The , introduced in to the  as HR 3361 and to the  as S. 1599, on Thursday passed out of and on to the House floor. reported the bill was "the most aggressive NSA reform bill under consideration in Congress", however, after amendment, the bill has been questioned for extending the Patriot Act and the reduction of reform to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. 175px|left The USA Freedom Act had the stated goal of ending the of Americans' metadata, ending the secret laws created by the FISA court, and introducing a "Special Advocate" to represent public and privacy matters before the FISA court. Cynthia Wong of  (HRW) expressed concern that "the bill does not address needed reforms to surveillance programs that affect millions of people outside US borders.” This being a key problem that plagues according to HRW.
The , introduced in to the US House of Representatives as HR 3361 and to the US Senate as S. 1599, on Thursday passed out of and on to the House floor. reported the bill was "the most aggressive NSA reform bill under consideration in Congress", however, after amendment, the bill has been questioned for extending the Patriot Act and the reduction of reform to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. 175px|left The USA Freedom Act had the stated goal of ending the of Americans' metadata, ending the secret laws created by the FISA court, and introducing a "Special Advocate" to represent public and privacy matters before the FISA court. Cynthia Wong of Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern that "the bill does not address needed reforms to surveillance programs that affect millions of people outside US borders.” This being a key problem that plagues according to HRW.
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