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50 U.S.C. 1808 FISA · Chapter 36: FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE

50 U.S.C. 1808 FISA: Report of Attorney General to Congressional committees; limitation on authority or responsibility of information gathering activities of Congressional committees; report of Congressional committees to Congress

United States Code, current through Public Law 119-136 (October 22, 2026). Retrieved 30 October 2026.

Official text

(1) 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 electronic surveillance under this subchapter. Nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to limit the authority and responsibility of the appropriate committees of each House of Congress to obtain such information as they may need to carry out their respective functions and duties.
Each report under the first sentence of paragraph (1) shall include a description of⁠—
the total number of applications made for orders and extensions of orders approving electronic surveillance under this subchapter where the nature and location of each facility or place at which the electronic surveillance will be directed is unknown;
each criminal case in which information acquired under this chapter has been authorized for use at trial during the period covered by such report;
the total number of emergency employments of electronic surveillance under section 1805(e) of this title and the total number of subsequent orders approving or denying such electronic surveillance; and
the total number of authorizations under section 1805(f) of this title and the total number of subsequent emergency employments of electronic surveillance under section 1805(e) of this title or emergency physical searches pursuant to section 301(e).1
On or before one year after October 25, 1978, and on the same day each year for four years thereafter, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence shall report respectively to the House of Representatives and the Senate, concerning the implementation of this chapter. Said reports shall include but not be limited to an analysis and recommendations concerning whether this chapter should be (1) amended, (2) repealed, or (3) permitted to continue in effect without amendment.

Notes in the official text

  1. (1) See References in Text note below.

Source: United States Code, title 50, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives (uscode.house.gov), release point 119-136. The editorial and statutory notes are not reproduced.

Source credit: ( Pub. L. 95-511, title I, § 108 , Oct. 25, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1795 ; Pub. L. 106-567, title VI, § 604(a) , Dec. 27, 2000 , 114 Stat. 2853 ; Pub. L. 109-177, title I, § 108(c) , Mar. 9, 2006 , 120 Stat. 204 ; Pub. L. 110-261, title I, § 105(b) , July 10, 2008 , 122 Stat. 2462 ; Pub. L. 114-23, title VI, § 605(a) , title VII, § 701(c), June 2, 2015 , 129 Stat. 297 , 299.)

50 U.S.C. 1808 on the Office of the Law Revision Counsel

United States Code, current through Public Law 119-136 (October 22, 2026). Retrieved 30 October 2026.

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