Prohibition on collection and maintenance of information of United States persons based on first amendment-protected activities
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/us/usc/t50/s3040a
Title
50 — War and National Defense
Chapter
CH44
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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No element of the intelligence community may collect or maintain information concerning a United States person (as defined in section 3039 of this title) solely for the purpose of monitoring an activity protected by the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, § 105C, as added Pub. L. 117–103, div. X, title III, § 303, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 965.)
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