<P> The USA PATRIOT Act was passed by the United States Congress in 2001 as a response to the September 11 , 2001 attacks . It has ten titles , each containing numerous sections . Title III : International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 is actually an act of Congress in its own right as well as being a title of the USA PATRIOT Act , and is intended to facilitate the prevention , detection and prosecution of international money laundering and the financing of terrorism . The title 's sections primarily amend portions of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 and the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 . </P>
title iii of the usa patriot act is implemented in part by amendments to which act
Money Laundering Control Act Bank Secrecy Act