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This list of Federal statutes is generally organized in descending order of approximate relative importance of these laws to the work in the ISE. Staff at fusion centers will find these Federal authorities useful in understanding the constraints upon Federal colleagues and Federal information systems. This list does not contain all possibly relevant Federal statutes. State laws are not covered.
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- Privacy Act of 1974
- The National Security Act of 1947
- USA PATRIOT Act
- Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
- 9/11 Commission Act
- Wiretap Act
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act
- The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
- E-Government Act of 2002
- The Communications Act of 1934
- Paperwork Reduction Act
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
| Terrorism as a Crime | State Privacy Laws |
| While terrorism is a Federal crime, some states have enacted their own anti-terrorism statutes. (November, 2002 summary) | While the Privacy Act described below is a Federal law, some states have state constitutional privacy provisions, privacy offices, and/or state statutes protecting privacy. (Partial listing) (March, 2011) |
| Source: The National Conference of State Legislatures | |