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Title
- Main Title National Security Letters: Proposals in the 113th Congress
- Series Title 113th Congress
Creator
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Author: Doyle, CharlesCreator Type: PersonalCreator Info: Senior Specialist in American Public Law
Publisher
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Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.Place of Publication: Washington D.C.
Date
- Creation: 2015-01-22
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: This report reprints the text of the five National Security Letter (NSL) statutes as they now appear and as they appeared prior to amendment by the USA PATRIOT Act. A National Security Letter (NSL) is roughly comparable to an administrative subpoena, used by various intelligence agencies to demand certain customer information from communications providers, financial institutions, and consumer credit reporting agencies under the Right to Financial Privacy Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the National Security Act, and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
- Physical Description: 38 pages.
Subject
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: National security
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Intelligence activities
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Right of privacy
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Congress
Coverage
- Place Name: United States
Collection
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Name: Congressional Research Service ReportsCode: CRSR
Institution
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Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents DepartmentCode: UNTGD
Resource Type
- Report
Format
- Text
Identifier
- CRS Report Number: R43322
- Accession or Local Control No: R43322_2015Jan22
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc503508