47 U.S.C. § 1007 — Enforcement orders

(a) Grounds for issuance. A court shall issue an order enforcing this subchapter under section 2522 of title 18 only if it finds both that: (1) alternative technologies, capabilities, or another carrier’s facilities are not reasonably available to law enforcement for intercepting communications or obtaining call-identifying information^*; and (2) available technology can make compliance reasonably achievable for the equipment, facility, or service, or compliance would have been reasonably achievable if timely action had been taken. (b) Time for compliance. When issuing an enforcement order, the court must set a reasonable compliance time and conditions. It must consider good-faith efforts to comply promptly, effects on the carrier’s, manufacturer’s, or service provider’s ability to continue business, the degree of fault or delay in trying to comply, and other matters justice may require. (c) Limitations. An order may not: (1) require a telecommunications carrier^* to meet the Government’s demand for interception and call-identifying information beyond the capacity for which the Attorney General agreed to reimburse the carrier; (2) require a carrier to meet section 1002’s assistance-capability requirement if the Commission^* decided under section 1008(b)(1) that compliance is not reasonably achievable, unless the Attorney General agreed under section 1008(b)(2) to pay the costs described in section 1008(b)(2)(A); or (3) require a carrier to modify equipment, a facility, or a service deployed on or before January 1, 1995, to meet section 1002’s assistance-capability requirements, unless (A) the Attorney General agreed to pay all reasonable costs directly tied to necessary modifications, or (B) the equipment, facility, or service has been replaced, significantly upgraded, or otherwise substantially modified.