FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017
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The FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 is a U.S. law that renewed and modified government surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, particularly Section 702, extending their operation beyond their prior expiration date.
All labels observed (1)
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| FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1126390 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 Context triple: [FISA Amendments Act of 2008, sunsetExtendedBy, FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017]
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FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012
The FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012 is a U.S. law that renewed and continued broad government surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, particularly for monitoring foreign communications.
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FISA Amendments Act of 2008
The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 is a U.S. law that expanded and updated government authority to conduct warrantless surveillance of foreign targets while providing legal protections for telecommunications companies assisting such intelligence activities.
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C.
USA FREEDOM Act
The USA FREEDOM Act is a 2015 U.S. law that reformed government surveillance authorities, notably curbing bulk collection of Americans’ phone records while renewing and modifying key intelligence-gathering powers.
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the procedures for physical and electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information, particularly for national security and counterintelligence purposes.
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E.
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
The USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 is a U.S. federal law that renewed and modified key surveillance and counterterrorism provisions of the original USA PATRIOT Act, adding some new civil liberties safeguards and oversight measures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 Target entity description: The FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 is a U.S. law that renewed and modified government surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, particularly Section 702, extending their operation beyond their prior expiration date.
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A.
FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012
The FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012 is a U.S. law that renewed and continued broad government surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, particularly for monitoring foreign communications.
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B.
FISA Amendments Act of 2008
The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 is a U.S. law that expanded and updated government authority to conduct warrantless surveillance of foreign targets while providing legal protections for telecommunications companies assisting such intelligence activities.
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C.
USA FREEDOM Act
The USA FREEDOM Act is a 2015 U.S. law that reformed government surveillance authorities, notably curbing bulk collection of Americans’ phone records while renewing and modifying key intelligence-gathering powers.
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D.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the procedures for physical and electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information, particularly for national security and counterintelligence purposes.
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E.
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
The USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 is a U.S. federal law that renewed and modified key surveillance and counterterrorism provisions of the original USA PATRIOT Act, adding some new civil liberties safeguards and oversight measures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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surveillance law ⓘ |
| affectsProvision | Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ |
| affectsStatute | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| controversy |
adequacy of oversight and transparency mechanisms
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backdoor searches of Section 702 data ⓘ scope of incidental collection of U.S. persons’ communications ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| enables | continued operation of Section 702 surveillance programs ⓘ |
| extends | expiration date of Section 702 authorities ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
provisions on judicial review by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
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provisions on minimization procedures ⓘ provisions on querying U.S. person identifiers ⓘ provisions on targeting procedures ⓘ reporting and transparency requirements ⓘ |
| legalArea |
electronic surveillance
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intelligence gathering ⓘ national security ⓘ privacy law ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| purpose |
to modify procedures and limitations on foreign intelligence surveillance
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to reauthorize Section 702 surveillance authorities ⓘ |
| regulates |
U.S. government access to communications collected under Section 702
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collection of foreign intelligence information ⓘ warrantless surveillance of non‑U.S. persons located abroad ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
FISA Amendments Act of 2008
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ⓘ USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ |
| signedBy | Donald Trump ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
civil liberties debate in the United States
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privacy and surveillance reform proposals ⓘ |
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: FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 Description of subject: The FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 is a U.S. law that renewed and modified government surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, particularly Section 702, extending their operation beyond their prior expiration date.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.