18 U.S.C. § 3126
The Attorney General shall annually report to Congress on the number of pen register orders and orders for trap and trace devices applied for by law enforcement agencies of the Department of Justice, which report shall include information concerning-
18 U.S.C. § 3126
EDITORIAL NOTES
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 3126 was renumbered section 3127 of this title.
AMENDMENTS2000- Pub. L. 106-197 substituted ", which report shall include information concerning-" and pars. (1) to (5) for period at end. 1988- Pub. L. 100-690 renumbered section 3125 of this title as this section.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective 90 days after Oct. 21, 1986, and, in case of conduct pursuant to court order or extension, applicable only with respect to court orders and extensions made after such date, with special rule for State authorizations of interceptions, see section 302 of Pub. L. 99-508 set out as a note under section 3121 of this title.
REPORT ON USE OF DCS 1000 (CARNIVORE) TO IMPLEMENT ORDERS UNDER SECTION 3123 Pub. L. 107-273, div. A, title III, §305(a), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1782, provided that: "At the same time that the Attorney General submits to Congress the annual reports required by section 3126 of title 18, United States Code, that are respectively next due after the end of each of the fiscal years 2002 and 2003, the Attorney General shall also submit to the Chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and of the House of Representatives a report, covering the same respective time period, on the number of orders under section 3123 applied for by law enforcement agencies of the Department of Justice whose implementation involved the use of the DCS 1000 program (or any subsequent version of such program), which report shall include information concerning-"(1) the period of interceptions authorized by the order, and the number and duration of any extensions of the order;"(2) the offense specified in the order or application, or extension of an order;"(3) the number of investigations involved;"(4) the number and nature of the facilities affected;"(5) the identity of the applying investigative or law enforcement agency making the application for an order; and"(6) the specific persons authorizing the use of the DCS 1000 program (or any subsequent version of such program) in the implementation of such order."
- State
- the term "State" means a State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any other possession or territory of the United States.
- pen register
- the term "pen register" means a device or process which records or decodes dialing, routing, addressing, or signaling information transmitted by an instrument or facility from which a wire or electronic communication is transmitted, provided, however, that such information shall not include the contents of any communication, but such term does not include any device or process used by a provider or customer of a wire or electronic communication service for billing, or recording as an incident to billing, for communications services provided by such provider or any device or process used by a provider or customer of a wire communication service for cost accounting or other like purposes in the ordinary course of its business;