Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 4.djvu/819

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PUBLIC LAW 103-359—OCT. 14, 1994 108 STAT. 3453 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. —The table of contents in the first section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 is amended by striking the items relating to title III and inserting the following: 'TITLE III —PHYSICAL SEARCHES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES FOR FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES "Sec. 301. Definitions. "Sec. 302. Authorization of physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes. "Sec. 303. Application for an order. "Sec. 304. Issuance of an order. "Sec. 305. Use of information. " Sec. 306. Congressional oversight. "Sec. 307. Penalties. "Sec. 308. Civil Uability. "Sec. 309. Authorization during time of war. " TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE "Sec. 401. Effective date.". (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsections 50 USC 1821 (a) and (b) shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment ' ^°*®- of this Act, except that any physical search approved by the Attorney General of the United States to gather foreign intelligence information shall not be deemed unlawful for failure to follow the procedures of title III of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (as added by this Act), if that search is conducted within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to regulations issued by the Attorney General, which were in the possession of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate 2ind the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives before the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 808. LESSER CRBVUNAL OFFENSE FOR UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. (a) IN GENERAL. —Chapter 93 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

    • § 1924. Unauthorized removal and retention of classiHed

documents or material "(a) Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. "(b) For purposes of this section, the provision of documents and materisils to the Congress shall not constitute an offense under subsection (a). "(c) In this section, the term 'classified information of the United States' means information originated, owned, or possessed by the United States Government concerning the national defense or foreign relations of the United States that has been determined pursuant to law or Executive order to require protection against unauthorized disclosure in the interests of national security.".