Sec. 306. Procedures for the retention of incidentally acquired communications
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In this section: The term covered communication means any nonpublic telephone or electronic communication acquired without the consent of a person who is a party to the communication, including communications in electronic storage. The term head of an element of the intelligence community means, as appropriate— the head of an element of the intelligence community; or the head of the department or agency containing such element. The term United States person has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1801 ).
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act each head of an element of the intelligence community shall adopt procedures approved by the Attorney General for such element that ensure compliance with the requirements of paragraph (3). The procedures required by paragraph
(1)shall be— prepared in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence; and approved by the Attorney General prior to issuance. The procedures required by paragraph
(1)shall apply to any intelligence collection activity that is reasonably anticipated to result in the acquisition of covered communications to or from a United States person not otherwise authorized by court order (including an order issued by a court established under subsection
(a)or
(b)of section 103 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1803 )), subpoena, or similar legal process and shall permit the acquisition, retention, and dissemination of covered communications subject to the following limitations: A covered communication shall not be retained in excess of 5 years, unless— the communication has been affirmatively determined, in whole or in part, to constitute foreign intelligence or counterintelligence or is necessary to understand or assess foreign intelligence or counterintelligence; the communication is reasonably believed to constitute evidence of a crime and is retained by a law enforcement agency; the communication is enciphered or reasonably believed to have a secret meaning; all parties to the communication are reasonably believed to be non-United States persons; retention is necessary to protect against an imminent threat to human life, in which case both the nature of the threat and the information to be retained shall be reported to the congressional intelligence committees not later than 30 days after the date such retention is extended under this clause; retention is necessary for technical assurance or compliance purposes, in which case access to information retained for technical assurance or compliance purposes shall be reported to the congressional intelligence committees on an annual basis; or retention for a period in excess of 5 years is approved by the head of the element of the intelligence community responsible for such retention, based on a determination that retention is necessary to protect the national security of the United States, in which case the head of such element shall provide to the congressional intelligence committees a written certification describing— the reasons extended retention is necessary to protect the national security of the United States; the duration for which the head of the element is authorizing retention; the particular information to be retained; and the measures the element of the intelligence community is taking to protect the privacy interests of United States persons or persons located inside the United States. Access to covered communications shall be limited to persons who have a legitimate need to know and have received training on application of the applicable procedures approved by the Attorney General.
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