[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: 95-3671]
                        Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 29 / Monday, February 13, 1995 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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                Executive Order 12949 of February 9, 1995
Foreign Intelligence Physical Searches
                By the authority vested in me as President by the
                Constitution and the laws of the United States,
                including sections 302 and 303 of the Foreign
                Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (``Act'') (50
                U.S.C. 1801, et seq.), as amended by Public Law 103-
                359, and in order to provide for the authorization of
                physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes as
                set forth in the Act, it is hereby ordered as follows:
                Section 1. Pursuant to section 302(a)(1) of the Act,
                the Attorney General is authorized to approve physical
                searches, without a court order, to acquire foreign
                intelligence information for periods of up to one year,
                if the Attorney General makes the certifications
                required by that section.
                Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 302(b) of the Act, the
                Attorney General is authorized to approve applications
                to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court under
                section 303 of the Act to obtain orders for physical
                searches for the purpose of collecting foreign
                intelligence information.
                Sec. 3. Pursuant to section 303(a)(7) of the Act, the
                following officials, each of whom is employed in the
                area of national security or defense, is designated to
                make the certifications required by section 303(a)(7)
                of the Act in support of applications to conduct
                physical searches:
                    (a) Secretary of State;
                    (b) Secretary of Defense;
                    (c) Director of Central Intelligence;
                    (d) Director of the Federal Bureau of
                Investigation;
                    (e) Deputy Secretary of State;
                    (f) Deputy Secretary of Defense; and
                    (g) Deputy Director of Central Intelligence.
                 None of the above officials, nor anyone officially
                acting in that capacity, may exercise the authority to
                make the above certifications, unless that official has
                been appointed by the President, by and with the advice
                and consent of the Senate.
                    (Presidential Sig.)>
                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    February 9, 1995.
[FR Doc. 95-3671
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