{"identifier":"/us/usc/t50/s3040a","title":50,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3040a.","heading":"Prohibition on collection and maintenance of information of United States persons based on first amendment-protected activities","text":"\u00a7\u202f3040a.\nProhibition on collection and maintenance of information of United States persons based on first amendment-protected activities\nNo element of the intelligence community may collect or maintain information concerning a United States person (as defined in\nsection 3039 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t50/s3040a.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3040a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3040a."},{"t":"heading","text":"Prohibition on collection and maintenance of information of United States persons based on first amendment-protected activities"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"No element of the intelligence community may collect or maintain information concerning a United States person (as defined in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 3039 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t50/s3039","tail":") solely for the purpose of monitoring an activity protected by the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States."}],"tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}