!!! Overview[1]
[{$pagename}] is an Act of [United States Congress] that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, [2001|Year 2001].[1] With its ten-letter abbreviation (USA PATRIOT) expanded, the full title is "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct [Terrorism] Act".March [2020|Year 2020], the [United States Senate] passed a 77-day extension however the [United States House of Representatives] did not before departing for recess on March 27, [2020|Year 2020] implying the [{$pagename}] along with the so-called lone wolf and the roving wiretap provisions have expired, at least for a few weeks.

In November [2019|Year 2019], the renewal of the Patriot Act was included in the stop-gap legislation[11] The expired provisions required renewal by March 15, [2020|Year 2020].[12][{$pagename}] was extended by President Barack Obama signed the [{$pagename}] Sunsets Extension Act of [2011|Year 2011], a four-year extension of three key provisions in the [{$pagename}]:
* roving wiretaps
* searches of business records
* conducting surveillance of "lone wolves"—individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities not linked to terrorist groups.
[{$pagename}] amended at least the following:
* [Electronic Communications Privacy Act]
* [Computer Fraud and Abuse Act]
* [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]
* [Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act]
* [Money Laundering Control Act]
* [Bank Secrecy Act]
* [Right to Financial Privacy Act]
* [Fair Credit Reporting Act]
* [Immigration and Nationality Act] of 1952
* [Victims of Crime Act] of 1984
* [Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act]

!! More Information
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* [#1] - [Patriot_Act|Wikipedia:Patriot_Act|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2017-02-11-