S.1927

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S.1927 is the Senate bill designation for the Protect America Act of 2007, a U.S. law that temporarily expanded government surveillance authorities in the context of foreign intelligence gathering.

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instanceOf United States federal bill ⓘ
surveillance legislation ⓘ
affects intelligence community surveillance practices ⓘ
privacy expectations in cross-border communications ⓘ
appliesTo foreign intelligence targets reasonably believed to be outside the United States ⓘ
characteristic temporary legislation ⓘ
classification national security legislation ⓘ
context debates over civil liberties and national security in the United States ⓘ
post-September 11 counterterrorism policies ⓘ
controversy criticized for weakening privacy protections for communications involving people in the United States ⓘ
raised concerns about warrantless surveillance ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
effect temporarily expanded warrantless surveillance authorities for foreign intelligence collection ⓘ
enforcementBy United States intelligence agencies ⓘ
governs collection of foreign intelligence information by U.S. government agencies ⓘ
hasProvision authorized acquisition of foreign intelligence information concerning persons reasonably believed to be outside the United States ⓘ
reduced role of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in certain foreign-targeted surveillance ⓘ
introducedIn 110th United States Congress ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalArea intelligence law ⓘ
national security law ⓘ
privacy law ⓘ
legalForm public law ⓘ
legalSystem common law system of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeChamber Senate ⓘ
motivatedBy perceived gaps in surveillance authority for foreign communications routed through the United States ⓘ
officialName Protect America Act of 2007 ⓘ
oversightBy Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
purpose to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ⓘ
to expand government surveillance authorities for foreign intelligence gathering ⓘ
relatedTo FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ⓘ
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ⓘ
shortTitle Protect America Act of 2007 ⓘ
status enacted law ⓘ
subject counterterrorism ⓘ
electronic surveillance ⓘ
foreign intelligence surveillance ⓘ
national security ⓘ
temporalScope temporary expansion of surveillance powers in 2007 ⓘ
typeOfChange amendment to existing surveillance framework ⓘ
yearIntroduced 2007 ⓘ

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