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[CITE: 50USC403-5a]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                      CHAPTER 15--NATIONAL SECURITY
 
            SUBCHAPTER I--COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
 
Sec. 403-5a. Assistance to United States law enforcement 
        agencies
        

(a) Authority to provide assistance

    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, elements of the 
intelligence community may, upon the request of a United States law 
enforcement agency, collect information outside the United States about 
individuals who are not United States persons. Such elements may collect 
such information notwithstanding that the law enforcement agency intends 
to use the information collected for purposes of a law enforcement 
investigation or counterintelligence investigation.

(b) Limitation on assistance by elements of Department of Defense

    (1) With respect to elements within the Department of Defense, the 
authority in subsection (a) of this section applies only to the 
following:
        (A) The National Security Agency.
        (B) The National Reconnaissance Office.
        (C) The National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
        (D) The Defense Intelligence Agency.

    (2) Assistance provided under this section by elements of the 
Department of Defense may not include the direct participation of a 
member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps in an arrest or 
similar activity.
    (3) Assistance may not be provided under this section by an element 
of the Department of Defense if the provision of such assistance will 
adversely affect the military preparedness of the United States.
    (4) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations governing 
the exercise of authority under this section by elements of the 
Department of Defense, including regulations relating to the protection 
of sources and methods in the exercise of such authority.

(c) Definitions

    For purposes of subsection (a) of this section:
        (1) The term ``United States law enforcement agency'' means any 
    department or agency of the Federal Government that the Attorney 
    General designates as law enforcement agency for purposes of this 
    section.
        (2) The term ``United States person'' means the following:
            (A) A United States citizen.
            (B) An alien known by the intelligence agency concerned to 
        be a permanent resident alien.
            (C) An unincorporated association substantially composed of 
        United States citizens or permanent resident aliens.
            (D) A corporation incorporated in the United States, except 
        for a corporation directed and controlled by a foreign 
        government or governments.

(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, Sec. 105A, as added Pub. L. 104-293, 
title VIII, Sec. 814(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3483.)
