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50 U.S. Code § 1822 - Authorization of physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 50 › Chapter 36 › Subchapter II › § 1822 50 U.S. Code § 1822 - Authorization of physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes
Presidential authorization (1)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President, acting through the Attorney General, may authorize physical searches without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year if—
the Attorney General certifies in writing under oath that—
the physical search is solely directed at premises, information, material, or property used exclusively by, or under the open and exclusive control of, a foreign power or powers (as defined in section 1801
(a)(1), (2), or (3) of this title);
the proposed minimization procedures with respect to such physical search meet the definition of minimization procedures under paragraphs (1) through (4) [1]
of section 1821
The Attorney General shall immediately transmit under seal to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court a copy of the certification. Such certification shall be maintained under security measures established by the Chief Justice of the United States with the concurrence of the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, and shall remain sealed unless—
an application for a court order with respect to the physical search is made under section 1821
(4) of this title and section 1823 of this title; or
the certification is necessary to determine the legality of the physical search under section 1825
With respect to physical searches authorized by this subsection, the Attorney General may direct a specified landlord, custodian, or other specified person to—
Application for order; authorization Applications for a court order under this subchapter are authorized if the President has, by written authorization, empowered the Attorney General to approve applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a judge of the court to whom application is made may grant an order in accordance with section 1824 of this title approving a physical search in the United States of the premises, property, information, or material of a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power for the purpose of collecting foreign intelligence information.
Jurisdiction of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court shall have jurisdiction to hear applications for and grant orders approving a physical search for the purpose of obtaining foreign intelligence information anywhere within the United States under the procedures set forth in this subchapter, except that no judge (except when sitting en banc) shall hear the same application which has been denied previously by another judge designated under section 1803
(a) of this title. If any judge so designated denies an application for an order authorizing a physical search under this subchapter, such judge shall provide immediately for the record a written statement of each reason for such decision and, on motion of the United States, the record shall be transmitted, under seal, to the court of review established under section 1803
Court of review; record; transmittal to Supreme Court The court of review established under section 1803
(b) of this title shall have jurisdiction to review the denial of any application made under this subchapter. If such court determines that the application was properly denied, the court shall immediately provide for the record a written statement of each reason for its decision and, on petition of the United States for a writ of certiorari, the record shall be transmitted under seal to the Supreme Court, which shall have jurisdiction to review such decision.
Expeditious conduct of proceedings; security measures for maintenance of records Judicial proceedings under this subchapter shall be concluded as expeditiously as possible. The record of proceedings under this subchapter, including applications made and orders granted, shall be maintained under security measures established by the Chief Justice of the United States in consultation with the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence.
So in original. Probably should be “subparagraphs (A) through (D)”.
(Pub. L. 95–511, title III, § 302, as added Pub. L. 103–359, title VIII, § 807(a)(3),Oct. 14, 1994, 108 Stat. 3444; amended Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1071(e),Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3691; Pub. L. 110–261, title I, § 109(b)(2)(B),July 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 2465; Pub. L. 111–259, title VIII, § 806(a)(2),Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2748.)
2010—Subsecs. (a)(3), (4)(A)(ii), (e). Pub. L. 111–259made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 108–458. See 2004 Amendment note below.
2008—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–261inserted “(except when sitting en banc)” after “except that no judge”.
Ex. Ord. No. 12949, Feb. 9, 1995, 60 F.R. 8169, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 13383, § 2, July 15, 2005, 70 F.R. 41933; Ex. Ord. No. 13475, § 2, Oct. 7, 2008, 73 F.R. 60095, provided:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including sections 302 and 303 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (“Act”) (50 U.S.C. 1801,et seq.), as amended by Public Law 103–359 [50 U.S.C. 1822, 1823], and in order to provide for the authorization of physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes as set forth in the Act, it is hereby ordered as follows: