The White House says Obama signed the bill late Tuesday evening, hours after the Senate gave its final approval.
Obama said in a statement that he’s gratified Congress finally approved the bill. He says his administration will move quickly to restore the lapsed surveillance tools.
The law eliminates the National Security Agency’s bulk phone-records collection program and replaces it with a more restrictive measure to keep the records in phone companies’ hands.
Obama had blamed Congress for needless delays and an “inexcusable lapse” in national security tools. But he also praised some senators and House members for working in bipartisan fashion to come up with a compromise.
Congress sent legislation to the president reviving and remaking a disputed post-9/11 surveillance program two days after letting it expire.
The vote in the Senate Tuesday was 67-32. The House already passed the bill.