Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73
§1810a Reporting requirements for civil actions
Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 36— - FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE › § 1810a
Summary
When a court finds someone broke this chapter in a civil case under section 1810, the head of that person’s agency must tell Congress what administrative action was taken under section 1803(m) or other law. The agency head must also send the person’s name to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and that Court must keep a list of those names.
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Title 50, §1810a
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(a)If a court finds that a person has violated this chapter in a civil action under section 1810 of this title, the head of the agency that employs that person shall report to Congress on the administrative action taken against that person pursuant to section 1803(m) of this title or any other provision of law.
(b)If a court finds that a person has violated this chapter in a civil action under section 1810 of this title, the head of the agency that employs that person shall report the name of such person to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court shall maintain a list of each person about whom it received a report under this subsection.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 95–511, Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1783, known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 1801 of this title and Tables.
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50 U.S.C. § 1810a
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73