<span>A pocket veto is a bill that still becomes law despite the act of a veto on behalf of the president. The reason that the bill becomes a law is that the president does not veto the bill within ten days. Once the ten days have lapsed, the bill will become a law regardless of whether the president vetoes the bill after.</span>
He Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Stored Wire Electronic Communications Act are commonly referred together as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986. The ECPA updated the Federal Wiretap Act of 1968, which addressed interception of conversations using "tapped" telephone lines, but did not apply to interception of computer and other digital and electronic communications. Several subsequent pieces of legislation, including The USA PATRIOT Act<span>, clarify and update the ECPA to keep pace with the evolution of new communications technologies and methods, including easing restrictions on law enforcement access to stored communications in some cases. -referenced </span>