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 100 STAT. 1872

PUBLIC LAW 99-508—OCT. 21, 1986

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"(4) the term 'trap and trace device' means a device which captures the incoming electronic or other impulses which identify the originating number of an instrument or device from which a wire or electronic communication was transmitted; "(5) the term 'attorney for the Government' has the meaning given such term for the purposes of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure; and "(6) the term 'State' means a State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any other possession or territory of the United States.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters for part II of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 205 the following new item: "206. Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices

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SEC. 302. EFFECTIVE DATE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection flj), this title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall, in the case of conduct pursuant to a court order or extension, apply only with respect to court orders or extensions made after this title takes effect. (b) SPECIAL RULE FOR STATE AUTHORIZATIONS OF INTERCEPTIONS.—

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Any pen register or trap and trace device order or installation which would be valid and lawful without regard to the amendments made by this title shall be valid and lawful notwithstanding such amendments if such order or installation occurs during the period beginning on the date such amendments take effect and ending on the earlier of— (1) the day before the date of the taking effect of changes in State law required in order to make orders or installations under Federal law as amended by this title; or (2) the date two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 303. INTERFERENCE WITH THE OPERATION OF A SATELLITE.

(a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 65 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following: 18 USC 1367.

"§ 1367. Interference with the operation of a satellite "(a) Whoever, without the authority of the satellite operator, intentionally or maliciously interferes with the authorized operation of a communications or weather satellite or obstructs or hinders any satellite transmission shall be fined in accordance with this title or imprisoned not more than ten years or both. "(h) This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency or of an intelligence agency of the United States."

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