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Code · U.S. Code · Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE · CHAPTER 36— FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE · SUBCHAPTER III— PEN REGISTERS AND TRAP AND TRACE DEVICES FOR FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES · § 1844

§ 1844. Authorization during time of war

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize the use of a pen register or trap and trace device without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for a period not to exceed 15 calendar days following a declaration of war by Congress.
(Pub. L. 95–511, title IV, § 404, as added Pub. L. 105–272, title VI, § 601(2), Oct. 20, 1998, 112 Stat. 2408.)
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  • Pub. L. 95–511, title IV, § 404
  • Pub. L. 105–272, title VI, § 601(2)
  • 112 Stat. 2408
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