Public Law 99-508
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Public Law 99-508 is the 1986 U.S. federal statute, known as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, that expanded and updated government restrictions on wiretaps and electronic surveillance to cover modern digital and wireless communications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Public Law 99-508 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T526439 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Law 99-508 Context triple: [Electronic Communications Privacy Act, publicLawNumber, Public Law 99-508]
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Public Law 99-499
Public Law 99-499 is a U.S. federal statute enacted in 1986 that, among other provisions, established the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act to improve community safety through hazardous chemical reporting and emergency planning requirements.
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B.
Public Law 92-500
Public Law 92-500 is the 1972 U.S. federal statute that established the modern Clean Water Act framework for regulating water pollution and protecting the nation’s surface waters.
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C.
Public Law 96-510
Public Law 96-510 is the formal designation of the U.S. federal statute commonly known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund), which governs the cleanup of hazardous waste sites and assigns liability for environmental contamination.
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D.
Public Law 96-480
Public Law 96-480 is the U.S. federal statute enacted in 1980 to promote the transfer of technology from federal laboratories to the private sector and encourage innovation and commercialization of government-funded research.
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E.
Public Law 103-308
Public Law 103-308 is a United States federal law that officially designated December 7 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day to honor those killed in the 1941 attack.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Law 99-508 Target entity description: Public Law 99-508 is the 1986 U.S. federal statute, known as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, that expanded and updated government restrictions on wiretaps and electronic surveillance to cover modern digital and wireless communications.
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A.
Public Law 99-499
Public Law 99-499 is a U.S. federal statute enacted in 1986 that, among other provisions, established the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act to improve community safety through hazardous chemical reporting and emergency planning requirements.
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B.
Public Law 92-500
Public Law 92-500 is the 1972 U.S. federal statute that established the modern Clean Water Act framework for regulating water pollution and protecting the nation’s surface waters.
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C.
Public Law 96-510
Public Law 96-510 is the formal designation of the U.S. federal statute commonly known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund), which governs the cleanup of hazardous waste sites and assigns liability for environmental contamination.
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D.
Public Law 96-480
Public Law 96-480 is the U.S. federal statute enacted in 1980 to promote the transfer of technology from federal laboratories to the private sector and encourage innovation and commercialization of government-funded research.
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E.
Public Law 103-308
Public Law 103-308 is a United States federal law that officially designated December 7 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day to honor those killed in the 1941 attack.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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privacy law ⓘ surveillance law ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Electronic Communications Privacy Act
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surface form:
Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
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| amends |
Title 18 of the United States Code
ⓘ
federal wiretap law ⓘ |
| component |
Title I – Wiretap Act amendments
ⓘ
Stored Communications Act ⓘ
surface form:
Title II – Stored Communications Act
Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
surface form:
Title III – Pen Register and Trap and Trace Device provisions
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| covers |
cellular telephone communications
ⓘ
computer communications ⓘ digital communications ⓘ electronic mail ⓘ wireless communications ⓘ |
| creates |
Stored Communications Act
ⓘ
federal rules for pen registers and trap and trace devices ⓘ |
| enactedBy | 99th United States Congress ⓘ |
| establishes |
civil remedies for unlawful interception of electronic communications
ⓘ
criminal penalties for unauthorized interception of electronic communications ⓘ procedures for law enforcement access to stored electronic communications ⓘ warrant requirements for certain electronic surveillance ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Electronic Communications Privacy Act
ⓘ
surface form:
ECPA
|
| hasShortName | Electronic Communications Privacy Act ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal law of the United States ⓘ |
| legalCitation | 100 Stat. 1848 ⓘ |
| limits |
government use of pen registers
ⓘ
government use of trap and trace devices ⓘ |
| partOf | United States electronic surveillance law framework ⓘ |
| presidentAtEnactment | Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| protects |
contents of electronic communications
ⓘ
stored electronic data ⓘ |
| publicLawNumber | 99-508 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to extend restrictions on wiretaps to electronic communications
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to protect privacy in electronic and digital communications ⓘ to update surveillance law for new communications technologies ⓘ |
| regulates |
access to communications metadata
ⓘ
government access to electronic communications ⓘ government access to stored communications ⓘ interception of electronic communications ⓘ wiretapping of electronic communications ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Pen Register Act
ⓘ
Stored Communications Act ⓘ Wiretap Act ⓘ |
| signedBy | Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
electronic surveillance
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privacy of electronic communications ⓘ stored communications ⓘ wiretapping ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1986 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Public Law 99-508 Description of subject: Public Law 99-508 is the 1986 U.S. federal statute, known as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, that expanded and updated government restrictions on wiretaps and electronic surveillance to cover modern digital and wireless communications.
Referenced by (1)
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