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title: "50 U.S.C. § 1844"
description: "Authorization during time of war"
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title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
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# 50 U.S.C. § 1844 - Authorization during time of war
## Text
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize the use of a pen register or trap and trace device without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for a period not to exceed 15 calendar days following a declaration of war by Congress.
(Pub. L. 95511, title IV, § 404, as added Pub. L. 105272, title VI, § 601(2), Oct. 20, 1998, 112 Stat. 2408.)