# § 1864. Notification of changes to retention of call detail record policies
**(a)** **Requirement to retain**
**(1)** **In general** Not later than 15 days after learning that an electronic communication service provider that generates call detail records in the ordinary course of business has changed the policy of the provider on the retention of such call detail records to result in a retention period of less than 18 months, the Director of National Intelligence shall notify, in writing, the congressional intelligence committees of such change.
**(2)** **Report** December 18, 2015
Not later than 30 days after , the Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report identifying each electronic communication service provider that has, as of the date of the report, a policy to retain call detail records for a period of 18 months or less.
**(b)** **Definitions** In this section:
**1** **Call detail record** [^1]
The term “call detail record” has the meaning given that term in section 1861(k) of this title.
See References in Text note below.
**(2)** **Electronic communication service provider** section 1881(b)(4) of this title
The term “electronic communication service provider” has the meaning given that term in .
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 114–113, div. M, title III, § 307, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2916.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), means prior to the amendment of section 1861 by , , , set out as an Effective Date of 2006 Amendment note under , which amended , effective , so that such section read as it read on , with certain exceptions.
### Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, and not as part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 which comprises this chapter.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Definitions
For definition of “congressional intelligence committees” as used in this section, see , set out as a note under .