{{Infobox U.S. legislation | shorttitle= Patriot Act | othershorttitles= Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools to Restrict, Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 | longtitle = An Act to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and across the globe, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes. | acronym = USA PATRIOT Act | enacted by = 107th |effective date= | cite public law = | cite statutes at large = | public law url = | leghisturl = https://web.archive.org/web/20041020023656/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR03162:@@@X | introducedin = House of Representatives | introducedbill = | introducedby = Jim Sensenbrenner (R–WI) | introduceddate = October 23, 2001 | committees = United States House Committee on the Judiciary; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Committee on Financial Services; Committee on International Relations; Committee on Energy and Commerce (Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet); Committee on Education and the Workforce; Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Committee on Armed Services | passedbody1 = House | passeddate1 = October 24, 2001 | passedvote1 = Yeas: 357; Nays: 66 | passedbody2 = Senate | passeddate2 = October 25, 2001 | passedvote2 = Yeas: 98; Nays: 1 | signedpresident = George W. Bush | signeddate = October 26, 2001 |unsignedpresident=|vetoedpresident= | amendments= USA Freedom Act | nickname= Patriot Act | effectivedate = October 26, 2001 | acts amended = Electronic Communications Privacy ActComputer Fraud and Abuse ActForeign Intelligence Surveillance ActFamily Educational Rights and Privacy ActMoney Laundering Control ActBank Secrecy ActRight to Financial Privacy ActFair Credit Reporting ActImmigration and Nationality Act of 1952Victims of Crime Act of 1984Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act| title amended = 8, 12, 15, 18, 20, 31, 42, 47, 49, 50 | sections created = 18 USC § 2712, 31 USC § 5318A, 15 USC § 1681v, 8 USC § 1226A, 18 USC § 1993, 18 USC § 2339, 18 USC § 175b, 50 USC § 403-5b, 51 USC § 5103a | sections amended = 8 USC § 1105, 8 USC § 1182g, 8 USC § 1189, 8 USC § 1202, 12 USC § 1828, 12 USC § 3414, 15 USC § 1681a, 15 USC § 6102, 15 USC § 6106, 18 USC § 7, 18 USC § 81, 18 USC § 175, 18 USC § 470, 18 USC § 471, 18 USC § 472, 18 USC § 473, 18 USC § 474, 18 USC § 476, 18 USC