---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 U.S.C. § 1010"
title: "47"
title_heading: "Telecommunications"
number: "1010"
heading: "Reports"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/47/1010"
units:
  - "Chapter 9 — Interception of Digital and Other Communications"
  - "Subchapter I — Interception of Digital and Other Communications"
---

# §1010. Reports

- (a) **Reports by Attorney General—**
  - (1) **In general—** On or before November 30, 1995, and on or before November 30 of each year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress and make available to the public a report on the amounts paid during the preceding fiscal year to [telecommunications carriers](/usc/47/1001.md?p=8) under sections [1003(e)](/usc/47/1003.md?p=e) and [1008](/usc/47/1008.md) of this title.
  - (2) **Contents—** A report under [paragraph (1)](#a-1) shall include—
    - (A) a detailed accounting of the amounts paid to each [carrier](/usc/47/225.md?p=a-1) and the equipment, facility, or service for which the amounts were paid; and
    - (B) projections of the amounts expected to be paid in the current fiscal year, the [carriers](/usc/47/225.md?p=a-1) to which payment is expected to be made, and the equipment, facilities, or services for which payment is expected to be made.
- (b) **Reports by Comptroller General and Inspector General—**
  - (1) On or before April 1, 1996, the Comptroller General of the [United States](/usc/47/38.md), and every two years thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice, shall submit to the Congress a report, after consultation with the Attorney General and the telecommunications industry—
    - (A) describing the type of equipment, facilities, and services that have been brought into compliance under this subchapter; and
    - (B) reflecting its analysis of the reasonableness and cost-effectiveness of the payments made by the Attorney General to [telecommunications carriers](/usc/47/1001.md?p=8) for modifications necessary to ensure compliance with this subchapter.
  - (2) **Compliance cost estimates.—** A report under [paragraph (1)](#b-1) shall include findings and conclusions on the costs to be incurred by [telecommunications carriers](/usc/47/1001.md?p=8) to comply with the assistance capability requirements of [section 1002 of this title](/usc/47/1002.md) after the effective date of such [section 1002 of this title](/usc/47/1002.md), including projections of the amounts expected to be incurred and a description of the equipment, facilities, or services for which they are expected to be incurred.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–414, title I, § 112, Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4288; Pub. L. 104–316, title I, § 126(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3840.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The effective date of section 1002 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is the date that is 4 years after Oct. 25, 1994, see section 111(b) of Pub. L. 103–414, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1001 of this title.

### Amendments

1996—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104–316, § 126(b)(1), inserted introductory provisions and struck out heading and text of former introductory provisions. Text read as follows: “On or before April 1, 1996, and every 2 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States, after consultation with the Attorney General and the telecommunications industry, shall submit to the Congress a report—”.

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104–316, § 126(b)(2), substituted “findings and conclusions” for “the findings and conclusions of the Comptroller General”.