---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 1829"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "1829"
heading: "Authorization during time of war"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/1829"
units:
  - "Chapter 36 — Foreign Intelligence Surveillance"
  - "Subchapter II — Physical Searches"
---

# §1829. Authorization during time of war


Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President, through the [Attorney General](/usc/50/1801.md?p=g), may authorize [physical searches](/usc/50/1821.md?p=5) without a [court](/usc/50/1881.md?p=b-2) order under this subchapter to acquire [foreign intelligence information](/usc/50/1801.md?p=e) for a period not to exceed 15 calendar days following a declaration of war by the Congress.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–511, title III, § 309, as added Pub. L. 103–359, title VIII, § 807(a)(3), Oct. 14, 1994, 108 Stat. 3452.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after Oct. 14, 1994, with exception for certain physical searches approved by the Attorney General to gather foreign intelligence information, see section 807(c) of Pub. L. 103–359, set out as a note under section 1821 of this title.