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On the recordSeptember 22, 2009
The bill I introduced this week, the USA Patriot Act Sunset Extension Act has a 4-year sunset in all the three expiring Patriot Act provisions similar to what we did in 2001 and again in 2005/06 reauthorization.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy discusses the reauthorization of the Patriot Act with a sunset provision.

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