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S 1695 108th Congress Senate

PATRIOT Oversight Restoration Act of 2003

Official title: A bill to provide greater oversight over the USA PATRIOT Act.

Introduced: October 1, 2003 See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Armed Forces and National SecurityCongressCongressional oversightEmergency Management
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Oct 1, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12285)
Oct 1, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12283-12285)
Oct 1, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 1, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12285)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

PATRIOT Oversight Restoration Act of 2003 - Modifies the sunset provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act to provide that provisions concerning the following (with exceptions) will cease to be effective on December 31, 2005: (1) the disclosure of grand jury information to foreign officials; (2) the scope of subpoenas for records of electronic communications; (3) notification of search warrants; (4) pen register or trap and trace orders; (5) single-jurisdiction search warrants; (6) the Government's authority to declare certain persons inadmissible to the United States; (7) the Attorney General's authority to certify that an alien is engaged in activity that endangers national security and to take such alien into custody; (8) law enforcement authority to access telephone, bank, and credit records through the issuance of National Security Letters; (9) privacy protections for educational records and surveys; (10) the definition of "domestic terrorism"; (11) the Government's civil forfeiture authority to go after assets of terrorist organizations; and (12) the definition of "electronic surveillance."

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1695: PATRIOT Oversight Restoration Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1695/
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"S. 1695: PATRIOT Oversight Restoration Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1695/.
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