50 USC § 3040a - Prohibition on collection and maintenance of information of United States persons based on first amendment-protected activities
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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s3040a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 3040a - Prohibition on collection and maintenance of information of United States persons based on first amendment-protected activities"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3040a"
section_name: "Prohibition on collection and maintenance of information of United States persons based on first amendment-protected activities"
chapter_number: 44
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(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.)"
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# § 3040a. Prohibition on collection and maintenance of information of United States persons based on first amendment-protected activities
section 3039 of this title
No element of the intelligence community may collect or maintain information concerning a United States person (as defined in ) solely for the purpose of monitoring an activity protected by the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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**Source Credit**: (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.)