Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 is a United States federal law that establishes procedures for the surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence on domestic soil. FISA was... Wikipedia

  • Long title:  An Act to authorize electronic surveillance of foreign intelligence information.
  • Acronyms (colloquial):  FISA
  • Enacted by:  the 95th United States Congress
  • Effective:  October 25, 1978
  • Public law:  95-511
  • Statutes at Large:  92 Stat. 1783
  • Titles amended:  50 U.S.C: War and National Defense
  • U.S.C. sections created:  50 U.S.C. #switch->chapter-36 ch. 36 § 1801 et seq.
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