Patriot Act repeal bill puts controversial law in the crosshairs: 'Let's end the abuse!'

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has introduced a one-page measure to repeal the arguable Patriot Act, which was passed connected the heels of the horrific Sept. 11, 2001 panic attacks.

The substance of the measure, dubbed the "American Privacy Restoration Act," reads, "The USA PATRIOT Act … is repealed, and each proviso of instrumentality amended by specified Act is amended to work arsenic specified proviso work connected October 25, 2001."

"For implicit 2 decades, rogue actors wrong our U.S. quality agencies person utilized the Patriot Act to make the astir sophisticated, unaccountable surveillance apparatus successful the Western world," Luna said, according to a press release.

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., looks connected during a House Oversight Subcommittee proceeding astatine the U.S. Capitol connected April 1, 2025 successful Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

"My authorities volition portion the heavy authorities of these tools and support each American’s 4th amendment close against unreasonable searches and seizures. It’s past clip to rein successful our quality agencies and reconstruct the close to privacy. Anyone trying to person you different is utilizing ‘security’ arsenic an excuse to erode your freedom."

In a station connected X, Luna thanked Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., for cosponsoring the bill.

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Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., leaves the Capitol Hill Club aft a gathering of the House Republican Conference connected Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"Let's extremity the abuse!" she declared successful the post.

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who has antecedently pushed bills involving repealing the Patriot Act, pointed retired successful a post connected X past week that conscionable 3 Republicans voted against passing it successful October 2001 — 1 of them was erstwhile Rep. Ron Paul, the begetter of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.

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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks to reporters pursuing a bid of votes astatine the U.S. Capitol connected March 11, 2025 successful Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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"Abuse of the PATRIOT Act implicit clip revealed they were justified. Imagine the unit they were nether conscionable 1 period aft 9/11. I’m definite they were called each sanction successful the book," Massie wrote.