---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 1810a"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "1810a"
heading: "Reporting requirements for civil actions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/1810a"
units:
  - "Chapter 36 — Foreign Intelligence Surveillance"
  - "Subchapter I — Electronic Surveillance"
---

# §1810a. Reporting requirements for civil actions

- (a) **Report to Congress—** If a [court](/usc/50/1881.md?p=b-2) finds that a [person](/usc/50/1801.md?p=m) has violated this chapter in a civil action under [section 1810 of this title](/usc/50/1810.md), the head of the agency that employs that [person](/usc/50/1801.md?p=m) shall report to Congress on the administrative action taken against that [person](/usc/50/1801.md?p=m) pursuant to [section 1803(m) of this title](/usc/50/1803.md?p=m) or any other provision of law.
- (b) **Report to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court—** If a [court](/usc/50/1881.md?p=b-2) finds that a [person](/usc/50/1801.md?p=m) has violated this chapter in a civil action under [section 1810 of this title](/usc/50/1810.md), the head of the agency that employs that [person](/usc/50/1801.md?p=m) shall report the name of such [person](/usc/50/1801.md?p=m) to the [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court](/usc/50/1881.md?p=b-2). The [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court](/usc/50/1881.md?p=b-2) shall maintain a list of each [person](/usc/50/1801.md?p=m) about whom it received a report under this subsection.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–511, title I, § 110A, as added Pub. L. 118–49, § 15(b), Apr. 20, 2024, 138 Stat. 883.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 95–511, Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1783, known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1801 of this title and Tables.