HR 1800 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

FISA Sunsets Reauthorization Act of 2011

Introduced May 6, 2011 Originated House Sponsor F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. R-WI

Latest action · May 18, 2011 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 40.

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.

IntroducedMay 6, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
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.)

FISA Sunsets Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to extend through 2017 a provision granting roving electronic surveillance authority.

Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to make permanent a provision revising the definition of an "agent of a foreign power" to include any non-U.S. person who engages in international terrorism or preparatory activities ("lone wolf" provision).

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 6, 2011.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren	Original	May 6, 2011
R-TX	Lamar Smith	Original	May 6, 2011
R-MI	Mike Rogers	Original	May 6, 2011

Committees 2

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred May 6, 2011Markup May 12, 2011Reported May 18, 2011
House	Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee	Referred May 6, 2011Discharged May 18, 2011

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 18, 2011Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-79, Part I.
May 18, 2011Committee on Intelligence (Permanent) discharged.
May 18, 2011Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 40.
May 12, 2011Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 12, 2011Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 13.

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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 H3741	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. R-WI	May 26, 2011

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

H. Rept. 112-79

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

May 18, 2011H.R. 1800, FISA Sunsets Reauthorization Act of 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 12, 2011

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may not be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3 of the United States Constitution. ____________________

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3115.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL32842	Gun Control Legislation Archived	Report	Nov 14, 2012

Related bills 4

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 149	FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011	Related bill	Jan 25, 2011
HR 514	FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011	Related bill	Feb 25, 2011
S 1038	PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011	Related bill	May 24, 2011
S 1114	PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011	Related bill	May 26, 2011

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To temporarily extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 relating to access to business records and roving wiretaps and to permanently extend expiring provisions of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 relating to individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers.
Short Titles as Introduced: FISA Sunsets Reauthorization Act of 2011
Short Titles as Reported to House: FISA Sunsets Reauthorization Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 18, 2011Reported in House
May 6, 2011Introduced in House

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