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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 · Sec. 214

Sec. 214. PEN REGISTER AND TRAP AND TRACE AUTHORITY UNDER FISA

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## 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 concerning international terrorism” and inserting “for any investigation to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a United States person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine 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”; ####
(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 clandestine 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 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 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 international terrorism or clandestine 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”; 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 international terrorism or clandestine 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”.
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