United StatesHouse Bill 3245HR 3245

American Privacy Restoration Act

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Last progress May 7, 2025 (7 months ago)

Introduced on May 7, 2025 by Anna Luna

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May 7, 2025 (7 months ago)

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Education and Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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This bill would repeal the USA PATRIOT Act and return the law to how it was before October 25, 2001. In plain terms, it cancels the extra government powers the PATRIOT Act gave for collecting information and tracking people, restoring earlier privacy rules.

If this becomes law, agencies would have to follow the pre-2001 rules again when they look for records or monitor communications. That means less broad access to phone, internet, and other personal data than under the PATRIOT Act.

Key points

Who is affected: People in the U.S., law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and phone/internet companies.
What changes: The PATRIOT Act is repealed; laws go back to the rules in place on October 25, 2001.
When: If enacted, the change would take effect as stated in the bill’s repeal language (the text specifies returning to pre-2001 law).

American Privacy Restoration Act

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