the Nation is called upon to recognize the patriotism


   of fellow citizens from all ethnic, racial, and religious


   back-grounds.


  SEC. 103. INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT


    CENTER AT THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.


   There are authorized to be appropriated for the Technical
Sup-port Center established in section 811 of the Antiterrorism and
Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–132) to help
meet the demands for activities to combat terrorism and support
and enhance the technical support and tactical operations of the
FBI, $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2002, 2003, and
2004.

   SEC. 104. REQUESTS FOR MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO ENFORCE


    PROHIBITION IN CERTAIN EMERGENCIES.


   Section 2332e of title 18, United States Code, is amended—


    (1) by striking ‘‘2332c’’ and inserting ‘‘2332a’’; and


    (2) by striking ‘‘chemical’’.
SEC. 105. EXPANSION OF NATIONAL ELECTRONIC CRIME TASK FORCE 18 USC 3056


    INITIATIVE. note.
The Director of the United States Secret Service shall take
appropriate actions to develop a national network of electronic
crime task forces, based on the New York Electronic Crimes Task
Force model, throughout the United States, for the purpose of
preventing, detecting, and investigating various forms of electronic
crimes, including potential terrorist attacks against critical
infra-structure and financial payment systems.


  SEC. 106. PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY.


   Section 203 of the International Emergency Powers Act (50


  U.S.C. 1702) is amended—


    (1) in subsection (a)(1)—


    (A) at the end of subparagraph (A) (flush to that


    subparagraph), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a comma


    and the following:
‘‘by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States;’’;


    (B) in subparagraph (B)—


     (i) by inserting ‘‘, block during the pendency of


    an investigation’’ after ‘‘investigate’’; and


     (ii) by striking ‘‘interest;’’ and inserting ‘‘interest


    by any person, or with respect to any property, subject


    to the jurisdiction of the United States; and’’;


    (C) by striking ‘‘by any person, or with respect to


    any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United


    States‘; and


    (D) by inserting at the end the following:

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       ‘‘(C) when the United States is engaged in armed
hos-tilities or has been attacked by a foreign country or foreign
nationals, confiscate any property, subject to the
jurisdic-tion of the United States, of any foreign person, foreign
organization, or foreign country that he determines has


      planned, authorized, aided, or engaged in such hostilities


      or attacks against the United States; and all right, title,
and interest in any property so confiscated shall vest, when,
as, and upon the terms directed by the President, in such


      agency or person as the President may designate from


      time to time, and upon such terms and conditions as the


      President may prescribe, such interest or property shall


      be held, used, administered, liquidated, sold, or otherwise


      dealt with in the interest of and for the benefit of the


      United States, and such designated agency or person may


      perform any and all acts incident to the accomplishment


      or furtherance of these purposes.’’; and


      (2) by inserting at the end the following:


     ‘‘(c) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—In any judicial review of a
determination made under this section, if the determination was
based on classified information (as defined in section 1(a) of the
Classified Information Procedures Act) such information may be
submitted to the reviewing court ex parte and in camera. This
subsection does not confer or imply any right to judicial review.’’.


     TITLE II—ENHANCED SURVEILLANCE


        PROCEDURES


     SEC. 201. AUTHORITY TO INTERCEPT WIRE, ORAL, AND ELECTRONIC


       COMMUNICATIONS RELATING TO TERRORISM.
Section 2516(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—


      (1) by redesignating paragraph (p), as so redesignated by
section 434(2) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–132; 110 Stat. 1274), as paragraph
(r); and


      (2) by inserting after paragraph (p), as so redesignated
by section 201(3) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public


     Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–565), the following new


     para-graph:      ‘‘(q) any criminal violation of section 229 (relating to chemical
weapons); or sections 2332, 2332a, 2332b, 2332d, 2339A, or 2339B
of this title (relating to terrorism); or’’.


     SEC. 202. AUTHORITY TO INTERCEPT WIRE, ORAL, AND ELECTRONIC


       COMMUNICATIONS RELATING TO COMPUTER FRAUD


       AND ABUSE OFFENSES.
Section 2516(1)(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘and section 1341 (relating to mail fraud),’’ and inserting
‘‘section 1341 (relating to mail fraud), a felony violation of section
1030 (relating to computer fraud and abuse),’’.


  18 USC app. SEC. 203. AUTHORITY TO SHARE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE


       INFORMA-TION.


     (a) AUTHORITY TO SHARE GRAND JURY INFORMATION.—

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    (1) IN GENERAL.—Rule 6(e)(3)(C) of the Federal Rules of


   Criminal Procedure is amended to read as follows:


    ‘‘(C)(i) Disclosure otherwise prohibited by this rule of


    matters occurring before the grand jury may also be made—


     ‘‘(I) when so directed by a court preliminarily to


    or in connection with a judicial proceeding;


     ‘‘(II) when permitted by a court at the request


    of the defendant, upon a showing that grounds may


    exist for a motion to dismiss the indictment because


    of matters occurring before the grand jury;


     ‘‘(III) when the disclosure is made by an attorney


    for the government to another Federal grand jury;


     ‘‘(IV) when permitted by a court at the request


    of an attorney for the government, upon a showing


    that such matters may disclose a violation of State


    criminal law, to an appropriate official of a State or


    subdivision of a State for the purpose of enforcing


    such law; or


     ‘‘(V) when the matters involve foreign intelligence


    or counterintelligence (as defined in section 3 of the


    National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a)), or


    foreign intelligence information (as defined in clause


    (iv) of this subparagraph), to any Federal law
enforce-ment, intelligence, protective, immigration, national
defense, or national security official in order to assist


    the official receiving that information in the


    perform-ance of his official duties.


    ‘‘(ii) If the court orders disclosure of matters occurring


    before the grand jury, the disclosure shall be made in


    such manner, at such time, and under such conditions


    as the court may direct.


    ‘‘(iii) Any Federal official to whom information is
dis-closed pursuant to clause (i)(V) of this subparagraph may
use that information only as necessary in the conduct of


    that person’s official duties subject to any limitations on


    the unauthorized disclosure of such information. Within


    a reasonable time after such disclosure, an attorney for


    the government shall file under seal a notice with the


    court stating the fact that such information was disclosed


    and the departments, agencies, or entities to which the


    disclosure was made.


    ‘‘(iv) In clause (i)(V) of this subparagraph, the term


    ‘foreign intelligence information’ means—


     ‘‘(I) information, whether or not concerning a


    United States person, that relates to the ability of


    the United States to protect against—


      ‘‘(aa) actual or potential attack or other grave


     hostile acts of a foreign power or an agent of


     a foreign power;


      ‘‘(bb) sabotage or international terrorism by


     a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power;


     or


      ‘‘(cc) clandestine intelligence activities by an


     intelligence service or network of a foreign power


     or by an agent of foreign power; or

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       ‘‘(II) information, whether or not concerning a


       United States person, with respect to a foreign power


       or foreign territory that relates to—


        ‘‘(aa) the national defense or the security of


       the United States; or


        ‘‘(bb) the conduct of the foreign affairs of the


       United States.’’.


      (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Rule 6(e)(3)(D) of the


     Fed-eral Rules of Criminal Procedure is amended by striking


     ‘‘(e)(3)(C)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘(e)(3)(C)(i)(I)’’.


     (b) AUTHORITY TO SHARE ELECTRONIC, WIRE, AND ORAL


     INTER-CEPTION INFORMATION.—


      (1) LAW ENFORCEMENT.—Section 2517 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following:
‘‘(6) Any investigative or law enforcement officer, or attorney
for the Government, who by any means authorized by this chapter,
has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire, oral, or
elec-tronic communication, or evidence derived therefrom, may disclose
such contents to any other Federal law enforcement, intelligence,
protective, immigration, national defense, or national security
offi-cial to the extent that such contents include foreign intelligence
or counterintelligence (as defined in section 3 of the National
Secu-rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a)), or foreign intelligence information
(as defined in subsection (19) of section 2510 of this title), to
assist the official who is to receive that information in the
perform-ance of his official duties. Any Federal official who receives
informa-tion pursuant to this provision may use that information only
as necessary in the conduct of that person’s official duties subject
to any limitations on the unauthorized disclosure of such


     informa-tion.’’.


      (2) DEFINITION.—Section 2510 of title 18, United States


     Code, is amended by—


       (A) in paragraph (17), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the


      semi-colon;


       (B) in paragraph (18), by striking the period and


      inserting ‘‘; and’’; and


       (C) by inserting at the end the following:


      ‘‘(19) ‘foreign intelligence information’ means—


       ‘‘(A) information, whether or not concerning a United


      States person, that relates to the ability of the United


      States to protect against—


       ‘‘(i) actual or potential attack or other grave hostile


       acts of a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power;


       ‘‘(ii) sabotage or international terrorism by a


       for-eign power or an agent of a foreign power; or


       ‘‘(iii) clandestine intelligence activities by an


       intel-ligence service or network of a foreign power or by


       an agent of a foreign power; or


       ‘‘(B) information, whether or not concerning a United


      States person, with respect to a foreign power or foreign


      territory that relates to—


       ‘‘(i) the national defense or the security of the


       United States; or


       ‘‘(ii) the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United


       States.’’.
18 USC 2517 (c) PROCEDURES.—The Attorney General shall establish
note. proce-dures for the disclosure of information pursuant to section 2517(6)

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  and Rule 6(e)(3)(C)(i)(V) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
that identifies a United States person, as defined in section 101
of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C.
1801)).


   (d) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION.— 50 USC 403–5d.


    (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of


   law, it shall be lawful for foreign intelligence or
counterintel-ligence (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a)) or foreign intelligence information
obtained as part of a criminal investigation to be disclosed
to any Federal law enforcement, intelligence, protective,
immigration, national defense, or national security official in
order to assist the official receiving that information in the
performance of his official duties. Any Federal official who
receives information pursuant to this provision may use that
information only as necessary in the conduct of that person’s
official duties subject to any limitations on the unauthorized
disclosure of such information.


    (2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘foreign


   intel-ligence information’’ means—


    (A) information, whether or not concerning a United


    States person, that relates to the ability of the United


    States to protect against—


     (i) actual or potential attack or other grave hostile


    acts of a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power;


     (ii) sabotage or international terrorism by a foreign


    power or an agent of a foreign power; or


     (iii) clandestine intelligence activities by an


    intel-ligence service or network of a foreign power or by


    an agent of a foreign power; or


    (B) information, whether or not concerning a United


    States person, with respect to a foreign power or foreign


    territory that relates to—


     (i) the national defense or the security of the


    United States; or


     (ii) the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United


    States.


  SEC. 204. CLARIFICATION OF INTELLIGENCE EXCEPTIONS FROM


    LIMITATIONS ON INTERCEPTION AND DISCLOSURE OF


    WIRE, ORAL, AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS.
Section 2511(2)(f) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—


    (1) by striking ‘‘this chapter or chapter 121’’ and inserting
‘‘this chapter or chapter 121 or 206 of this title’’; and


    (2) by striking ‘‘wire and oral’’ and inserting ‘‘wire, oral,
and electronic’’.

SEC. 205. EMPLOYMENT OF TRANSLATORS BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU 28 USC 532 note.


    OF INVESTIGATION.


   (a) AUTHORITY.—The Director of the Federal Bureau of
Inves-tigation is authorized to expedite the employment of personnel
as translators to support counterterrorism investigations and
oper-ations without regard to applicable Federal personnel requirements
and limitations.

    (b) SECURITY REQUIREMENTS.—The Director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation shall establish such security requirements
as are necessary for the personnel employed as translators under
subsection (a).

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     (c) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall report to the
Commit-tees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the
Senate on—


      (1) the number of translators employed by the FBI and


     other components of the Department of Justice;


      (2) any legal or practical impediments to using translators
employed by other Federal, State, or local agencies, on a full,
part-time, or shared basis; and


      (3) the needs of the FBI for specific translation services


     in certain languages, and recommendations for meeting those


     needs.


     SEC. 206. ROVING SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY UNDER THE FOREIGN


       INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978.
Section 105(c)(2)(B) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1805(c)(2)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘‘,


     or in circumstances where the Court finds that the actions of
the target of the application may have the effect of thwarting
the identification of a specified person, such other persons,’’ after
‘‘specified person’’.

SEC. 207. DURATION OF FISA SURVEILLANCE OF NON-UNITED STATES


       PERSONS WHO ARE AGENTS OF A FOREIGN POWER.


     (a) DURATION.—


      (1) SURVEILLANCE.—Section 105(e)(1) of the Foreign
Intel-ligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1805(e)(1)) is
amended by—


       (A) inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘except that’’; and


       (B) inserting before the period the following: ‘‘, and


      (B) an order under this Act for a surveillance targeted


      against an agent of a foreign power, as defined in section


      101(b)(1)(A) may be for the period specified in the


      applica-tion or for 120 days, whichever is less’’.


     (2) PHYSICAL SEARCH.—Section 304(d)(1) of the Foreign
Intel-ligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1824(d)(1)) is amended
by—


      (A) striking ‘‘forty-five’’ and inserting ‘‘90’’;


      (B) inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘except that’’; and


      (C) inserting before the period the following: ‘‘, and (B)


     an order under this section for a physical search targeted


     against an agent of a foreign power as defined in section
101(b)(1)(A) may be for the period specified in the application
or for 120 days, whichever is less’’.


     (b) EXTENSION.—


      (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(d)(2) of the Foreign
Intel-ligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1805(d)(2)) is
amended by—


       (A) inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘except that’’; and


       (B) inserting before the period the following: ‘‘, and


      (B) an extension of an order under this Act for a
surveil-lance targeted against an agent of a foreign power as
defined in section 101(b)(1)(A) may be for a period not


      to exceed 1 year’’.


      (2) DEFINED TERM.—Section 304(d)(2) of the Foreign
Intel-ligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1824(d)(2) is
amended by inserting after ‘‘not a United States person,’’ the
following: ‘‘or against an agent of a foreign power as defined
in section 101(b)(1)(A),’’.

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  SEC. 208. DESIGNATION OF JUDGES.


   Section 103(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of
1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803(a)) is amended by—


    (1) striking ‘‘seven district court judges’’ and inserting ‘‘11
district court judges’’; and


    (2) inserting ‘‘of whom no fewer than 3 shall reside within


   20 miles of the District of Columbia’’ after ‘‘circuits’’.


  SEC. 209. SEIZURE OF VOICE-MAIL MESSAGES PURSUANT TO


    WAR-RANTS.


   Title 18, United States Code, is amended—


    (1) in section 2510—


    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking beginning with ‘‘and


    such’’ and all that follows through ‘‘communication’’; and


    (B) in paragraph (14), by inserting ‘‘wire or’’ after


    ‘‘transmission of’’; and


    (2) in subsections (a) and (b) of section 2703—


    (A) by striking ‘‘CONTENTS OF ELECTRONIC’’ and


    inserting ‘‘CONTENTS OF WIRE OR ELECTRONIC’’ each place


    it appears;


    (B) by striking ‘‘contents of an electronic’’ and inserting


    ‘‘contents of a wire or electronic’’ each place it appears;


    and


    (C) by striking ‘‘any electronic’’ and inserting ‘‘any wire


    or electronic’’ each place it appears.


  SEC. 210. SCOPE OF SUBPOENAS FOR RECORDS OF ELECTRONIC


    COMMUNICATIONS.


   Section 2703(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code, as


  redesig-nated by section 212, is amended—


    (1) by striking ‘‘entity the name, address, local and long
distance telephone toll billing records, telephone number or
other subscriber number or identity, and length of service of
a subscriber’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘entity the—


    ‘‘(A) name;


    ‘‘(B) address;


    ‘‘(C) local and long distance telephone connection records,


   or records of session times and durations;


    ‘‘(D) length of service (including start date) and types of


   service utilized;


    ‘‘(E) telephone or instrument number or other subscriber
number or identity, including any temporarily assigned network
address; and


    ‘‘(F) means and source of payment for such service


   (including any credit card or bank account number),


  of a subscriber’’; and


    (2) by striking ‘‘and the types of services the subscriber


   or customer utilized,’’.


  SEC. 211. CLARIFICATION OF SCOPE.


   Section 631 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.


  551) is amended—


    (1) in subsection (c)(2)—


    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’;


    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at


    the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and


    (C) by inserting at the end the following:

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      ‘‘(D) to a government entity as authorized under chapters
119, 121, or 206 of title 18, United States Code, except that
such disclosure shall not include records revealing cable
sub-scriber selection of video programming from a cable operator.’’;
and


      (2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘A governmental entity’’
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (c)(2)(D), a
governmental entity’’.


     SEC. 212. EMERGENCY DISCLOSURE OF ELECTRONIC


       COMMUNICA-TIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND LIMB.


     (a) DISCLOSURE OF CONTENTS.—


      (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2702 of title 18, United States


     Code, is amended—


       (A) by striking the section heading and inserting the


      following:


     ‘‘§ 2702. Voluntary disclosure of customer communications


       or records’’;


       (B) in subsection (a)—


       (i) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the


       end;


       (ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the period and


       inserting ‘‘; and’’; and


       (iii) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:


      ‘‘(3) a provider of remote computing service or electronic
communication service to the public shall not knowingly divulge
a record or other information pertaining to a subscriber to


     or customer of such service (not including the contents of


     communications covered by paragraph (1) or (2)) to any


     govern-mental entity.’’;


       (C) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘EXCEPTIONS.—A
per-son or entity’’ and inserting ‘‘EXCEPTIONS
FOR DISCLOSURE
OF COMMUNICATIONS.—
A provider described in subsection


      (a)’’;


       (D) in subsection (b)(6)—


       (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘or’’;


       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period


       and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and


       (iii) by adding after subparagraph (B) the


       fol-lowing:

        ‘‘(C) if the provider reasonably believes that an


      emer-gency involving immediate danger of death or serious


      phys-ical injury to any person requires disclosure of the


      informa-tion without delay.’’; and


       (E) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:


     ‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS FOR DISCLOSURE OF CUSTOMER RECORDS.—
A provider described in subsection (a) may divulge a record or
other information pertaining to a subscriber to or customer of
such service (not including the contents of communications covered
by subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2))—


      ‘‘(1) as otherwise authorized in section 2703;
‘‘(2) with the lawful consent of the customer or subscriber;
‘‘(3) as may be necessarily incident to the rendition of
the service or to the protection of the rights or property of
the provider of that service;

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    ‘‘(4) to a governmental entity, if the provider reasonably


   believes that an emergency involving immediate danger of


   death or serious physical injury to any person justifies


   disclo-sure of the information; or


    ‘‘(5) to any person other than a governmental entity.’’.


    (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table
of sections for chapter 121 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking the item relating to section 2702 and
inserting the following:

‘‘2702. Voluntary disclosure of customer communications or records.’’.


   (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR GOVERNMENT ACCESS.—


    (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2703 of title 18, United States


   Code, is amended—


    (A) by striking the section heading and inserting the


    following:


  ‘‘§ 2703. Required disclosure of customer communications or


    records’’;


    (B) in subsection (c) by redesignating paragraph (2)


    as paragraph (3);


    (C) in subsection (c)(1)—


     (i) by striking ‘‘(A) Except as provided in


    subpara-graph (B), a provider of electronic communication


    service or remote computing service may’’ and inserting


    ‘‘A governmental entity may require a provider of


    elec-tronic communication service or remote computing


    service to’’;


     (ii) by striking ‘‘covered by subsection (a) or (b)


    of this section) to any person other than a


    govern-mental entity.


    ‘‘(B) A provider of electronic communication service
or remote computing service shall disclose a record or other
information pertaining to a subscriber to or customer of


    such service (not including the contents of communications


    covered by subsection (a) or (b) of this section) to a


    govern-mental entity’’ and inserting ‘‘)’’;


     (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as


    para-graph (2);


     (iv) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv)


    as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D), respectively;


     (v) in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated) by


    striking the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and


     (vi) by inserting after subparagraph (D) (as


    redesignated) the following:


    ‘‘(E) seeks information under paragraph (2).’’; and


    (D) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated) by striking


    ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and insert ‘‘paragraph (1)’’.


    (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table
of sections for chapter 121 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking the item relating to section 2703 and
inserting the following:

‘‘2703. Required disclosure of customer communications or records.’’.


  SEC. 213. AUTHORITY FOR DELAYING NOTICE OF THE EXECUTION OF


    A WARRANT.


   Section 3103a of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

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      (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘In addition’’;
and


      (2) by adding at the end the following:


     ‘‘(b) DELAY.—With respect to the issuance of any warrant or
court order under this section, or any other rule of law, to search
for and seize any property or material that constitutes evidence
of a criminal offense in violation of the laws of the United States,
any notice required, or that may be required, to be given may
be delayed if—


      ‘‘(1) the court finds reasonable cause to believe that
pro-viding immediate notification of the execution of the warrant
may have an adverse result (as defined in section 2705);


      ‘‘(2) the warrant prohibits the seizure of any tangible
prop-erty, any wire or electronic communication (as defined in section
2510), or, except as expressly provided in chapter 121, any
stored wire or electronic information, except where the court
finds reasonable necessity for the seizure; and


      ‘‘(3) the warrant provides for the giving of such notice
within a reasonable period of its execution, which period may
thereafter be extended by the court for good cause shown.’’.


     SEC. 214. PEN REGISTER AND TRAP AND TRACE AUTHORITY UNDER


       FISA.


     (a) APPLICATIONS AND ORDERS.—Section 402 of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1842) is amended—


      (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘for any investigation
to gather foreign intelligence information or information
con-cerning international terrorism’’ and inserting ‘‘for any
inves-tigation to obtain foreign intelligence information not
con-cerning a United States person or to protect against
inter-national terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities,
pro-vided that such investigation of a United States person is
not conducted solely upon the basis of activities protected by
the first amendment to the Constitution’’;


      (2) by amending subsection (c)(2) to read as follows:


      ‘‘(2) a certification by the applicant that the information
likely to be obtained is foreign intelligence information not
concerning a United States person or is relevant to an ongoing
investigation to protect against international terrorism or
clan-destine intelligence activities, provided that such investigation
of a United States person is not conducted solely upon the


     basis of activities protected by the first amendment to the


     Constitution.’’;


      (3) by striking subsection (c)(3); and


      (4) by amending subsection (d)(2)(A) to read as follows:


       ‘‘(A) shall specify—


       ‘‘(i) the identity, if known, of the person who is


       the subject of the investigation;


       ‘‘(ii) the identity, if known, of the person to whom


       is leased or in whose name is listed the telephone


       line or other facility to which the pen register or trap


       and trace device is to be attached or applied;


       ‘‘(iii) the attributes of the communications to which


       the order applies, such as the number or other
identi-fier, and, if known, the location of the telephone line
or other facility to which the pen register or trap


       and trace device is to be attached or applied and,

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    in the case of a trap and trace device, the geographic


    limits of the trap and trace order.’’.


   (b) AUTHORIZATION DURING EMERGENCIES.—Section 403 of the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1843) is
amended—

     (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘foreign intelligence
information or information concerning international terrorism’’
and inserting ‘‘foreign intelligence information not concerning
a United States person or information to protect against
inter-national terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities,
pro-vided that such investigation of a United States person is
not conducted solely upon the basis of activities protected by
the first amendment to the Constitution’’; and


    (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘foreign intelligence
information or information concerning international terrorism’’
and inserting ‘‘foreign intelligence information not concerning
a United States person or information to protect against
inter-national terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities,
pro-vided that such investigation of a United States person is
not conducted solely upon the basis of activities protected by
the first amendment to the Constitution’’.


  SEC. 215. ACCESS TO RECORDS AND OTHER ITEMS UNDER THE


    FOR-EIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT.
Title V of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
(50 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.) is amended by striking sections 501 through
503 and inserting the following:


  ‘‘SEC. 501. ACCESS TO CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS FOR FOREIGN 50 USC 1861.


    INTELLIGENCE AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM


    INVES-TIGATIONS.
‘‘(a)(1) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
or a designee of the Director (whose rank shall be no lower than
Assistant Special Agent in Charge) may make an application for
an order requiring the production of any tangible things (including
books, records, papers, documents, and other items) for an
investiga-tion to protect against international terrorism or clandestine
intel-ligence activities, provided that such investigation of a United
States person is not conducted solely upon the basis of activities
protected by the first amendment to the Constitution.


   ‘‘(2) An investigation conducted under this section shall—


    ‘‘(A) be conducted under guidelines approved by the
Attorney General under Executive Order 12333 (or a successor
order); and


    ‘‘(B) not be conducted of a United States person solely
upon the basis of activities protected by the first amendment
to the Constitution of the United States.


   ‘‘(b) Each application under this section—


    ‘‘(1) shall be made to—


    ‘‘(A) a judge of the court established by section 103(a);


    or


    ‘‘(B) a United States Magistrate Judge under chapter


    43 of title 28, United States Code, who is publicly
des-ignated by the Chief Justice of the United States to have
the power to hear applications and grant orders for the


    production of tangible things under this section on behalf


    of a judge of that court; and

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      ‘‘(2) shall specify that the records concerned are sought
for an authorized investigation conducted in accordance with
subsection (a)(2) to obtain foreign intelligence information not
concerning a United States person or to protect against
inter-national terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities.
‘‘(c)(1) Upon an application made pursuant to this section, the
judge shall enter an ex parte order as requested, or as modified,
approving the release of records if the judge finds that the
applica-tion meets the requirements of this section.


     ‘‘(2) An order under this subsection shall not disclose that
it is issued for purposes of an investigation described in subsection
(a).


     ‘‘(d) No person shall disclose to any other person (other than
those persons necessary to produce the tangible things under this
section) that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has sought or
obtained tangible things under this section.


     ‘‘(e) A person who, in good faith, produces tangible things
under an order pursuant to this section shall not be liable to
any other person for such production. Such production shall not
be deemed to constitute a waiver of any privilege in any other
proceeding or context.


  50 USC 1862. ‘‘SEC. 502. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.


     ‘‘(a) On a semiannual basis, the Attorney General shall fully
inform the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence
of the Senate concerning all requests for the production of tangible
things under section 402.


     ‘‘(b) On a semiannual basis, the Attorney General shall provide
to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives
and the Senate a report setting forth with respect to the preceding
6-month period—


      ‘‘(1) the total number of applications made for orders
approving requests for the production of tangible things under
section 402; and


      ‘‘(2) the total number of such orders either granted,


     modi-fied, or denied.’’.
SEC. 216. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO USE OF PEN


       REGISTERS AND TRAP AND TRACE DEVICES.
(a) GENERAL LIMITATIONS.—Section 3121(c) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—


      (1) by inserting ‘‘or trap and trace device’’ after ‘‘pen


     reg-ister’’;


      (2) by inserting ‘‘, routing, addressing,’’ after ‘‘dialing’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘call processing’’ and inserting ‘‘the
proc-essing and transmitting of wire or electronic communications
so as not to include the contents of any wire or electronic


     communications’’.

      (b) ISSUANCE OF ORDERS.—


      (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3123(a) of title 18, United States


     Code, is amended to read as follows:


     ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—


      ‘‘(1) ATTORNEY FOR THE GOVERNMENT.—Upon an
applica-tion made under section 3122(a)(1), the court shall enter an
ex parte order authorizing the installation and use of a pen
register or trap and trace device anywhere within the United
States, if the court finds that the attorney for the Government

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   has certified to the court that the information likely to be
obtained by such installation and use is relevant to an ongoing
criminal investigation. The order, upon service of that order,
shall apply to any person or entity providing wire or electronic
communication service in the United States whose assistance


   may facilitate the execution of the order. Whenever such an
order is served on any person or entity not specifically named
in the order, upon request of such person or entity, the attorney
for the Government or law enforcement or investigative officer
that is serving the order shall provide written or electronic
certification that the order applies to the person or entity
being served.


    ‘‘(2) STATE INVESTIGATIVE OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—
Upon an application made under section 3122(a)(2), the court
shall enter an ex parte order authorizing the installation and
use of a pen register or trap and trace device within the
jurisdiction of the court, if the court finds that the State law
enforcement or investigative officer has certified to the court
that the information likely to be obtained by such installation
and use is relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation.


    ‘‘(3)(A) Where the law enforcement agency implementing


   an ex parte order under this subsection seeks to do so by


   installing and using its own pen register or trap and trace


   device on a packet-switched data network of a provider of
electronic communication service to the public, the agency shall
ensure that a record will be maintained which will identify—


    ‘‘(i) any officer or officers who installed the device
and any officer or officers who accessed the device to obtain
information from the network;


    ‘‘(ii) the date and time the device was installed, the


    date and time the device was uninstalled, and the date,


    time, and duration of each time the device is accessed


    to obtain information;


    ‘‘(iii) the configuration of the device at the time of


    its installation and any subsequent modification thereof;


    and


    ‘‘(iv) any information which has been collected by the


    device.
To the extent that the pen register or trap and trace device
can be set automatically to record this information
electroni-cally, the record shall be maintained electronically throughout
the installation and use of such device.


    ‘‘(B) The record maintained under subparagraph (A) shall
be provided ex parte and under seal to the court which entered
the ex parte order authorizing the installation and use of the
device within 30 days after termination of the order (including
any extensions thereof).’’.


    (2) CONTENTS OF ORDER.—Section 3123(b)(1) of title 18,


   United States Code, is amended—


    (A) in subparagraph (A)—


     (i) by inserting ‘‘or other facility’’ after ‘‘telephone


    line’’; and


     (ii) by inserting before the semicolon at the end


    ‘‘or applied’’; and


    (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the


    following:

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       ‘‘(C) the attributes of the communications to which


      the order applies, including the number or other identifier


      and, if known, the location of the telephone line or other


      facility to which the pen register or trap and trace device


      is to be attached or applied, and, in the case of an order


      authorizing installation and use of a trap