Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 2510


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 2510 - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (Added Pub. L. 90-351, title III, Sec. 802, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat.
    212; amended Pub. L. 99-508, title I, Sec. 101(a), (c)(1)(A), (4),
    Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1848, 1851; Pub. L. 103-414, title II,
    Secs. 202(a), 203, Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4290, 4291; Pub. L.
    104-132, title VII, Sec. 731, Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1303; Pub.
    L. 107-56, title II, Secs. 203(b)(2), 209(1), 217(1), Oct. 26,
    2001, 115 Stat. 280, 283, 290; Pub. L. 107-108, title III, Sec.
    314(b), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1402; Pub. L. 107-273, div. B,
    title IV, Sec. 4002(e)(10), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1810.)
                           AMENDMENT OF SECTION                       
      For termination of amendment by Pub. L. 107-56, see Termination
    Date of 2001 Amendment note below.
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      Section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934, referred to in par.
    (10), is classified to section 153 of Title 47, Telegraphs,
    Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs.
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      2002 - Par. (10). Pub. L. 107-273 substituted "has the meaning
    given that term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934;"
    for "shall have the same meaning which is given the term 'common
    carrier' by section 153(h) of title 47 of the United States Code;".
      2001 - Par. (1). Pub. L. 107-56, Secs. 209(1)(A), 224,
    temporarily struck out "and such term includes any electronic
    storage of such communication" before semicolon at end. See
    Termination Date of 2001 Amendment note below.
      Par. (14). Pub. L. 107-56, Secs. 209(1)(B), 224, temporarily
    inserted "wire or" after "transmission of". See Termination Date of
    2001 Amendment note below.
      Par. (19). Pub. L. 107-108 inserted ", for purposes of section
    2517(6) of this title," before "means" in introductory provisions.
      Pub. L. 107-56, Secs. 203(b)(2), 224, temporarily added par.
    (19). See Termination Date of 2001 Amendment note below.
      Pars. (20), (21). Pub. L. 107-56, Secs. 217(1), 224, temporarily
    added pars. (20) and (21). See Termination Date of 2001 Amendment
    note below.
      1996 - Par. (12)(D). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 731(1), added subpar.
    (D).
      Par. (16)(F). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 731(2), struck out subpar.
    (F) which read as follows: "an electronic communication;".
      1994 - Par. (1). Pub. L. 103-414, Sec. 202(a)(1), struck out
    before semicolon at end ", but such term does not include the radio
    portion of a cordless telephone communication that is transmitted
    between the cordless telephone handset and the base unit".
      Par. (12). Pub. L. 103-414, Sec. 202(a)(2), redesignated subpars.
    (B) to (D) as (A) to (C), respectively, and struck out former
    subpar. (A) which read as follows: "the radio portion of a cordless
    telephone communication that is transmitted between the cordless
    telephone handset and the base unit;".
      Par. (16)(F). Pub. L. 103-414, Sec. 203, added subpar. (F).
      1986 - Par. (1). Pub. L. 99-508, Sec. 101(a)(1), substituted "any
    aural transfer" for "any communication", inserted "(including the
    use of such connection in a switching station)" after "reception",
    struck out "as a common carrier" after "person engaged", and
    inserted "or communications affecting interstate or foreign
    commerce and such term includes any electronic storage of such
    communication, but such term does not include the radio portion of
    a cordless telephone communication that is transmitted between the
    cordless telephone handset and the base unit" before the semicolon
    at end.
      Par. (2). Pub. L. 99-508, Sec. 101(a)(2), inserted ", but such
    term does not include any electronic communication" before the
    semicolon at end.
      Par. (4). Pub. L. 99-508, Sec. 101(a)(3), inserted "or other"
    after "aural" and ", electronic," after "wire".
      Par. (5). Pub. L. 99-508, Sec. 101(a)(4), (c)(1)(A), (4),
    substituted "wire, oral, or electronic" for "wire or oral" in
    introductory provisions, substituted "provider of wire or
    electronic communication service" for "communications common
    carrier" in subpars. (a)(i) and (ii), and inserted "or furnished by
    such subscriber or user for connection to the facilities of such
    service and used in the ordinary course of its business" before the
    semicolon in subpar. (a)(i).
      Par. (8). Pub. L. 99-508, Sec. 101(a)(5), (c)(1)(A), substituted
    "wire, oral, or electronic" for "wire or oral" and struck out
    "identity of the parties to such communication or the existence,"
    after "concerning the".
      Pars. (9)(b), (11). Pub. L. 99-508, Sec. 101(c)(1)(A),
    substituted "wire, oral, or electronic" for "wire or oral".
      Pars. (12) to (18). Pub. L. 99-508, Sec. 101(a)(6), added pars.
    (12) to (18).
                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This section is referred to in sections 2517, 2711, 3103a, 3127,
    3504 of this title; title 15 section 1114; title 27 section 122b;
    title 42 section 13032; title 47 section 1001.

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