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EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0669 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Sunset clauses · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Section 224 of the USA PATRIOT Act set many of its surveillance provisions to cease to have effect on 31 December 2005; Congress extended the business-records (section 215) and roving-wiretap provisions several times until they expired on 15 March 2020, subject to grandfather clauses.”

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The Constitutional Value of Sunset Clauses: An Historical and Normative Analysis

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