18 U.S.C. § 2512
Manufacture, distribution, possession, and advertising of wire, oral, or electronic communication intercepting devices prohibited
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, any person who intentionally—
places in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publication or disseminates by electronic means any advertisement of—
It shall not be unlawful under this section for—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
- Economic Espionage Act of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Law Enforcement Technology Advertisement Clarification Act of 1997House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Homeland Security Act of 2002
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally