A bill 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 · Dec 12, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13454)
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 12, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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 47
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 12, 2005 to Dec 19, 2005; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | Dec 12, 2005 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Dec 12, 2005 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Dec 12, 2005 |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | Dec 12, 2005 |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Original | Dec 12, 2005 |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Original | Dec 12, 2005 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Dec 12, 2005 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Dec 12, 2005 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Dec 12, 2005 |
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-ND | Kent Conrad | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Dec 15, 2005 | |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | Dec 15, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-NE | Ben Nelson | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-WI | Herb Kohl | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Dec 17, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Dec 18, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Dec 18, 2005 | |
| R-VT | James M. Jeffords | Dec 18, 2005 | |
| D-WV | Robert C. Byrd | Dec 18, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Dec 19, 2005 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Dec 19, 2005 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Dec 19, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Dec 19, 2005 | |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Dec 19, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Dec 19, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Paul S. Sarbanes | Dec 19, 2005 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 12, 2005 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Dec 12, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13454)
In the Congressional Record 7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S362 | Patrick J. Leahy D-VT | Jan 31, 2006 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S14084, S14085–S14089, S14132 | Barbara Boxer D-CA, Charles E. Schumer D-NY, Debbie Stabenow D-MI, Judd Gregg R-NH, Kent Conrad D-ND | Dec 20, 2005 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S13995–S14000, S14004 | Arlen Specter D-PA, Harry Reid D-NV, John F. Kerry D-MA, Jon Kyl R-AZ, Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Dec 19, 2005 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S13692, S13701, S13708–S13721, S13768, S13769 | Carl Levin D-MI, Charles E. Schumer D-NY, Edward M. Kennedy D-MA, Harry Reid D-NV, Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY, Jack Reed D-RI, James M. Jeffords R-VT, John Cornyn R-TX, John E. Sununu R-NH, Ken Salazar D-CO, Mark L. Pryor D-AR, Patrick J. Leahy D-VT, Richard J. Durbin D-IL, William H. Frist R-TN | Dec 16, 2005 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S13620 | — | Dec 15, 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
- A bill 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2005Introduced in Senate
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