To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize the Federal Bureau of Investigation to obtain certain telephone subscriber information.
PL 103-142 (H.R.175), enacted 11/17/1993

intelligence. 
PUBLIC LAW 103-142—NOV. 17, 1993 
107 STAT. 1491 
Public Law 103-142 
103d Congress 
An Act 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize the Federal Bureau of Investiga- 
Nov. 17, 1993 
tion to obtain certain telephone subscriber information. 
[H.R. 175] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of 
America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. REQUIRED CERTIFICATION. 
Section 2709(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(b) REQUIRED CERTIFICATION.—The Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation., or his designee in a position not lower 
than Deputy Assistant Director, may— 
"(1) request the name, address, length of service, and toll 
billing records of a person or entity if the Director (or his 
designee in a position not lower than Deputy Assistant Director) 
certifies in writing to the wire or electronic communication 
service provider to which the request is made that— 
"(A) the name, address, length of service, and toll bill-
ing records sought are relevant to an authorized foreign 
counterintelligence investigation; and 
"(B) there are specific and articulable facts giving rea-
son to believe that the person or entity to whom the 
information sought pertains is a foreign power or an agent 
of a foreign power as defined in section 101 of the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801); and 
"(2) request the name, address, and length of service of 
a person or entity if the Director (or his designee in a position 
not lower than Deputy Assistant Director) certifies in writing 
to the wire or electronic communication service provider to 
which the request is made that— 
"(A) the information sought is relevant to an authorized 
foreign counterintelligence investigation; and 
"(B) there are specific and articulable facts giving rea-
son to believe that communication facilities registered in 
the name of the person or entity have been used, through 
the services of such provider, in communication with— 
"(i) an individual who is engaging or has engaged 
in international terrorism as defined in section 101(c) 
of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or clandes-
tine intelligence activities that involve or may involve 
a violation of the criminal statutes of the United States; 
or 
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"(ii) a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power 
under circumstances giving reason to believe that the 
communication concerned international terrorism as 
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defined in section 101(c) of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act or clandestine intelligence activities 
that involve or may involve a violation of the criminal 
statutes of the United States.". 
SEC. 2. REPORT TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEES. 
Section 2709(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding after "Senate" the following: ", and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the Senate,". 
Approved November 17, 1993. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 175: 
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 103-46 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 139 (1993): 
Mar. 29, considered and passed House. 
Nov. 4, considered and passed Senate.