S 1815 · 96th Congress · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act Amendments of 1979
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.(1979-09-25)
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Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide, with respect to an interception of communications where a covert method of entry into private premises to install and remove a electronic interception device is to be utilized, that: (1) the application for an order state whether such entry is to be utilized and the reasons why illegal entry must be employed instead of legal methods of entry; and (2) an order authorizing interception specify whether a covert method of entry is to be utilized and the reasons why legal methods of entry would be unlikely to succeed or would be too dangerous to the officers attempting to install the interception device.…
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