ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 14, Number 70
July 21, 2005

In This Issue: URGENT CORRECTION

Please disregard ALAWON number 69. We accidentally sent the wrong 
draft. We do need you to call your Representative now and ask him 
or her to:

1) Support Flake/Schiff's amendment #59 – that requires that the 
Director of the FBI must personally approve any library or 
bookstore request for records by the FBI under section 215.

2) Support an amendment to be offered by Flake/Delahunt/ 
Otter/Nadler (#54) would give recipients of a National Security 
Letter the right to challenge the order and the right to challenge 
the gag order. It also allows the right to consult an attorney in 
order to challenge the order. 

The U.S. House of Representatives is debating HR 3199, the 
reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act TODAY, July 21st.  A vote 
could happen late today or early on Friday.  The US Capitol 
switchboard number is 202-224-3121 or go to the Congressional web 
site for individual numbers at: http://www.house.gov 

Additional background information on the USA PATRIOT Act and its 
specific provisions as well as positions of ALA on these issues is 
available at:  http://www.ala.org/washoff 



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