HR 1467 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Safe and Secure America Act of 2009

Introduced Mar 12, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Lamar Smith R-TX

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Latest action · Apr 27, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 12, 2009
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Safe and Secure America Act of 2009 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to extend through 2019 provisions which: (1) authorize the use of multipoint or roving wiretaps for national security and intelligence investigations; and (2) allow the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to apply to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to grant government access to tangible items (books, records, etc.) in foreign intelligence, international terrorism, and clandestine intelligence cases.

Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend through 2019 the inclusion of "lone wolf" terrorists as agents of a foreign power, for purposes of the authority to obtain intelligence on non-U.S. persons engaged in international terrorism.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2009 to Mar 23, 2010; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-CADaniel E. LungrenOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-CADuncan HunterOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-CAElton GalleglyOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-VAEric CantorOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-WIF. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.OriginalMar 12, 2009
R-MSGregg HarperOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-NCHoward CobleOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-OHJim JordanOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-OHJohn A. BoehnerOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-AZJohn B. ShadeggOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-OKJohn SullivanOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-OKMary FallinOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-MNMichele BachmannOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-INMike PenceOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-IASteve KingOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-FLThomas J. RooneyOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-AZTrent FranksOriginalMar 12, 2009
R-PAJim GerlachMar 23, 2010

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Mar 12, 2009
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Apr 27, 2009
HouseIntelligence (Permanent Select) Committee
Referred Mar 12, 2009
HouseHomeland Security Committee
Exchange of letters Sep 22, 2010

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 27, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  2. Mar 12, 2009Introduced in House
  3. Mar 12, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E663)
  4. Mar 12, 2009Referred to House Judiciary
  5. Mar 12, 2009Referred 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.
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In the Congressional Record 2

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H4138Lamar Smith R-TXMar 31, 2009
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E663Lamar Smith R-TXMar 12, 2009

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years.
Short Titles as Introduced
Safe and Secure America Act of 2009

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 12, 2009Introduced in House

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