USA FREEDOM Act

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Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:Section_215_business_records_provision
roving wiretaps
lone wolf surveillance authority
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_States_federal_law
Privacy law
Surveillance law
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:50_U.S.C._§_1861
gptkbp:criticizedFor intelligence officer
privacy advocates
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:effect ended NSA bulk phone metadata collection
increased FISA court transparency
allowed companies to report government data requests
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:establishes amicus curiae in FISA court
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Uniting_and_Strengthening_America_by_Fulfilling_Rights_and_Ensuring_Effective_Discipline_Over_Monitoring_Act_of_2015
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USA FREEDOM Act
gptkbp:introducedIn gptkb:House_of_Representatives
October 29, 2013
gptkbp:limitation bulk collection of telecommunication metadata by the NSA
gptkbp:opposedBy Mitch McConnell
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Pub.L._114–23
gptkbp:purpose increase transparency
protect civil liberties
reform government surveillance
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:USA_PATRIOT_Act
gptkb:FISA_Amendments_Act
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Section_215_of_the_USA_PATRIOT_Act
gptkbp:requires government to obtain court orders for records
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:USA_FREEDOM_Act
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Barack_Obama
June 2, 2015
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Jim_Sensenbrenner
gptkbp:status in force
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Barack_Obama
civil liberties groups
gptkbp:votingSystem House: 338-88
Senate: 67-32
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Snowden_leaks
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5