§ 1010. — Reports.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 47USC1010]
TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 9--INTERCEPTION OF DIGITAL AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
SUBCHAPTER I--INTERCEPTION OF DIGITAL AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
Sec. 1010. Reports
(a) Reports by Attorney General
(1) In general
On or before November 30, 1995, and on or before November 30 of
each year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress
and make available to the public a report on the amounts paid during
the preceding fiscal year to telecommunications carriers under
sections 1003(e) and 1008 of this title.
(2) Contents
A report under paragraph (1) shall include--
(A) a detailed accounting of the amounts paid to each
carrier and the equipment, facility, or service for which the
amounts were paid; and
(B) projections of the amounts expected to be paid in the
current fiscal year, the carriers to which payment is expected
to be made, and the equipment, facilities, or services for which
payment is expected to be made.
(b) Reports by Comptroller General and Inspector General
(1) On or before April 1, 1996, the Comptroller General of the
United States, and every two years thereafter, the Inspector General of
the Department of Justice, shall submit to the Congress a report, after
consultation with the Attorney General and the telecommunications
industry--
(A) describing the type of equipment, facilities, and services
that have been brought into compliance under this subchapter; and
(B) reflecting its analysis of the reasonableness and cost-
effectiveness of the payments made by the Attorney General to
telecommunications carriers for modifications necessary to ensure
compliance with this subchapter.
(2) Compliance cost estimates.--A report under paragraph (1) shall
include findings and conclusions on the costs to be incurred by
telecommunications carriers to comply with the assistance capability
requirements of section 1002 of this title after the effective date of
such section 1002 of this title, including projections of the amounts
expected to be incurred and a description of the equipment, facilities,
or services for which they are expected to be incurred.
(Pub. L. 103-414, title I, Sec. 112, Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4288; Pub.
L. 104-316, title I, Sec. 126(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3840.)
References in Text
The effective date of section 1002 of this title, referred to in
subsec. (b)(2), is the date that is 4 years after Oct. 25, 1994, see
section 111(b) of Pub. L. 103-414, set out as an Effective Date note
under section 1001 of this title.
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104-316, Sec. 126(b)(1), inserted
introductory provisions and struck out heading and text of former
introductory provisions. Text read as follows: ``On or before April 1,
1996, and every 2 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the
United States, after consultation with the Attorney General and the
telecommunications industry, shall submit to the Congress a report--''.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104-316, Sec. 126(b)(2), substituted
``findings and conclusions'' for ``the findings and conclusions of the
Comptroller General''.
