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Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 36 - FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE (§§ 1801 - 1885c)
Subchapter III - PEN REGISTERS AND TRAP AND TRACE DEVICES FOR FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES (§§ 1841 - 1846)
Section 1844 - Authorization during time of war
PEN REGISTERS AND TRAP AND TRACE DEVICES FOR FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES - 50 U.S.C. § 1844 (2012)
§1844. Authorization during time of war
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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