U.S.C. Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE 50 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 44 - NATIONAL SECURITY SUBCHAPTER I - COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY Sec. 3040a - Prohibition on collection and maintenance of information of United States persons based on first amendment-protected activities From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov
§3040a. Prohibition on collection and maintenance of information of United States persons based on first amendment-protected activities
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.)