---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 1881d"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "1881d"
heading: "Joint applications and concurrent authorizations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/1881d"
units:
  - "Chapter 36 — Foreign Intelligence Surveillance"
  - "Subchapter VI — Additional Procedures Regarding Certain Persons Outside the United States"
---

# §1881d. Joint applications and concurrent authorizations

- (a) **Joint applications and orders—** If an acquisition targeting a [United States person](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a) under section [1881b](/usc/50/1881b.md) or [1881c](/usc/50/1881c.md) of this title is proposed to be conducted both inside and outside the [United States](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a), a judge having jurisdiction under section [1881b(a)(1)](/usc/50/1881b.md?p=a-1) or [1881c(a)(1)](/usc/50/1881c.md?p=a-1) of this title may issue simultaneously, upon the request of the Government in a joint application complying with the requirements of sections [1881b(b)](/usc/50/1881b.md?p=b) and [1881c(b)](/usc/50/1881c.md?p=b) of this title, orders under sections [1881b(c)](/usc/50/1881b.md?p=c) and [1881c(c)](/usc/50/1881c.md?p=c) of this title, as appropriate.
- (b) **Concurrent authorization—** If an order authorizing [electronic surveillance](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a) or physical search has been obtained under section [1805](/usc/50/1805.md) or [1824](/usc/50/1824.md) of this title, the [Attorney General](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a) may authorize, for the effective period of that order, without an order under section [1881b](/usc/50/1881b.md) or [1881c](/usc/50/1881c.md) of this title, the targeting of that [United States person](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a) for the purpose of acquiring [foreign intelligence information](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a) while such [person](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a) is reasonably believed to be located outside the [United States](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a).
- (c) **Emergency authorization—**
  - (1) **Concurrent authorization—** If the [Attorney General](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a) authorized the emergency employment of [electronic surveillance](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a) or a physical search pursuant to section [1805](/usc/50/1805.md) or [1824](/usc/50/1824.md) of this title, the [Attorney General](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a) may authorize, for the effective period of the emergency authorization and subsequent order pursuant to section [1805](/usc/50/1805.md) or [1824](/usc/50/1824.md) of this title, without a separate order under section [1881b](/usc/50/1881b.md) or [1881c](/usc/50/1881c.md) of this title, the targeting of a [United States person](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a) subject to such emergency employment for the purpose of acquiring [foreign intelligence information](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a) while such [United States person](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a) is reasonably believed to be located outside the [United States](/usc/50/1881.md?p=a).
  - (2) **Use of information—** If an application submitted to the [Court](/usc/50/1881.md?p=b-2) pursuant to section [1804](/usc/50/1804.md) or [1823](/usc/50/1823.md) of this title is denied, or in any other case in which the acquisition pursuant to [paragraph (1)](#c-1) is terminated and no order with respect to the target of the acquisition is issued under section [1805](/usc/50/1805.md) or [1824](/usc/50/1824.md) of this title, all information obtained or evidence derived from such acquisition shall be handled in accordance with [section 1881c(d)(4) of this title](/usc/50/1881c.md?p=d-4).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–511, title VII, § 705, as added Pub. L. 110–261, title I, § 101(a)(2), July 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 2457; amended Pub. L. 115–118, title I, § 105, Jan. 19, 2018, 132 Stat. 13.)

## Notes

### Repeal of Section

Pub. L. 110–261, title IV, § 403(b)(1), July 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 2474, as amended by Pub. L. 112–238, § 2(a)(1), Dec. 30, 2012, 126 Stat. 1631; Pub. L. 115–118, title II, § 201(a)(1), Jan. 19, 2018, 132 Stat. 19; Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title IX, § 7902(a)(1), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 1108; Pub. L. 118–49, § 19(a)(1), Apr. 20, 2024, 138 Stat. 891; Pub. L. 119–84, § 1(a)(1), Apr. 18, 2026, 140 Stat. 770; Pub. L. 119–87, § 1(a)(1), Apr. 30, 2026, 140 Stat. 811, provided that, except as provided in section 404 of Pub. L. 110–261, set out as a note under section 1801 of this title, effective June 12, 2026, this section is repealed.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–118 added subsec. (c).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Pub. L. 110–261, title IV, § 403(b)(1), July 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 2474, as amended by Pub. L. 112–238, § 2(a)(1), Dec. 30, 2012, 126 Stat. 1631; Pub. L. 115–118, title II, § 201(a)(1), Jan. 19, 2018, 132 Stat. 19; Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title IX, § 7902(a)(1), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 1108; Pub. L. 118–49, § 19(a)(1), Apr. 20, 2024, 138 Stat. 891; Pub. L. 119–84, § 1(a)(1), Apr. 18, 2026, 140 Stat. 770; Pub. L. 119–87, § 1(a)(1), Apr. 30, 2026, 140 Stat. 811, provided that, except as provided in section 404 of Pub. L. 110–261, set out as a Transition Procedures note under section 1801 of this title, the repeals made by section 403(b)(1) are effective June 12, 2026.