Fw: PATRIOT Act Being Finalized: Act Now - FCNL

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From: "Kathy Guthrie" <kathyguthrie@fcnl.org>
To: "Miriam Vieni" <miriamvieni@optonline.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:12 AM
Subject: PATRIOT Act Being Finalized: Act Now - FCNL

Negotiators from the House and the Senate are meeting during August to
finalize legislation reauthorizing key sections of the USA PATRIOT Act
- sections that provide authority for government seizure of library
records, wiretaps, secret searches, and other intrusions on civil
liberties. President Bush hopes to sign this legislation on September
11.

Under the Act's "sunset" provision, 14 sections of the
original USA PATRIOT Act would have expired without congressional
action on Dec. 31, 2005. The Senate and the House have each
approved very different versions of legislation to reauthorize the
Patriot Act. Although the Senate reauthorization measure (S. 1389)
still falls short of full restoration of constitutional civil liberties
eroded by the Patriot Act, the Senate's version is far superior to
that of the House and provides momentum for future legislation.

Your senators and representative have one more opportunity to influence
the negotiations on this important legislation. Urge your senators
and representative to support the Senate version of the USA PATRIOT Act
reauthorization measure (S. 1389).

ACTION

Please call, e-mail, or fax your senators and representative today.
Urge them to support S.1389, the Senate version of the USA PATRIOT Act
reauthorization legislation, now in conference committee. Conference
committee staff are working during the August recess, so your action is
important right now.

You can find a sample letter and write to your members of Congress
directly from FCNL's web site at
http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/KANBEYVOKC/LENIEYVPPR/

To find contact information for your members of Congress, please visit
http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/KANBEYVOKC/INCFEYVPPS/

BACKGROUND

For an analysis of the differences between the House and Senate bills
see http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/KANBEYVOKC/KQOGEYVPPT/
For more information on the USA PATRIOT Act see
http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/KANBEYVOKC/OWWQEYVPPU/

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