House Judiciary Committee’s PATRIOT Act reform bill recharges debate
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Jenni Terry
ALA Washington Office Press Officer
For Immediate Release
November 6, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee’s passage of the USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R. 3845) yesterday put Congress back on track to achieve comprehensive reform of our nation’s surveillance laws, say the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of Research [...]
House Judiciary Committee passes USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009
The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee passed the USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R. 3845) today with a vote of 16-10 after two days of lengthy debate.
Numerous amendments were offered during the debate, including an amendment from Rep. Gallegly (R-CA) that would have stripped the library exception completely from the bill. During the debate [...]
ALA: House takes lead with strong surveillance reform bills
Contact: Jenni Terry
Press Officer, ALA Washington Office
Washington, D.C. – The USA Patriot Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R. 3845) and the FISA Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R. 3846), introduced into the House of Representatives Tuesday, would together systematically reform our national surveillance laws.
“The Senate Judiciary Committee failed to pass a bill that would restore the balance [...]
Senate to resume mark-up of PATRIOT Act reauthorization legislation
The Senate Judiciary Committee will resumes its mark-up of legislation to reauthorize the USA PATRIOT Act Thursday. If you haven’t contacted your Senator yet, please take the time to do so.
Our message hasn’t changed: Congress should pass the ORIGINAL version of Senator Leahy’s USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, S. 1692, with key [...]
Senate holds first mark-up of USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization legislation
The first in what will likely be a series of mark-ups of USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization legislation was held today in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Hours before the mark-up, a bill negotiated by Sens. Patrick Leahy (VT-D) and Dianne Feinstein (CA-D) was substituted in place of S. 1692, the USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of [...]
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