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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

100 STAT. 1856

PUBLIC LAW 99-508—OCT. 21, 1986

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Hazardous materials.

18 USC 1361 et seq. 18 USC 2271 et seq. Maritime affairs. 18 USC 1651 et 18 USC app.

(4) by redesignating paragraph (h) as paragraph (1); and (5) in paragraph (a) by— ^' (A) inserting after "Atomic Energy Act of 1954)," the following: "section 2284 of title 42 of the United States Code J (relating to sabotage of nuclear facilities or fuel),"; (B) striking out "or" after "(relating to treason),"; and (C) inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the r/0'** following: "chapter 65 (relating to malicious mischief), chapter 111 (relating to destruction of vessels), or chapter 81 (relating to piracy)". (b) INTERCEPTION OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS.—Section 2516

of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following: "(3) Any attorney for the Government (as such term is defined for the purposes of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure) may authorize an application to a Federal judge of competent jurisdiction for, and such judge may grant, in conformity with section 2518 of this title, an order authorizing or approving the interception of electronic communications by an investigative or law enforcement officer having responsibility for the investigation of the offense as to which the application is made, when such interception may provide or has provided evidence of any Federal felony.". SEC. 106. APPLICATIONS, ORDERS, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ORDERS.

(a) PLACE OF AUTHORIZED INTERCEPTION.—Section 2518(3) of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by inserting "(and outside that jurisdiction but within the United States in the case of a mobile interception device authorized by a Federal court within such jurisdiction)" after "within the territorial jurisdiction of the court in which the judge is sitting". (b) REIMBURSEMENT FOR ASSISTANCE.—Section 2518(4) of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by striking out "at the prevailing rates" and inserting in lieu thereof "for reasonable expenses incurred in providing such facilities or assistance". (c) COMMENCEMENT OF THIRTY-DAY PERIOD AND POSTPONEMENT OF

T^liNiMizATiON.-Section 2518(5) of title 18 of the United States Code IS amended— (1) by inserting after the first sentence the following: "Such thirty-day period begins on the earlier of the day on which the investigative or law enforcement officer first begins to conduct an interception under the order or ten days after the order is entered."; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "In the event the '?" intercepted communication is in a code or foreign language, and an expert in that foreign language or code is not reasonably available during the interception period, minimization may be accomplished as soon as practicable after such interception. An interception under this chapter may be conducted in whole or in part by Government personnel, or by an individual operating under a contract with the Government, acting under the supervision of an investigative or law enforcement officer authorized to conduct the interception.". l?M IHI*

(d) ALTERNATIVE TO DESIGNATING SPECIFIC FACILITIES FROM WHICH COMMUNICATIONS ARE TO BE INTERCEPTED.—(1) Section 2518(l)(b)(ii)

of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by inserting "except as provided in subsection (11)," before "a particular description".