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18 U.S.C. § 1367 — Interference with the operation of a satellite

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18 U.S.C. § 1367 — Interference with the operation of a satellite

**(a)** Whoever, without the authority of the satellite operator, intentionally or maliciously interferes with the authorized operation of a communications or weather satellite or obstructs or hinders any satellite transmission shall be fined in accordance with this title or imprisoned not more than ten years or both. **(b)** This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency or of an intelligence agency of the United States.

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**(a)** Whoever, without the authority of the satellite operator, intentionally or maliciously interferes with the authorized operation of a communications or weather satellite or obstructs or hinders any satellite transmission shall be fined in accordance with this title or imprisoned not more than ten years or both. **(b)** This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency or of an intelligence agency of the United States.

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18 U.S.C. § 3121 — General prohibition on pen register and trap and trace device use; exception

**(a) In General.—** Except as provided in this section, no person may install or use a pen register or a trap and trace device without first obtaining a court order under [section 3123 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section3123&num=0&edition=prelim) or under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ([50 U.S.C. 1801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) or an order from a foreign government that is subject to an executive agreement that the Attorney General has determined and certified to Congress satisfies section 2523. **(b) Exception.—** The prohibition of subsection (a) does not apply with respect to the use of a pen register or a trap and trace device by a provider of electronic or wire communication service— (1) relating to the operation, maintenance, and testing of a wire or electronic communication service or to the protection of the rights or property of such provider, or to the protection of users of that service from abuse of service or unlawful use of service; or (2) to record the fact that a wire or electronic communication was initiated or completed in order to protect such provider, another provider furnishing service toward the completion of the wire communication, or a user of that service, from fraudulent, unlawful or abusive use of service; or (3) where the consent of the user of that service has been obtained. **(c) Limitation.—** A government agency authorized to install and use a pen register or trap and trace device under this chapter or under State law shall use technology reasonably available to it that restricts the recording or decoding of electronic or other impulses to the dialing, routing, addressing,

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18 U.S.C. § 1367 — Interference with the operation of a sat-

Page 371 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 1367 (Added Pub. L. 98–127, § 2, Oct. 13, 1983, 97 Stat. 831; amended Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXV, § 3544, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4926; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), (O), (Q), (S), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147, 2148; Pub. L. 107–307, § 2, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2445.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Another section 1365 was renumbered section 1366 of this title. AMENDMENTS 2002—Subsecs. (f) to (h). Pub. L. 107–307 added subsec. (f) and redesignated former subsecs. (f) and (g) as (g) and (h), respectively. 1994—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(1)(O), sub- stituted ‘‘fined under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $25,000’’. Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(1)(S), sub- stituted ‘‘fined under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $100,000’’. Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(1)(Q), sub- stituted ‘‘fined under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $50,000’’. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(1)(L), substituted ‘‘fined under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $10,000’’. Subsecs. (c)(1), (d), (e). Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(1)(O), substituted ‘‘fined under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $25,000’’. 1990—Subsec. (g)(1)(A). Pub. L. 101–647 inserted open- ing quotation marks before ‘‘device’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE OF 2002 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 107–307, § 1, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2445, provided that: ‘‘This Act [amending this section] may be cited as the ‘Product Packaging Protection Act of 2002’.’’ SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 98–127, § 1, Oct. 13, 1983, 97 Stat. 831, provided: ‘‘That this Act [enacting this section and section 155A of Title 35, Patents] may be cited as the ‘Federal Anti- Tampering Act’.’’ §

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