The bill is essentially guaranteed to receive Obama‘s signature—something privacy advocates have been pushing to prevent. That‘s because one of the provisions in the bill enshrines Executive Order 12333, a Reagan-era surveillance directive, into law.

Executive Order 12333, issued by Reagan on Dec. 4, 1981, is one of the most controversial presidential directives ever issued. If Americans know its name at all, it is only because 12333 is at the heart of the sweeping surveillance apparatus established by the National Security Agency (NSA).