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To: All Divisions From: Office of the General Counsel Re: 319X-HO-A1487720-0GC, 04/07/2006 The USA PATRIOT Act Improvernent and Reauthorization Act of 2005 is organized into the seven titles. Title I, which carties the same title as the overall bill, contains the significant changes to the FBI’s national security tools.’ Titles H through VII contain several other Acts and miscellaneous provisions: . Title [- USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act Title I makes most of the original sunset provisions of the original USA PATRIOT Act permanent, though it creates new sunsets for the authorities in section 206 (FISA roving authority) and section 215 (FISA access to business records) of the USA PATRIOT Act, and section 600] (Lone Wolf provision) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. It also extends the duration of several FISA tools. Additionally, it makes significant changes to the National Security Letter statutes. Finally, the USAPA IRA requires new Congressional reporting of the use of national security tools. . Title 11 - Terrorist Death Penalty Enhancement This portion of the USAPA IRA entitled the “Terrorist Death Penalty Enhancement Act of 2005" makes adjustments to the death penalty procedures for federal cases, including certain air piracy cases. , Title Ht - Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America’s Seaports Act of 2005 This Title amends certain criminal statutes to strengthen maritime and seaport safety. . Title [V - Combating Terrorism Financing Act of 2005 This Title increases the penalties for terrorism financing, and adds new terrorism- Telated provisions to the specified unlawful activities that serve as money laundering predicates (including operating an illegal money transmitting business, such as the common “hawala” network). . Title V - Miscellaneous Provisions As recommended by the WMD Commission, this Title creates a National Security Division within the U.S. Department of Justice, which is to be led by an Assistant Attomey General for National Security. * Congress drafted the USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006 after the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005. Congress used the USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006 to make additional adjustments to the nondisclosure provisions of FISA Business Records and National Security Letters contained in the USA PATRIOT IRA, and to add the “Privacy Protections for Library Patrons,”