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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 4051 (Introduced in Senate) — To improve the ability of law enforcement agencies to access encrypted data, and for other purposes. · Sec. 502

Sec. 502. Physical searches within the United States for foreign intelligence purposes

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Title III of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1821 et seq.) is amended— in section 301 ( 50 U.S.C. 1821 ), by adding at the end the following: Assistance includes— isolating all information, material, or property to be seized, reproduced, or altered; decrypting, decoding, or otherwise providing in an intelligible format the information, material, or property to be seized, reproduced, or altered, unless the independent actions of an unaffiliated entity make it technically impossible to do so; and providing technical support as necessary to ensure effective execution of an order under this title. ; and in section 304(c)(2)(B) ( 50 U.S.C. 1824(c)(2)(B) ), by striking produce a minimum of interference with the services that such landlord, custodian, or other person is providing the target of the physical search and inserting in a manner designed to minimize the possibility of alerting the target of the physical search .
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