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S. 218 (98th)

A bill to amend certain provisions of title 18, United States Code, relating to the procedures for interception of wire or oral communications.

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Introduced

27 January 1983

Last action

17 May 1983 · Committee

Status

Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Office of the U.S. Attorney General.

Sponsors

Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC], Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM], Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]

Subjects

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Source updated

10 August 2026

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Summary

Amends the Federal criminal code to impose additional procedural requirements for the interception of communications where surreptitious entry is required. Requires the application for an order to state why other means of effecting the interception appear unlikely to succeed, or are too dangerous or impracticable. Requires the court to determine whether surreptitious entry reasonably appears to be required and, if so, to specifically authorize such entry. Allows the interception of communications without a court order in emergency situations involving immediate danger of death or serious injury to any person (current law limits it to conspiracies involving national security or organized crime). Directs an authorizing judge to report orders approving surreptitious entries to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

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Timeline

  1. 27 January 1983

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 27 January 1983

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 22 February 1983

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.

    Source: Committee

  4. 28 February 1983

    Committee

    Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Office of the U.S. Attorney General.

    Source: Committee

  5. 17 May 1983

    Committee

    Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Office of the U.S. Attorney General.

    Source: Committee

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Documents

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