USA PATRIOT Act: A Pollak Library Research Guide

USA PATRIOT Act

Text of the Law
Legislative History
Analysis
Books & Government Documents
Articles

USA PATRIOT Act—Text of Law [Public Law 107-56] PDF-132 pages
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act ) Act of 2001. Public Law 107-56 (115 Stat. 272) (2001)

Legislative History top

Bill Summary & Status for H.R. 3162 [Thomas]

Legislative History of the USA PATRIOT Act [Center for Democracy and Technology]

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3162 [source: Public Law 107-56]
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 147 (2001):
Oct. 23, Oct. 24, considered and passed House.
Oct. 25, considered and passed Senate.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 37 (2001):
Oct. 26, Presidential remarks.

Analysis top

American Bar Association
USA PATRIOT Act: The Good, The Bad, and the Sunset

American Civil Liberties Union
USA PATRIOT Act
USA PATRIOT Act II
Insatiable Appetite: The Government's Demand for New and Unnecessary Powers After September 11

California Library Association
The USA PATRIOT Act and What You Can Do

Center for Constitutional Rights
The State of Civil Liberties: One Year Later PDF-20 pages

Congressional Research Service
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005: A Legal Analysis (March 24, 2006)

Congressional Research Service
USA PATRIOT Act: A Sketch (18, 2002) PDF-5 pages
USA PATRIOT Act: A Legal Analysis (April 15, 2002) PDF-79 pages
"Possible Impacts of Major Counter Terrorism: Security Actions on Research, Development, and Higher Education" ( April 8, 2002) PDF-56 pages
Terrorism: Section by Section Analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act (December 10, 2001)

Justice Department
The USA PATRIOT Act: Preserving Life and Liberty (July 2004)

Leahy, Patrick (Senator)
The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001, H.R. 3162, Section-by-Section Analysis, October 2001

Books & Government Documents top

To locate books and government documents, search the Library Catalog:
Keywords: usa patriot act

Recent books and government documents include:

Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act, January 27, 2004 PDF-22 pages

Terrorist Financing: Implementation of the USA Patriot Act. Congressional Hearing, 19 September 2002.

Refuge of a scoundrel: the Patriot Act in libraries (2004) CATALOG RECORD

Silencing political dissent / Center for Constitutional Rights (2002) CATALOG RECORD

No greater threat: America after September 11 and the rise of a national security state (2002) CATALOG RECORD

Articles top

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CQ Weekly
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