To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain provisions of that Act and the lone wolf provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to March 31, 2006.
Latest action · Jan 3, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Progress
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- IntroducedDec 13, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 to extend from December 31, 2005, to March 31, 2006, provisions of that Act and the "lone wolf" provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. (The lone wolf provision redefined "agent of a foreign power" to permit issuance of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) orders targeting terrorists without a showing that they are members of a terrorist group or agents of such a group or of any other foreign power.)
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 13, 2005 to Dec 22, 2005, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Dec 13, 2005 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Dec 13, 2005 |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Original | Dec 13, 2005 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Dec 13, 2005 |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Original | Dec 13, 2005 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Dec 13, 2005 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Dec 13, 2005 |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Dec 14, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- Dec 13, 2005Introduced in House
- Dec 13, 2005Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Dec 13, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2511)
Related bills 5
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Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
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- Dec 13, 2005Introduced in House
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