Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 [US Congress; as signed]

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Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 [US Congress; as signed]

December 17, 2004 01:21:00 pm

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, passed by the US Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush, December 17, 2004. Read the full text of the act, as signed, here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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