47 U.S. Code § 1002 - Assistance capability requirements

Publisher

Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (text of the U.S. Code)

URL

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/1002

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unknown

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Accessed

2026-10-02

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200

License

US Code text is public domain; short excerpts and locators only

Source notes citing this source

• A covered carrier must also be able to give the government access to reasonably available call-identifying information, but information obtained solely under pen register or trap-and-trace authority may not include subscriber physical location beyond what the telephone number reveals. in context
• Intercepted content and call-identifying information must be delivered in a format that lets them be transmitted over government-procured equipment, facilities or services to a location away from the carrier's premises. in context
• CALEA's capability requirements do not apply to information services. in context
• CALEA section 103 requires a covered carrier to be able to expeditiously isolate and enable the government, under a court order or other lawful authorization, to intercept a subscriber's wire and electronic communications. in context
• Interceptions must be facilitated unobtrusively and with a minimum of interference with the subscriber's service, while protecting the privacy of communications not authorized to be intercepted and information about the government's interception. in context
• A carrier is not responsible for decrypting, or ensuring the government's ability to decrypt, a communication encrypted by a subscriber unless the carrier provided the encryption and has the information needed to decrypt it. in context
• An enterprise running its own PBX or UC system for internal use is generally outside CALEA's capability duties under the private-network exclusion, while the carrier or interconnected VoIP provider delivering its PSTN service remains covered. inferred in context
• CALEA does not authorize law enforcement to require any specific design of equipment, facilities, services, features or system configurations, or to prohibit adoption of any equipment or service. in context
• CALEA's capability requirements do not apply to equipment, facilities or services that support the transport or switching of communications for private networks or solely to interconnect telecommunications carriers. in context

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). 47 U.S. Code § 1002 - Assistance capability requirements. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/cornell-lii-47-usc-1002

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-cornell-lii-47-usc-1002,
  title  = {47 U.S. Code § 1002 - Assistance capability requirements},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/cornell-lii-47-usc-1002},
  note   = {Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (text of the U.S. Code), accessed 2026-10-02}
}