USA Patriot Act Sunset: Provisions that Expire on December 31, 2005

摘要

Several sections of Title 2 of the USA PATRIOT Act (the Act) relating to enhanced foreign intelligence and law enforcement surveillance authority expire on December 31, 2005. Thereafter, the authority remains in effect only as it relates to foreign intelligence investigations begun before sunset or to offenses or potential offense begun or occurring before that date. There may be some disagreement of whether a potential offense is a suspected crime, an incomplete crime, or both.