47 USC 1003 - Notices of capacity requirements

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§ 1003.

Notices of capacity requirements

(a)

Notices of maximum and actual capacity requirements

(1)

In general

Not later than 1 year after October 25, 1994, after consulting with State and local law enforcement agencies, telecommunications carriers, providers of telecommunications support services, and manufacturers of telecommunications equipment, and after notice and comment, the Attorney General shall publish in the Federal Register and provide to appropriate telecommunications industry associations and standard-setting organizations—

(A)

notice of the actual number of communication interceptions, pen registers, and trap and trace devices, representing a portion of the maximum capacity set forth under subparagraph (B), that the Attorney General estimates that government agencies authorized to conduct electronic surveillance may conduct and use simultaneously by the date that is 4 years after October 25, 1994; and

(B)

notice of the maximum capacity required to accommodate all of the communication interceptions, pen registers, and trap and trace devices that the Attorney General estimates that government agencies authorized to conduct electronic surveillance may conduct and use simultaneously after the date that is 4 years after October 25, 1994.

(2)

Basis of notices

The notices issued under paragraph (1)—

(A)

may be based upon the type of equipment, type of service, number of subscribers, type or size or 1

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carrier, nature of service area, or any other measure; and

(B)

shall identify, to the maximum extent practicable, the capacity required at specific geographic locations.

(b)

Compliance with capacity notices

(1)

Initial capacity

Within 3 years after the publication by the Attorney General of a notice of capacity requirements or within 4 years after October 25, 1994, whichever is longer, a telecommunications carrier shall, subject to subsection (e), ensure that its systems are capable of—

(A)

accommodating simultaneously the number of interceptions, pen registers, and trap and trace devices set forth in the notice under subsection (a)(1)(A); and

(B)

expanding to the maximum capacity set forth in the notice under subsection (a)(1)(B).

(2)

Expansion to maximum capacity

(c)

Notices of increased maximum capacity requirements

(1)

Notice

(2)

Compliance

(d)

Carrier statement

(e)

Reimbursement required for compliance

(Pub. L. 103–414, title I, § 104, Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4282.)

cite as: 47 USC 1003