FISA Amendments Act of 2008
Pub. L. 110–261
Also known as: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008
US Codex doesn’t hold the enacted text of this law — the public-law corpus runs from the 113th Congress (2013) onward. What it changed in the U.S. Code, reconstructed from the credit notes, is listed below.
28 sections of the Code credited to this law, found between Public Law 110-180 and Public Law 110-460.
- 18 U.S.C. § 2511 — Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited
- 50 U.S.C. § 1801 — Definitions
- 50 U.S.C. § 1803 — Designation of judges
- 50 U.S.C. § 1804 — Applications for court orders
- 50 U.S.C. § 1805 — Issuance of order
- 50 U.S.C. § 1806 — Use of information
- 50 U.S.C. § 1808 — 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
- 50 U.S.C. § 1809 — Criminal sanctions
- 50 U.S.C. § 1812 — Statement of exclusive means by which electronic surveillance and interception of certain communications may be conducted
- 50 U.S.C. § 1821 — Definitions
- 50 U.S.C. § 1822 — Authorization of physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes
- 50 U.S.C. § 1823 — Application for order
- 50 U.S.C. § 1824 — Issuance of order
- 50 U.S.C. § 1825 — Use of information
- 50 U.S.C. § 1843 — Authorization during emergencies
- 50 U.S.C. § 1871 — Semiannual report of the Attorney General
- 50 U.S.C. § 1881 — Definitions
- 50 U.S.C. § 1881a — Procedures for targeting certain persons outside the United States other than United States persons
- 50 U.S.C. § 1881b — Certain acquisitions inside the United States targeting United States persons outside the United States
- 50 U.S.C. § 1881c — Other acquisitions targeting United States persons outside the United States
- 50 U.S.C. § 1881d — Joint applications and concurrent authorizations
- 50 U.S.C. § 1881e — Use of information acquired under this subchapter
- 50 U.S.C. § 1881f — Congressional oversight
- 50 U.S.C. § 1881g — Savings provision
- 50 U.S.C. § 1885 — Definitions
- 50 U.S.C. § 1885a — Procedures for implementing statutory defenses
- 50 U.S.C. § 1885b — Preemption
- 50 U.S.C. § 1885c — Reporting