The U.S. Senate approved a bill that would increase the Patriot Acts civil liberties safeguards. The bill is expected to be approved by the House of Representatives this week. It would make permanent 14 provisions that were set to expire and extend two others. It’s been controversial because of the extended search and surveillance authorities it granted to federal agencies. A previous requirement of the act that said people who received NSLs had to provide the Federal Bureau of Investigation with their attorney’s name would be removed.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2119720/senate-votes-to-add-patriot-act-safeguards.html