Exhibit 307

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95-511, 92 Stat. 1783

Exhibit 307 · Statute

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95-511, 92 Stat. 1783

The Chief Justice of the United States shall publicly designate seven district court judges from seven of the United States judicial circuits

Authorizes court orders for foreign-intelligence electronic surveillance; Section 103 creates a seven-judge court; Section 108 requires semiannual reporting to the House and Senate intelligence committees.

Source: United States Congress
Date: 25 October 1978
Quoted from: 92 Stat. 1783, Sec. 103(a)
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-92/pdf/STATUTE-92-Pg1783.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding DEF-6.2: Primary record The Church Committee concluded that intelligence activities undermined citizens' constitutional rights primarily because checks and balances had not been applied. Congress then created the Senate and House intelligence committees and enacted the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, with a seven-judge court.