A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide that the provisions of chapter 119, relating to the interception of wire and oral communications, apply to pen registers.

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Introduced

3 August 1979

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Status

Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Applies the provisions of current law relating to the interception of wire and oral communications to the use of a "pen register" (a mechanical device which records the numbers dialed on a telephone line to which it is attached).

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summary · EN · 3 August 1979
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1702
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