Sec. 201. Assistance
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Section 2518(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended, in the undesignated matter following paragraph (e), by striking with a minimum of interference with the services that such service provider, landlord, custodian, or person is according the person whose communications are to be intercepted. Any provider of wire or electronic communication service, landlord, custodian or other person furnishing such facilities or technical assistance shall be compensated therefor by the applicant for reasonable expenses incurred in providing such facilities or assistance. and inserting the following: in a manner designed to uphold the nondisclosure obligations under section 2511(2)(a)(ii).
Such furnishing of information, facilities, and technical assistance shall include— isolating all communications authorized to be intercepted; decrypting, decoding, or otherwise providing in an intelligible format the communications authorized to be intercepted, unless the independent actions of an unaffiliated entity make it technically impossible to do so; and delivering all communications authorized to be intercepted securely, reliably, and concurrently with their transmission.
Any provider of wire or electronic communication service, landlord, custodian, or other person furnishing such information, facilities, or technical assistance shall be compensated therefor by the applicant for reasonable expenses directly incurred in providing such information, facilities, or assistance. .