<P> On May 26, 2011, President Barack Obama signed the PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011, a four - year extension of three key provisions in the Act: roving wiretaps, searches of business records, and conducting surveillance of "lone wolves"--individuals suspected of terrorist - related activities not linked to terrorist groups . </P> <P> Following a lack of Congressional approval, parts of the Patriot Act expired on June 1, 2015 . With passing the USA Freedom Act on June 2, 2015, the expired parts were restored and renewed through 2019 . However, Section 215 of the law was amended to stop the National Security Agency (NSA) from continuing its mass phone data collection program . Instead, phone companies will retain the data and the NSA can obtain information about targeted individuals with permission from a federal court . </P> <P> Title I authorizes measures to enhance the ability of domestic security services to prevent terrorism . The title established a fund for counter-terrorist activities and increased funding for the Terrorist Screening Center which is administered by the FBI . The military was authorized to provide assistance in some situations that involve weapons of mass destruction when so requested by the Attorney General . The National Electronic Crime Task Force was expanded, along with the President's authority and abilities in cases of terrorism . The title also condemned the discrimination against Arab and Muslim Americans that happened soon after the September 11 terrorist attacks . The impetus for many of the provisions came from earlier bills, for instance the condemnation of discrimination was originally proposed by Senator Tom Harkin (D - IA) in an amendment to the Combatting Terrorism Act of 2001, though in a different form . It originally included "the prayer of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the Archbishop of Washington in a Mass on September 12, 2001 for our Nation and the victims in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist hijackings and attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania reminds all Americans that' We must seek the guilty and not strike out against the innocent or we become like them who are without moral guidance or proper direction ."' Further condemnation of racial vilification and violence is also spelled out in Title X, where there was condemnation of such activities against Sikh Americans, who were mistaken for Muslims after the September 11th terrorist attack . </P> <P> Title II is titled "Enhanced Surveillance Procedures", and covers all aspects of the surveillance of suspected terrorists, those suspected of engaging in computer fraud or abuse, and agents of a foreign power who are engaged in clandestine activities . 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 particular, the title allows government agencies to gather "foreign intelligence information" from both U.S. and non-U.S. citizens, and changed FISA to make gaining foreign intelligence information the significant purpose of FISA - based surveillance, where previously it had been the primary purpose . The change in definition was meant to remove a legal "wall" between criminal investigations and surveillance for the purposes of gathering foreign intelligence, which hampered investigations when criminal and foreign surveillance overlapped . However, that this wall even existed was found by the Federal Surveillance Court of Review to have actually been a long - held misinterpretation by government agencies . Also removed was the statutory requirement that the government prove a surveillance target under FISA is a non-U.S. citizen and agent of a foreign power, though it did require that any investigations must not be undertaken on citizens who are carrying out activities protected by the First Amendment . The title also expanded the duration of FISA physical search and surveillance orders, and gave authorities the ability to share information gathered before a federal grand jury with other agencies . </P>

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