USA PATRIOT Act

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The USA PATRIOT Act is a U.S. federal law enacted after the September 11, 2001 attacks that expanded government surveillance, intelligence-gathering, and anti-money-laundering powers in the name of counterterrorism and national security.

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Generate an image of the USA PATRIOT Act (The USA PATRIOT Act is a U.S. federal law enacted after the September 11, 2001 attacks that expanded government surveillance, intelligence-gathering, and anti-money-laundering powers in the name of counterterrorism and national security.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
counterterrorism law ⓘ
national security law ⓘ
affectsRights due process rights ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
privacy rights ⓘ
amends Bank Secrecy Act ⓘ
Electronic Communications Privacy Act ⓘ
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ⓘ
Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ
authorizes National Security Letters ⓘ
access to business records under Section 215 ⓘ
roving wiretaps ⓘ
sneak-and-peek search warrants ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Code ⓘ
containsSunsetProvisions yes ⓘ
containsTitle Title I ⓘ
Title II ⓘ
Title III ⓘ
Title IV ⓘ
Title IX ⓘ
Title V ⓘ
Title VI ⓘ
Title VII ⓘ
Title VIII ⓘ
Title X ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedFor expansion of government surveillance powers ⓘ
potential violations of civil liberties ⓘ
secrecy of National Security Letters ⓘ
weakening of Fourth Amendment protections ⓘ
dateSigned 2001-10-26 ⓘ
enactedBy 107th United States Congress ⓘ
expandsAuthorityOf Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
National Security Agency ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
United States intelligence community ⓘ
fullName Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 ⓘ
linked to: USA PATRIOT Act
hasAcronym PATRIOT ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legalDomain United States criminal procedure ⓘ
United States national security law ⓘ
financial regulation law ⓘ
legislativeChamberInvolved United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
motivatedByEvent September 11, 2001 attacks ⓘ
notableProvision Section 215 bulk telephony metadata collection (later limited by USA FREEDOM Act) ⓘ
partiallyReauthorizedBy USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006 ⓘ
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 ⓘ
partiallyReplacedBy USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ
presidentDuringEnactment George W. Bush ⓘ
primaryPurpose counterterrorism ⓘ
enhancement of law enforcement investigative tools ⓘ
national security ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 107-56 ⓘ
relatedTo Homeland security policy of the United States ⓘ
War on Terror ⓘ
section Section 206 ⓘ
Section 213 ⓘ
Section 215 ⓘ
Section 505 ⓘ
shortName Patriot Act ⓘ
linked to: USA PATRIOT Act
signedBy George W. Bush ⓘ
status partially in force ⓘ
subjectArea anti-money laundering ⓘ
border security ⓘ
financial regulation ⓘ
immigration enforcement ⓘ
information sharing ⓘ
intelligence gathering ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
supportedFor enhancing tools to combat terrorism ⓘ
improving intelligence sharing ⓘ
strengthening anti-money-laundering controls ⓘ
yearEnacted 2001 ⓘ

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Director of National Intelligence → createdAfter → September 11 attacks ⓘ
subject linked to: DNI
linked to: USA PATRIOT Act
USA PATRIOT Act → fullName → Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 ⓘ
linked to: USA PATRIOT Act
USA PATRIOT Act → shortName → Patriot Act ⓘ
linked to: USA PATRIOT Act
Espionage Act of 1917 → relatedLegislation → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
National Security Letter → legalBasis → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
subject linked to: National Security Letters
National Security Letter → relatedTo → USA PATRIOT Act Section 505 ⓘ
subject linked to: National Security Letters
linked to: USA PATRIOT Act
U.S. Department of the Treasury national AML and CFT priorities → legalBasis → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
107th United States Congress → passed → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
Public Law 107-56 → officialName → Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 ⓘ
linked to: USA PATRIOT Act
Public Law 107-56 → shortName → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
Public Law 107-56 → shortName → Patriot Act ⓘ
linked to: USA PATRIOT Act
FISC → relatedTo → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
GWOT → influencedPolicy → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
Title IX of the USA PATRIOT Act → partOf → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
subject linked to: Title IX
USA FREEDOM Act → amends → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
Bank Secrecy Act → amendedBy → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
subject linked to: BSA
Title IV – Protecting the Border → enactedAsPartOf → USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 ⓘ
linked to: USA PATRIOT Act
Title X – Miscellaneous → partOf → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
Stored Communications Act → amendedBy → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
Executive Order 12333 → relatedTo → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
Public Law 114-23 → amends → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
H.R. 2048 → amends → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
H.R. 2048 → affectsProvision → Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
linked to: USA PATRIOT Act
Public Law 109-177 → amends → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
Jim Sensenbrenner → notable work → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
Ron Paul → positionOnIssue → opposes PATRIOT Act ⓘ
linked to: USA PATRIOT Act
Bush administration → notableLegislation → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act → amendedBy → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act → expandedBy → USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
Dude, Where's My Country? → criticizes → Patriot Act ⓘ
linked to: USA PATRIOT Act