What Is the USA Patriot Act

question 33

Multiple Choice

What is the USA Patriot Act?

• A) It attempts to set standard federal guidelines for the issuance of drivers licenses in an effort to ensure their validity and security.
• B) It attempted to clarify the relationship between counterterrorism response and emergency management by designating lead agencies for crisis management (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and consequence management (FEMA) in response to dealing with a terrorist attack.
• C) This law deals with a wide ranging array of issues, some specific to terrorism, other more broadly related to criminal procedure issues such as procedures to reform habeus corpus proceedings to lessen the amount of time death row inmates can spend appealing their sentences.
• D) It updated wiretap and warrant laws that had not taken into consideration the explosion of email, text messaging, social networks, and other internet-based communications, and also expanded the definition of terrorist organizations to those supporting groups engaged in acts of violence and significantly increased reporting requirements for banking and other financial institutions.

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Definitions:

Annual General Meeting

A mandatory yearly gathering of a company's interested shareholders where directors report on the year's results.

Directors

Directors are individuals elected by shareholders or appointed by other directors who oversee the management and decision-making processes of a corporation.

Right Of Full Participation

The entitlement to engage actively and fully in a process or activity, without restrictions.

Resolutions

Formal decisions or statements adopted by an organization or legislative body through a voting process.