Public Law 110-261
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Public Law 110-261 is the 2008 U.S. federal statute that amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to expand government surveillance authorities and provide legal protections for telecommunications companies assisting such surveillance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Public Law 110-261 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1126371 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Law 110-261 Context triple: [FISA Amendments Act of 2008, publicLawNumber, Public Law 110-261]
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A.
Public Law 110-289
Public Law 110-289 is a major 2008 U.S. federal statute that overhauled housing finance regulation, created new oversight for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and responded to the subprime mortgage crisis.
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B.
Public Law 111-203
Public Law 111-203 is the formal designation of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a major 2010 U.S. financial regulatory reform law enacted in response to the 2008 financial crisis.
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C.
Public Law 107-306
Public Law 107-306 is the U.S. federal statute enacted in 2002 that, among other intelligence reforms, created the 9/11 Commission to investigate the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
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D.
Public Law 111-148
Public Law 111-148 is the landmark U.S. federal statute enacted in 2010 that overhauled the healthcare system by expanding insurance coverage, introducing consumer protections, and implementing cost-control measures.
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E.
Public Law 107-204
Public Law 107-204 is the formal designation of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, a landmark U.S. federal law that overhauled corporate governance and financial reporting standards to combat accounting fraud.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Law 110-261 Target entity description: Public Law 110-261 is the 2008 U.S. federal statute that amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to expand government surveillance authorities and provide legal protections for telecommunications companies assisting such surveillance.
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A.
Public Law 110-289
Public Law 110-289 is a major 2008 U.S. federal statute that overhauled housing finance regulation, created new oversight for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and responded to the subprime mortgage crisis.
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B.
Public Law 111-203
Public Law 111-203 is the formal designation of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a major 2010 U.S. financial regulatory reform law enacted in response to the 2008 financial crisis.
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C.
Public Law 107-306
Public Law 107-306 is the U.S. federal statute enacted in 2002 that, among other intelligence reforms, created the 9/11 Commission to investigate the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
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D.
Public Law 111-148
Public Law 111-148 is the landmark U.S. federal statute enacted in 2010 that overhauled the healthcare system by expanding insurance coverage, introducing consumer protections, and implementing cost-control measures.
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E.
Public Law 107-204
Public Law 107-204 is the formal designation of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, a landmark U.S. federal law that overhauled corporate governance and financial reporting standards to combat accounting fraud.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
ⓘ
intelligence law ⓘ surveillance law ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
FAA
ⓘ
surface form:
FAA of 2008
FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ⓘ
surface form:
FISA Amendments Act
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| amends |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
ⓘ
surface form:
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
|
| authorizes | targeting of non-U.S. persons reasonably believed to be outside the United States ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Title 50 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| containsProvision |
FISA Amendments Act of 2008
ⓘ
surface form:
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| enactedBy | 110th United States Congress ⓘ |
| expands | government surveillance authorities ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Section 702
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Section 703 ⓘ Section 704 ⓘ Section 705 ⓘ Section 706 ⓘ Section 707 ⓘ Section 708 ⓘ Section 709 ⓘ Section 710 ⓘ Section 711 ⓘ Section 712 ⓘ Section 713 ⓘ Section 714 ⓘ Section 715 ⓘ Section 716 ⓘ Section 717 ⓘ Section 718 ⓘ Section 719 ⓘ Section 720 ⓘ |
| hasShortName | FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| legislativeBranch | United States Congress ⓘ |
| provides | immunity to certain telecommunications companies for past cooperation with U.S. intelligence activities ⓘ |
| publicLawNumber | 110-261 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for the collection of foreign intelligence information
ⓘ
to provide legal protections for electronic communication service providers assisting government surveillance ⓘ to provide procedures for targeting persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States ⓘ |
| regulates |
electronic surveillance
ⓘ
foreign intelligence collection ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
President’s Surveillance Program
ⓘ
surface form:
National Security Agency warrantless surveillance controversy
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| requires | FISA Court review of targeting and minimization procedures ⓘ |
| signedBy | George W. Bush ⓘ |
| signingDate | 2008-07-10 ⓘ |
| statutesAtLargeCitation | 122 Stat. 2436 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
electronic communications
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foreign intelligence surveillance ⓘ national security ⓘ |
| yearOfEnactment | 2008 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Public Law 110-261 Description of subject: Public Law 110-261 is the 2008 U.S. federal statute that amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to expand government surveillance authorities and provide legal protections for telecommunications companies assisting such surveillance.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.