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C17(Sept-Oct. 2005)

Libraries and the USA Patriot Act
Doyle, Charles
Congressional Research Report for Congress Updated August 19, 2005
The USA Patriot Act , PL 107 – 56, enacted to help track down and punish terrorists and to prevent further terrorism, contains no provisions specifically directed at libraries or their patrons. But it has several provisions that might apply in a library context. Charles Doyle is a Senior Specialist at the American Law Division of the Congressional research Service at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.
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