Public Law 114-23

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Public Law 114-23 is a 2015 U.S. federal statute that reformed government surveillance authorities, notably curbing bulk collection of Americans’ phone records while reauthorizing and modifying key provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.

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Public Law 114-23 canonical 2
P.L. 114-23 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
surveillance reform law ⓘ
aimsTo enhance privacy protections for U.S. persons ⓘ
maintain national security and counterterrorism capabilities ⓘ
allows companies to report ranges of national security process requests ⓘ
amends FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ⓘ
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ⓘ
USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
authorizes government access to call detail records based on court orders ⓘ
billNumber H.R. 2048 ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Statutes at Large ⓘ
congressNumber 114 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
creates call detail records program held by telecommunications providers ⓘ
curtails bulk collection of telephony metadata under Section 215 ⓘ
dateEnacted 2015-06-02 ⓘ
dateSigned 2015-06-02 ⓘ
effectiveDate 2015-06-02 ⓘ
enactedBy 114th United States Congress ⓘ
hasOfficialName USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 ⓘ
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act
hasShortTitle USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ
imposes new reporting requirements on the government regarding surveillance ⓘ
increases transparency requirements for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions ⓘ
introducedBy Jim Sensenbrenner ⓘ
introducedIn United States House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
modifies Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court procedures ⓘ
prohibits bulk collection of call detail records by the National Security Agency ⓘ
providesFor appointment of amici curiae in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ⓘ
publicLawNumber 114-23 ⓘ
reauthorizes lone wolf provision under Section 6001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ⓘ
roving wiretap authority under Section 206 of the USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
reforms National Security Letter authorities ⓘ
Section 206 of the USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act

Section 6001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ⓘ
requires declassification or summaries of significant FISC opinions ⓘ
use of specific selection terms for certain intelligence collection ⓘ
responseTo revelations about NSA surveillance programs ⓘ
signedBy Barack Obama ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 129 Stat. 268 ⓘ
subjectMatter civil liberties ⓘ
counterterrorism ⓘ
government surveillance ⓘ
intelligence gathering ⓘ
sunsets certain surveillance authorities after a defined period ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 2015 ⓘ

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USA FREEDOM Act → alsoKnownAs → Public Law 114-23 ⓘ
USA FREEDOM Act → publicLawNumber → P.L. 114-23 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 114-23
H.R. 2048 → becameLawAs → Public Law 114-23 ⓘ