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> Although the Act expired in March, 2020 without being reauthorized, federal law enforcement agencies retain most of the authorities granted by the act. By wh
by philwelch 4y ago
> Although the Act expired in March, 2020 without being reauthorized, federal law enforcement agencies retain most of the authorities granted by the act.
By what statute do they maintain those authorities if the authorizing legislation has expired?
- ROTMetro 4y agoAny investigation opened prior to the expiration can be continued under it. Surprisingly they opened quite a few 'open ended' investigations.
- palunon 4y agohttps://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2006/March/06_opa_113.html https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2006/March/06_opa_113... > The reauthorizing legislation makes permanent 14 of the 16 sunsetted USA PATRIOT Act provisions and places four-year sunsets on the other two
- philwelch 4y agoThanks! > and places four-year sunsets on the other two It looks like those were sections 206 and 215, which were somewhat weakened by the same act. Confusingly, there's a third provision, the "lone wolf" provision, which was extended during the Obama administration; that seems to be part of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 and got rolled into the "USA Freedom Act" reauthorization in 2015.