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A bill to amend certain provisions of title 18, United States Code, relating to the procedures for interception of wire or oral communications.

Introduced: January 27, 1983 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 17, 1983
Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Office of the U.S. Attorney General.
Feb 28, 1983
Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Office of the U.S. Attorney General.
Feb 22, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.
Jan 27, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Jan 27, 1983
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal criminal code to impose additional procedural requirements for the interception of communications where surreptitious entry is required.

Requires the application for an order to state why other means of effecting the interception appear unlikely to succeed, or are too dangerous or impracticable. Requires the court to determine whether surreptitious entry reasonably appears to be required and, if so, to specifically authorize such entry.

Allows the interception of communications without a court order in emergency situations involving immediate danger of death or serious injury to any person (current law limits it to conspiracies involving national security or organized crime).

Directs an authorizing judge to report orders approving surreptitious entries to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

What's happening now May 17, 1983

Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Office of the U.S. Attorney General.

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