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The bill, which removed most of the changes from the Senate version, passed Congress on March 2, 2006, and was signed by President Bush on March 9 and 10 of that year. | The bill, which removed most of the changes from the Senate version, passed Congress on March 2, 2006, and was signed by President Bush on March 9 and 10 of that year. | ||
On May 11, 2012, President [[Barack Obama]] signed the PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011, a four-year extension of three key provisions in the Act:<ref name="foxnews">{{cite web|title=Obama Signs Last-Minute Patriot Act Extension|publisher=[[Fox News]]|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-signs-last-minute-patriot-act-extension/|date=May 27, 2011|access-date=May 27, 2011}}</ref> [[roving wiretap]]s, [[Section 215|searches of business records]], and conducting surveillance of "lone wolves" (individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities not linked to terrorist groups).<ref name="Mascaro-2011">{{cite news|last=Mascaro|first=Lisa|title=Congress votes in time to extend key Patriot Act provisions|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-patriot-act-20110527,0,7749454.story|access-date=May 27, 2011|newspaper= | On May 11, 2012, President [[Barack Obama]] signed the PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011, a four-year extension of three key provisions in the Act:<ref name="foxnews">{{cite web|title=Obama Signs Last-Minute Patriot Act Extension|publisher=[[Fox News]]|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-signs-last-minute-patriot-act-extension/|date=May 27, 2011|access-date=May 27, 2011}}</ref> [[roving wiretap]]s, [[Section 215|searches of business records]], and conducting surveillance of "lone wolves" (individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities not linked to terrorist groups).<ref name="Mascaro-2011">{{cite news|last=Mascaro|first=Lisa|title=Congress votes in time to extend key Patriot Act provisions|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-patriot-act-20110527,0,7749454.story|access-date=May 27, 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=May 27, 2011}}</ref> | ||
After reauthorization bills failed to pass Congress, parts of the Patriot Act expired on June 1, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/31/411044789/live-blog-facing-midnight-deadline-the-senate-debates-parts-of-the-patriot-act|title = Parts Of Patriot Act Expire, Even As Senate Moves On Bill Limiting Surveillance}}</ref> The [[USA Freedom Act]], which became law on June 2, 2015, reenacted these expired sections through 2019.<ref name=usafreedomact>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/06/02/patriot-act-usa-freedom-act-senate-vote/28345747/|title=Senate approves USA Freedom Act|first=Erin|last=Kelly|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=June 2, 2015|access-date=June 3, 2015}}</ref> However, Section 215 of the law was amended to disallow the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA) to continue its mass phone data collection program.<ref name=usafreedomact /> Instead, phone companies will retain the data and the NSA can obtain information about targeted individuals with a federal [[search warrant]].<ref name=usafreedomact /> | After reauthorization bills failed to pass Congress, parts of the Patriot Act expired on June 1, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/31/411044789/live-blog-facing-midnight-deadline-the-senate-debates-parts-of-the-patriot-act|title = Parts Of Patriot Act Expire, Even As Senate Moves On Bill Limiting Surveillance}}</ref> The [[USA Freedom Act]], which became law on June 2, 2015, reenacted these expired sections through 2019.<ref name=usafreedomact>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/06/02/patriot-act-usa-freedom-act-senate-vote/28345747/|title=Senate approves USA Freedom Act|first=Erin|last=Kelly|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=June 2, 2015|access-date=June 3, 2015}}</ref> However, Section 215 of the law was amended to disallow the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA) to continue its mass phone data collection program.<ref name=usafreedomact /> Instead, phone companies will retain the data and the NSA can obtain information about targeted individuals with a federal [[search warrant]].<ref name=usafreedomact /> | ||