Executive Order 12949

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Executive Order 12949 by President of the United States Foreign Intelligence Physical Searches

Executive Order 12950→

Signed by President  William J. Clinton  February 9, 1995

Federal Register  page & date: 60 FR 8169, February 13, 1995

See the Notes section for a list of Executive Orders affected by or related to the issuance of this Executive Order.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including sections 302 and 303 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (‘‘Act’’) (50 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.), as amended by Public Law 103-359, and in order to provide for the authorization of physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes as set forth in the Act, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. 

Pursuant to section 302(a)(1) of the Act, the Attorney General is authorized to approve physical searches, without a court order, to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year, if the Attorney General makes the certifications required by that section.

Sec. 2. 

Pursuant to section 302(b) of the Act, the Attorney General is authorized to approve applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court under section 303 of the Act to obtain orders for physical searches for the purpose of collecting foreign intelligence information.

Sec. 3. 

Pursuant to section 303(a)(7) of the Act, the following officials, each of whom is employed in the area of national security or defense, is designated to make the certifications required by section 303(a)(7) of the Act in support of applications to conduct physical searches:

(a)	Secretary of State;
(b)	Secretary of Defense;
(c)	Director of Central Intelligence;
(d)	Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(e)	Deputy Secretary of State;
(f)	Deputy Secretary of Defense; and
(g)	Deputy Director of Central Intelligence.

None of the above officials, nor anyone officially acting in that capacity, may exercise the authority to make the above certifications, unless that official has been appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

William J. Clinton 

The White House,

February 9, 1995.

[FR Doc. 95–3671 Filed 2-9-95; 2:30 pm]
Billing code 3195–01–P

Notes

Amended by

• Executive Order 13383, July 15, 2005;
• Executive Order 13475, October 7, 2008

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