50 U.S.C. § 1827 — Penalties

(a) Prohibited activities. A person commits an offense if the person intentionally (1), under color of law and to obtain foreign-intelligence information, conducts a physical search in the United States without statutory authorization; or (2), under color of law and to obtain intelligence information, discloses or uses information from a physical search in the United States while knowing or having reason to know that the search was not authorized by statute. (b) Defense. It is a defense if the defendant was a law-enforcement or investigative officer acting in official duties and the search was authorized by, and conducted under, a search warrant or court order from a court with proper jurisdiction. (c) Fine or imprisonment. The offense may be punished by a fine of up to $10,000, imprisonment for up to 5 years, or both. (d) Federal jurisdiction. The Federal Government has jurisdiction if the person committing the offense was a United States officer or employee when it was committed.