50 U.S.C. § 1874
Public reporting by persons subject to orders
United States · Title 50 — WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE · Status: effective
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- 50 U.S.C. § 1874, Public reporting by persons subject to orders, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/491992
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A person subject to a nondisclosure requirement accompanying an order or directive under this chapter or a national security letter may, with respect to such order, directive, or national security letter, publicly report the following information using one of the following structures:
A semiannual report that aggregates the number of orders, directives, or national security letters with which the person was required to comply into separate categories of—
the number of customer selectors targeted under orders under this chapter for noncontents, reported in bands of 1000 starting with 0–999, pursuant to—
A semiannual report that aggregates the number of orders, directives, or national security letters with which the person was required to comply into separate categories of—
A semiannual report that aggregates the number of orders, directives, or national security letters with which the person was required to comply into separate categories of—
An annual report that aggregates the number of orders, directives, and national security letters the person was required to comply with into separate categories of—
A report described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) shall include only information—
Nothing in this section prohibits the Government and any person from jointly agreeing to the publication of information referred to in this subsection in a time, form, or manner other than as described in this section.
In this section:
The term “contents” has the meaning given that term under section 2510 of title 18.
The term “national security letter” has the meaning given that term under section 1873 of this title.
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.
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- USA FREEDOM Act of 2015
- FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017House: 256–164Senate: no recorded tally