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merce in territories or the District of Columbia) of 
the Sherman Act; or 
‘‘(20) any conspiracy to commit any offense de-
scribed in any paragraph of this subsection. 
‘‘(b) STATE PROSECUTORS.—The principal pros-
ecuting attorney of any State, or the principal prosecuting 
attorney of any political subdivision thereof, if such attor-
ney is authorized by a statute of that State to make appli-
cation to a State court judge of competent jurisdiction for 
an order authorizing or approving the interception of wire, 
oral, or electronic communications, may apply to such 
judge for, and such judge may grant in conformity with 
section 3119C and with the applicable State statute an 
order authorizing, or approving the interception of wire, 
oral, or electronic communications by investigative or law 
enforcement officers having responsibility for the inves-
tigation of the offense as to which the application is made, 
when such interception may provide or has provided evi-
dence of the commission of the offense of murder, kidnap-
ping, gambling, robbery, bribery, extortion, or dealing in 
narcotic drugs, marihuana or other dangerous drugs, or 
other crime dangerous to life, limb, or property, and pun-
ishable by imprisonment for more than one year, des-
ignated in any applicable State statute authorizing such 
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interception, or any conspiracy to commit any of the fore-
going offenses. 
‘‘(c) INTERCEPTION FOR EVIDENCE OF FEDERAL 
FELONIES.—Any attorney for the Government (as such 
term is defined for the purposes of the Federal Rules of 
Criminal Procedure) may authorize an application to a 
Federal judge of competent jurisdiction for, and such 
judge may grant, in conformity with section 3119C, an 
order authorizing or approving the interception of elec-
tronic communications by an investigative or law enforce-
ment officer having responsibility for the investigation of 
the offense as to which the application is made, when such 
interception may provide or has provided evidence of any 
Federal felony. 
‘‘§ 3119B. Authorization for disclosure and use of 
intercepted wire, oral, or electronic com-
munications 
‘‘(a) DISCLOSURE TO INVESTIGATIVE OR LAW EN-
FORCEMENT OFFICERS.—Any investigative or law en-
forcement officer who, by any means authorized by this 
chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any 
wire, oral, or electronic communication, or evidence de-
rived therefrom, may disclose such contents to another in-
vestigative or law enforcement officer to the extent that 
such disclosure is appropriate to the proper performance 
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of the official duties of the officer making or receiving the 
disclosure. 
‘‘(b) USE OF CONTENTS IN PERFORMANCE OF DU-
TIES.—Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, 
by any means authorized by this chapter, has obtained 
knowledge of the contents of any wire, oral, or electronic 
communication or evidence derived therefrom may use 
such contents to the extent such use is appropriate to the 
proper performance of his official duties. 
‘‘(c) USE OF CONTENTS IN TESTIMONY.—Any person 
who has received, by any means authorized by this chap-
ter, any information concerning a wire, oral, or electronic 
communication, or evidence derived therefrom intercepted 
in accordance with this chapter may disclose the contents 
of that communication or such derivative evidence while 
giving testimony under oath or affirmation in any pro-
ceeding held under the authority of the United States or 
of any State or political subdivision thereof. 
‘‘(d) PRIVILEGED CHARACTER.—No otherwise privi-
leged wire, oral, or electronic communication intercepted 
in accordance with, or in violation of, this chapter shall 
lose its privileged character. 
‘‘(e) OFFENSES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED IN 
THE ORDER.—When an investigative or law enforcement 
officer, while engaged in intercepting wire, oral, or elec-
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tronic communications in the manner authorized herein, 
intercepts wire, oral, or electronic communications relating 
to offenses other than those specified in the order of au-
thorization or approval, the contents thereof, and evidence 
derived therefrom, may be disclosed or used as provided 
in subsections (a) and (b). Such contents and any evidence 
derived therefrom may be used under subsection (c) when 
authorized or approved by a judge of competent jurisdic-
tion where such judge finds on subsequent application that 
the contents were otherwise intercepted in accordance with 
this chapter. Such application shall be made as soon as 
practicable. 
‘‘(f) DOMESTIC USE OF INTELLIGENCE AND COUN-
TERINTELLIGENCE INFORMATION.—Any investigative or 
law enforcement officer, or attorney for the Government, 
who by any means authorized by this chapter, has ob-
tained knowledge of the contents of any wire, oral, or elec-
tronic communication, or evidence derived therefrom, may 
disclose such contents to any other Federal law enforce-
ment, intelligence, protective, immigration, national de-
fense, or national security official to the extent that such 
contents include foreign intelligence or counterintelligence 
(as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 
1947), or foreign intelligence information (as defined in 
section 1491), to assist the official who is to receive that 
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information in the performance of his official duties. Any 
Federal official who receives information pursuant to this 
provision may use that information only as necessary in 
the conduct of that person’s official duties subject to any 
limitations on the unauthorized disclosure of such infor-
mation. 
‘‘(g) FOREIGN USE OF INTELLIGENCE AND COUN-
TERINTELLIGENCE INFORMATION.—Any investigative or 
law enforcement officer, or other Federal official in car-
rying out official duties as such Federal official, who by 
any means authorized by this chapter, has obtained knowl-
edge of the contents of any wire, oral, or electronic com-
munication, or evidence derived therefrom, may disclose 
such contents or derivative evidence to a foreign investiga-
tive or law enforcement officer to the extent that such dis-
closure is appropriate to the proper performance of the 
official duties of the officer making or receiving the disclo-
sure, and foreign investigative or law enforcement officers 
may use or disclose such contents or derivative evidence 
to the extent such use or disclosure is appropriate to the 
proper performance of their official duties. 
‘‘(h) DISCLOSURE
FOR
PUBLIC
SAFETY
PUR-
POSES.—Any investigative or law enforcement officer, or 
other Federal official in carrying out official duties as such 
Federal official, who by any means authorized by this 
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chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any 
wire, oral, or electronic communication, or evidence de-
rived therefrom, may disclose such contents or derivative 
evidence to any appropriate Federal, State, local, or for-
eign government official to the extent that such contents 
or derivative evidence reveals a threat of actual or poten-
tial attack or other grave hostile acts of a foreign power 
or an agent of a foreign power, domestic or international 
sabotage, domestic or international terrorism, or clandes-
tine intelligence gathering activities by an intelligence 
service or network of a foreign power or by an agent of 
a foreign power, within the United States or elsewhere, 
for the purpose of preventing or responding to such a 
threat. Any official who receives information pursuant to 
this provision may use that information only as necessary 
in the conduct of that person’s official duties subject to 
any limitations on the unauthorized disclosure of such in-
formation, and any State, local, or foreign official who re-
ceives information pursuant to this provision may use that 
information only consistent with such guidelines as the At-
torney General and Director of Central Intelligence shall 
jointly issue. 
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