USA FREEDOM Act

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The USA FREEDOM Act is a 2015 U.S. law that reformed government surveillance authorities, notably curbing bulk collection of Americans’ phone records while renewing and modifying key intelligence-gathering powers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
surveillance reform law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Public Law 114-23 ⓘ
USA Freedom Act of 2015 ⓘ
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act
amends Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ⓘ
USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
authorizes targeted collection of call detail records based on specific selection terms ⓘ
billNumber H.R. 2048 ⓘ
committee House Judiciary Committee ⓘ
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ
congressNumber 114th United States Congress ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
creates amicus curiae panel for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ⓘ
call detail records program ⓘ
effectiveDate 2015-06-02 ⓘ
expands company transparency reporting on national security demands ⓘ
extends business records authority with modifications ⓘ
lone wolf surveillance authority ⓘ
roving wiretap authority ⓘ
introducedBy Jim Sensenbrenner ⓘ
introducedByParty Republican Party ⓘ
introducedByState Wisconsin ⓘ
introducedDate 2015-04-28 ⓘ
introducedIn United States House of Representatives ⓘ
limits bulk collection of Americans' phone records ⓘ
longName Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 ⓘ
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act
opposedBy some civil liberties organizations ⓘ
passedHouseDate 2015-05-13 ⓘ
passedHouseVote 338-88 ⓘ
passedSenateDate 2015-06-02 ⓘ
passedSenateVote 67-32 ⓘ
prohibits bulk collection of call detail records under Section 215 ⓘ
publicLawNumber P.L. 114-23 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 114-23
purpose to end bulk collection of certain telephony metadata under Section 215 ⓘ
to increase transparency and oversight of intelligence activities ⓘ
to reform government surveillance authorities ⓘ
to renew and modify expiring intelligence-gathering powers ⓘ
reforms Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ
National Security Letter authorities ⓘ
Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
pen register and trap-and-trace authority ⓘ
requires declassification or summaries of significant FISA Court opinions ⓘ
use of specific selection terms for certain intelligence collection ⓘ
shortName USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ
signedBy Barack Obama ⓘ
signedDate 2015-06-02 ⓘ
strengthens congressional reporting requirements on surveillance ⓘ
judicial oversight of surveillance programs ⓘ
subjectArea intelligence gathering ⓘ
national security law ⓘ
privacy and civil liberties ⓘ
supportedBy Obama administration ⓘ
bipartisan coalition in Congress ⓘ

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USA PATRIOT Act → partiallyReplacedBy → USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ
National Security Letter → subjectToReform → USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ
subject linked to: National Security Letters
Public Law 107-56 → relatedTo → USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ
Public Law 107-56 → partlySupersededBy → USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ
USA FREEDOM Act → shortName → USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ
USA FREEDOM Act → longName → Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 ⓘ
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act
USA FREEDOM Act → alsoKnownAs → USA Freedom Act of 2015 ⓘ
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act
Rand Paul → sponsored → USA FREEDOM Act (various versions, surveillance reform) ⓘ
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act
Stored Communications Act → amendedBy → USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ
Public Law 114-23 → hasOfficialName → USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 ⓘ
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act
Public Law 114-23 → hasShortTitle → USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ
Public Law 114-23 → reforms → Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act
H.R. 2048 → shortTitle → USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 ⓘ
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act
H.R. 2048 → longTitle → Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 ⓘ
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act
H.R. 2048 → alsoKnownAs → USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ
H.R. 2048 → alsoKnownAs → USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 ⓘ
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act
Snowden leaks → ledTo → USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ
Public Law 114-23 → hasTitle → USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 ⓘ
subject linked to: 114-23
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act
Public Law 114-23 → hasShortTitle → USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ
subject linked to: 114-23
Public Law 114-23 → hasAcronymExpansion → Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 ⓘ
subject linked to: 114-23
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act
Public Law 114-23 → replaces → NSA bulk telephony metadata program under Section 215 ⓘ
subject linked to: 114-23
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act
Public Law 114-23 → reformFocus → Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
subject linked to: 114-23
linked to: USA FREEDOM Act