USA PATRIOT Act: Background and Comparison of House- and Senate-approved Reauthorization and Related Legislative Action

Abstract

The House and Senate have each passed USA PATRIOT Reauthorization Acts, HR. 3199 and S.3l89. Both make permanent most of the expiring USA PATRIOT Act sections, occasionally in modified form. After amending two of the more controversial expiring sections, 206 (roving Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) wiretaps) and 215 (FISA tangible item access orders (business records-library records)), they postpone their expiration date, S. 1389 until December 31, 2009; H.R. 3199 until December 31, 2015. Both address questions raised as to the constitutionality of various "national security letter" (NSL) statutes by providing for review, enforcement and exceptions to the attendant confidentiality requirements in more explicit terms. S. 1389 limits its NSL adjustments to the statute that affords federal foreign intelligence investigators access to communications records; H.R. 3199 amends the communications, and the financial institution and credit bureau NSL statutes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 09, 2005
Accession Number
ADA467337

Entities

People

  • Charles Doyle

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Weapons
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Counterterrorism
  • Criminal Investigations
  • Criminals
  • First Responders
  • Homeland Security
  • Law
  • Mass Transportation
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Personnel Management
  • Terrorism
  • United States
  • Victims
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

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  • Government and Public Administration Law.