---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 1807"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "1807"
heading: "Report of electronic surveillance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/1807"
units:
  - "Chapter 36 — Foreign Intelligence Surveillance"
  - "Subchapter I — Electronic Surveillance"
---

# §1807. Report of electronic surveillance

- (a) **Annual report—** In April of each year, the [Attorney General](/usc/50/1801.md?p=g) shall transmit to the Administrative Office of the [United States](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a) [Courts](/usc/50/1881.md?p=b-2) and to the [congressional intelligence committees](/usc/50/1881.md?p=b-1) and the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report setting forth with respect to the preceding calendar year—
  - (1) the total number of applications made for orders and extensions of orders approving [electronic surveillance](/usc/50/1801.md?p=f) under this subchapter;
  - (2) the total number of such orders and extensions either granted, modified, or denied; and
  - (3) the total number of subjects targeted by [electronic surveillance](/usc/50/1801.md?p=f) conducted under an order or emergency authorization under this subchapter, rounded to the nearest 500, including the number of such individuals who are [United States persons](/usc/50/1801.md?p=i), reported to the nearest band of 500, starting with 0–499.
- (b) **Form—** Each report under [subsection (a)](#a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, to the extent consistent with national security. Not later than 7 days after the date on which the [Attorney General](/usc/50/1801.md?p=g) submits each such report, the [Attorney General](/usc/50/1801.md?p=g) shall make the report publicly available, or, if the [Attorney General](/usc/50/1801.md?p=g) determines that the report cannot be made publicly available consistent with national security, the [Attorney General](/usc/50/1801.md?p=g) may make publicly available an unclassified summary of the report or a redacted version of the report.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–511, title I, § 107, Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1795; Pub. L. 115–118, title I, § 107(a), Jan. 19, 2018, 132 Stat. 14.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–118 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to report to Administrative Office of the United States Court and to Congress.