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The Patriot Act is mostly about amending existing laws. So, In order to read the Patriot Act, you need to have all the other laws written in the past century in order to see what sentence or phrase the Patriot Act is changing.

For instance, here is how Section 220 of the USA Patriot Act reads:



SEC.220. NATIONWIDE SERVICE SEARCH OF WARRENTS FOR ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE.

(a) IN GENERAL-- Chapter 121 of title 18, United States Code, is amended-
(1)in section 2703, by striking 'under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure' every place it appears and inserting 'using the procedures described in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by a court with jurisdiction over the offense under investigation'; and
(2) in section 2711--
(A)in paragraph (1), by striking 'and';
(B)in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting ';and'; and
(C) by inserting at the end the following:
(3) the term 'court of competent jurisdiction' has the meaning assigned by section 3127, and includes any Federal court within that definition, without geographic lilitation.'
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT-- Section 2703(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 'described in section 3127(2)(A).'


Did You get all that?




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