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50 U.S.C. § 1829 — Authorization during time of war
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize physical searches without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for a period not to exceed 15 calendar days following a declaration of war by the Congress.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize physical searches without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for a period not to exceed 15 calendar days following a declaration of war by the Congress.
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As used in this subchapter:
(1) The terms “foreign power”, “agent of a foreign power”, “international terrorism”, “sabotage”, “foreign intelligence information”, “Attorney General”, “United States person”, “United States”, “person”, “weapon of mass destruction”, and “State” shall have the same meanings as in [section 1801 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1801&num=0&edition=prelim), except as specifically provided by this subchapter.
(2) “Aggrieved person” means a person whose premises, property, information, or material is the target of physical search or any other person whose premises, property, information, or material was subject to physical search.
(3) “Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court” means the court established by [section 1803(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1803/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) “Minimization procedures” with respect to physical search, means—
(A) specific procedures, which shall be adopted by the Attorney General, that are reasonably designed in light of the purposes and technique of the particular physical search, to minimize the acquisition and retention, and prohibit the dissemination, of nonpublicly available information concerning unconsenting United States persons consistent with the need of the United States to obtain, produce, and disseminate foreign intelligence information;
(B) procedures that require that nonpublicly available information, which is not foreign intelligence information, as defined in [section 1801(e)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1801/e/1&num=0&edition=prelim), shall not be disseminated in a manner that identifies any Unite
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 1841
Attorney General to gather foreign intelligence infor-
mation, see section 807(c) of Pub. L. 103–359, set out as
a note under section 1821 of this title.
§ 1828. Civil liability
An aggrieved person, other than a foreign
power or an agent of a foreign power, as defined
in section 1801(a) or (b)(1)(A), respectively, of
this title, whose premises, property, informa-
tion, or material has been subjected to a phys-
ical search within the United States or about
whom information obtained by such a physical
search has been disclosed or used in violation of
section 1827 of this title shall have a cause of ac-
tion against any person who committed such
violation and shall be entitled to recover—
(1) actual damages, but not less than liq-
uidated damages of $1,000 or $100 per day for
each day of violation, whichever is greater;
(2) punitive damages; and
(3) reasonable attorney’s fees and other in-
vestigative and litigation costs reasonably in-
curred.
(Pub. L. 95–511, title III, § 308, as added Pub. L.
103–359, title VIII, § 807(a)(3), Oct. 14, 1994, 108
Stat. 3452.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective 90 days after Oct. 14, 1994, with ex-
ception for certain physical searches approved by the
Attorney General to gather foreign intelligence infor-
mation, see section 807(c) of Pub. L. 103–359, set out as
a note under section 1821 of this title.
§ 1829. Authorization during time of war
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the President, through the Attorney General,
may authorize physical searches without a court
order under this subchapter to acquire foreign
intelligence information for a period not to ex-
ceed 15 calendar days following a declaration of
war by
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