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Congress enacted the Patriot Act by overwhelming, bipartisan margins, arming law enforcement with new tools to detect and prevent terrorism: The USA Patriot Act was passed nearly unanimously by the Senate 98-1, and 357-66 in the House, with the support of members from across the political spectrum.
18 kwi 2002 · Summary. Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act (the Act) in response to the terrorists’ attacks of September 11, 2001. The Act gives federal officials greater authority to track and intercept communications, both for law enforcement and foreign intelligence gathering purposes.
19 gru 2017 · The Patriot Act is legislation passed in 2001 to improve the abilities of U.S. law enforcement to detect and deter terrorism. The act’s official title is, “Uniting and Strengthening America by...
The USA PATRIOT Act was passed on October 24, 2001 in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11. This excerpt from the 324-page piece of legislation outlines the massive scope of the act's revision of criminal, immigration, and intelligence-gathering laws. Read the outline closely to determine which sections grant the federal government ...
15 kwi 2002 · Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act (the Act) in response to the terrorists’ attacks of September 11, 2001. 1 The Act gives federal officials greater authority to track and intercept communications, both for law enforcement and foreign intelligence gathering purposes.
USA Patriot is an acronym for “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.” These summaries of the Patriot Act’s key sections contain the Act’s language whenever possible. Title I – Enhancing Domestic Security Against Terrorism
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001’’. (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. Sec. 2. Construction ...
