Protect America Act of 2007

Protect America Act of 2007
Long title	An Act to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	PAA
Enacted by	the 110th United States Congress
Effective	August 5, 2007
Citations
Public law	110-55
Statutes at Large	121 Stat. 552
Codification
Acts amended	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Titles amended	50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense
U.S.C. sections amended	50 U.S.C. ch. 36 § 1801 et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S. 1927 by Mitch McConnell (R–KY) on August 1, 2007; Committee consideration by Senate Judiciary; Passed the Senate on August 3, 2007 (60–28 Roll call vote 309, via Senate.gov); Passed the House on August 4, 2007 (227–183 Roll call vote 836, via Clerk.House.gov); Signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 5, 2007;
Major amendments
	FISA Amendments Act of 2008

The Protect America Act of 2007 (PAA), (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 110–55 (text) (PDF), 121 Stat. 552, enacted by S. 1927), is a controversial amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on August 5, 2007. It removed the warrant requirement for government surveillance of foreign intelligence targets "reasonably believed" to be outside the United States. The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 reauthorized many provisions of the Protect America Act in Title VII of FISA.

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