To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain provisions of such Act.
Latest action · Jan 27, 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 22, 2005
- Passed HouseDec 22, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
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 February 3, 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
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 22, 2005Discharged Dec 22, 2005 |
| House | Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee | Referred Dec 22, 2005Discharged Dec 22, 2005 |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 27, 2006 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 27, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Dec 22, 2005Introduced in House
- Dec 22, 2005Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 22, 2005Committee on Judiciary discharged.
- Dec 22, 2005Committee on Intelligence (Permanent) discharged.
- Dec 22, 2005Mr. Sensenbrenner asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
- Dec 22, 2005Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H13178-13179)
- Dec 22, 2005Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H13178)
- Dec 22, 2005Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 22, 2005Received in the Senate.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H13178Text printed H13178 | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. R-WI | Dec 22, 2005 |
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain provisions of such Act.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 27, 2006Referred in Senate
- Dec 22, 2005Engrossed in House
- Dec 22, 2005Considered and Passed House
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