The United States ' Patriot Act of 2001 is controversial .
On March 7 , 2006 , 43rd President George W. Bush signed as , which renewed the still controversial Patriot Act of 2001 and amended the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 to include the newly created Presidential Cabinet position of Secretary of Homeland Security in the line of succession after the previously authorized Secretary of Veterans Affairs ( § 503 ) ( which are listed and designated in the order that their departments were created ) .
United States Secretary of Homeland Security