Watch jobs bill on Monday to see if renewal of Patriot Act "library records" Section 215 is in it

 As you may know, Section 215, sometimes called “the library records” section (although it doesn’t mention libraries) was renewed until February 28, 2010. The Congressional Quarterly reports that renewal language through December 2010 was slipped into the massive Baucus-Grassley jobs bill (see draft jobs bill (page 125). That is no longer the moving bill, but watch on Monday for version that Senator Reid plans to take to the floor.

Here is the text from the HIRE draft bill. Watch for it in future versions.

 SEC. 645. EXTENSION OF INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY SUNSETS. (a) USA PATRIOT IMPROVEMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005.—Section 102(b)(1) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005

(Public Law 109–177; 50 U.S.C. 1805 note, 50 U.S.C. 1861 note, and 50 U.S.C. 1862 note) is amended by striking ‘‘February 28, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’.

(b) INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT OF 2004.—Section 6001(b)(1) of the Intel ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 118 Stat. 3742; 50 U.S.C. 1801 note) is amended by striking ‘‘February 28, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’.