After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Ashcroft was a key supporter of passage of the USA PATRIOT Act.

* 2001 – The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.

Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act, stating that it would help detect and prosecute terrorism and other crimes.

The title of the act is a ten letter backronym ( USA PATRIOT ) that stands for Uniting ( and ) Strengthening America ( by ) Providing Appropriate Tools Required ( to ) Intercept ( and ) Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

The act also expanded the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism, thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA PATRIOT Act ’ s expanded law enforcement powers can be applied.

On May 26, 2011, President Barack Obama used an Autopen to sign a four-year extension of three key provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act while he was in France: roving wiretaps, searches of business records ( the " library records provision "), and conducting surveillance of " lone wolves " — individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities not linked to terrorist groups.

This was introduced to the House as the Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism ( PATRIOT ) Act of 2001, and was later passed by the House as the Uniting and Strengthening America ( USA ) Act ( H. R.

The final bill, the USA PATRIOT Act was introduced into the House on October 23 and incorporated H. R.

Due to its controversial nature, a number of bills were proposed to amend the USA PATRIOT Act.

The draft, which was circulated to 10 divisions of the Department of Justice, proposed to make further extensive modifications to extend the USA PATRIOT Act.

It primarily made amendments to FISA, and the ECPA, and many of the most controversial aspects of the USA PATRIOT Act reside in this title.

In a resolution passed on June 29, 2005, they stated that " Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act allows the government to secretly request and obtain library records for large numbers of individuals without any reason to believe they are involved in illegal activity.

* On October 26, 2001 U. S. President George W. Bush signs the USA PATRIOT Act into law.

* USA PATRIOT Act, an act of federal legislation in the United States passed in response to the attacks of September 11

Though it is allowed by the USA PATRIOT Act, it is considered by many a questionable practice, if not an all-out violation of civil liberties.

Protesting " a pall of repression " and referring specifically to the USA PATRIOT Act as emblematic of that repression, it accuses the executive branch of usurping " the roles and functions of the other branches of government ," and continues, " We must take the highest officers of the land seriously when they talk of a war that will last a generation and when they speak of a new domestic order.

In October 2002, Carrboro was among the first municipalities in the South to adopt resolutions opposing the Iraq War and the USA PATRIOT Act.

* USA PATRIOT Act

However, he broke with his party on prominent issues, joining Democrats in filibusters of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Bush Administration's 2003 energy bill.

He also became well known as one of the five Republican Senators who joined Democrats in a filibuster of the USA PATRIOT Act renewal conference report.

The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 was passed soon after the attacks, giving law enforcement agencies sweeping search and surveillance powers over US citizens.

It was sometimes called Patriot II, after the USA PATRIOT Act, which was enacted in 2001.

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* April 2005: EPIC filed a complaint asking a federal court to force the FBI to disclose information about its use of expanded investigative authority granted by sunsetting provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.

In the USA, this led to the adoption of the Delaney clause, an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, stating that no carcinogenic substances may be used as food additives.

USA economic engagement under the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement ( HOPE ) Act, from December 2006, increased apparel exports and investment by providing tariff-free access to the USA.

* The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ( FERPA ) ( g ; 34 CFR Part 99 ) is a USA Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records.

* USA Patriot Act

Since there was no federal regulation in the USA concerning safety and effectiveness of drugs until the 1906 Food and Drugs Act and various medicine salesmen or manufacturers seldom had enough skills in analytical chemistry to analyze the contents of snake oil, it became the archetype of hoax.

It was then introduced into the Senate as the USA Act ( S. 1510 ) where a number of amendments were proposed by Senator Russ Feingold,

* The Civil Rights Commission is established in the USA under the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

* John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, New York, USA, commonly known as JFK

Entrants to graduate-entry courses ( as in the USA ), usually lasting four or five years, have previously completed a three-or four-year university degree, commonly but by no means always in sciences.

The Presidents of the United States of America, commonly referred to as Pot USA or " PUSA " or The Presidents, are a twice Grammy-nominated American alternative rock band.

As a result, some serious players, particularly in the USA, still preferred to play online using the original Quake engine ( commonly called NetQuake ) rather than QuakeWorld.

According to the International Triathlon Union, and USA Triathlon, the main international race distances are Sprint Distance, which has a swim, cycling, run ; Intermediate ( or Standard ) distance, commonly referred to as " Olympic distance " ( swim, bike, run ; the Long Course ( swim, ride, run, such as the Half Ironman ), and Ultra Distance ( swim, ride, and a full marathon: run ); the most recognized branded Ultra Distance is the Ironman triathlon.

It is also commonly called a " UNE " for Unbundled Network Element, in the USA.

In other cases, especially in the case of a nonprofit shops, the public donates goods to these shops, commonly known as thrift stores in the USA or charity shops in the UK.

USA Network ( commonly referred to as USA ) is an American cable television channel launched in 1971.

The speed limit is commonly set at or below the ' 85th percentile speed ' ( which is the speed at which 85 % of the traffic is travelling ) and in the USA is typically set below that speed.

The USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team, commonly known as the United States men's national basketball team, represents the United States of America in international men's basketball.

James L. Haven and Charles Hettrick of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, received a United States patent, the first from a Filipino, on "... an improved construction of the toy, commonly called a bandelore ..." in 1866.

Karl Artur Vilhelm Moberg ( 20 August 1898-8 August 1973 ) was a Swedish author, playwright and historian, most commonly associated with his The Emigrants series of novels, about Swedish emigrants moving to the USA in the 19th century ; filmed by Jan Troell in the 1970s.

In September 2001, Bradley Alford, Chairman and CEO of Nestlé USA, signed the Harkin-Engel Protocol ( commonly called the Cocoa Protocol ), an international agreement aimed at ending child labour in the production of cocoa.

The African-American singer-activist Paul Robeson recorded the song several times ; his 1937 recording uses a British translation rather than the one more commonly found in the USA.

They are used to add a decorative touch, usually to a bathroom, most commonly in the USA.

Bard College at Simon's Rock, more commonly known as Simon's Rock ( see below ), is a residential four-year liberal arts college located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.

Because all of them were made prior to 1986, many of them made it into civilian hands in the USA and are commonly used in Submachine gun competition.

In North American English, a " bathroom " is commonly used as a euphemism for a room containing a toilet or possibly a public toilet ( which, in the USA, is more commonly called a " restroom ").

Dinkytown, USA ( commonly Dinkytown ) is an area within the Marcy Holmes neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Carpet is commonly made in widths of 12 and in the USA, 4m and 5m in Europe.

Port Columbus International Airport, commonly shortened to Port Columbus, is a Class C international airport located east of downtown Columbus, Ohio, USA.

The dish, known as a pot roast in the USA but more commonly as braised or stewed beef in the UK, is often accompanied by root vegetables.