2018 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 36 - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Subchapter II - Physical Searches
Sec. 1826 - Congressional oversight

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Citation 50 U.S.C. § 1826 (2018)
Section Name §1826. Congressional oversight
Section Text

On a semiannual basis the Attorney General shall fully inform the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate concerning all physical searches conducted pursuant to this subchapter. On a semiannual basis the Attorney General shall also provide to those committees a report setting forth with respect to the preceding six-month period—

(1) the total number of applications made for orders approving physical searches under this subchapter;

(2) the total number of such orders either granted, modified, or denied;

(3) the number of physical searches which involved searches of the residences, offices, or personal property of United States persons, and the number of occasions, if any, where the Attorney General provided notice pursuant to section 1825(b) of this title; and

(4) the total number of emergency physical searches authorized by the Attorney General under section 1824(e) of this title and the total number of subsequent orders approving or denying such physical searches.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 95–511, title III, §306, as added Pub. L. 103–359, title VIII, §807(a)(3), Oct. 14, 1994, 108 Stat. 3451; amended Pub. L. 109–177, title I, §109(a), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 204; Pub. L. 114–23, title VI, §605(b), June 2, 2015, 129 Stat. 298.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

2015—Pub. L. 114–23, in introductory provisions, substituted "Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate" for "Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate," and struck out "and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives" after "those committees".

2006—Pub. L. 109–177, §109(a)(1), (2), in introductory provisions, inserted ", and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate," after "Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate" and substituted "and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives" for "and the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate".

Par. (4). Pub. L. 109–177, §109(a)(3)–(5), added par. (4).

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective 90 days after Oct. 14, 1994, with exception for certain physical searches approved by the Attorney General to gather foreign intelligence information, see section 807(c) of Pub. L. 103–359, set out as a note under section 1821 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 36 - FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE
SUBCHAPTER II - PHYSICAL SEARCHES
Sec. 1826 - Congressional oversight
Contains section 1826
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 108 Stat. 3451
120 Stat. 204
129 Stat. 298
Public Law References Public Law 95-511, Public Law 103-359, Public Law 109-177, Public Law 114-23
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