(c/o GL.)
The following provisions of the USA Patriot Act will expire on Jan. 1, 2006
if not renewed by Congress:
Section 201 -- Gives federal officials the authority to intercept wire,
spoken and electronic communications relating to terrorism.
Section 202 -- Gives federal officials the authority to intercept wire,
oral, and electronic communications relating to computer fraud and abuse
offenses.
Subsection 203(b) -- Permits the sharing of grand jury information that
involves foreign intelligence or counterintelligence with federal law
enforcement, intelligence, protective, immigration, national defense, or
national security officials
Subsection 203(d) -- Gives foreign intelligence or counterintelligence
officers the ability to share foreign intelligence information obtained as
part of a criminal investigation with law enforcement.
Section 204 -- Makes clear that nothing in the law regarding pen
registers -- an electronic device which records all numbers dialed from a
particular phone line -- stops the government's ability to obtain foreign
intelligence information.
Section 206 -- Allows federal officials to issue roving "John Doe"
wiretaps for spy and anti-terrorism investigations.
Section 207 -- Increases the amount of time that federal officials can
watch people they suspect are spies or terrorists.
Section 209 -- Permits the seizure of voicemail messages under a
warrant.
Section 212 -- Permits ISP (Internet service providers) and other
electronic communication and remote computing service providers to hand over
records and e-mails to federal officials in emergency situations.
Section 214 -- Allows use of a pen register or trap and trace devices --
a device records the originating phone numbers of all incoming calls on a
particular phone line -- in international terrorism or spy investigations.
Section 215 -- Authorizes federal officials to obtain "tangible items"
like business records -- including those from libraries and bookstores _for
foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations.
Section 217 -- Makes it lawful to intercept the wire or electronic
communication of a computer hacker or intruder in certain circumstances.
Section 218 -- Allows federal officials to wiretap or watch suspects if
foreign intelligence gathering is a "significant purpose" for seeking a FISA
(Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act) order. The pre-Patriot Act standard
said they could ask for the surveillance only if it was "the" sole or main
purpose.
Section 220 -- Provides for nationwide service of search warrants for
electronic evidence
Section 223 -- Amends the federal criminal code to provide for
administrative discipline of federal officers or employees who violate
prohibitions against unauthorized disclosures of information gathered under
this act.
Section 225 -- Amends FISA to prohibit lawsuits against people or
companies that provide information to federal officials for a terrorism
investigation.
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