Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act

Bill: 108-hr-3171
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Air cargo
Airline passenger traffic
Alien labor
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Attorney-client privilege
Bail
Bank records
Business records
Church and state
Citizenship
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional hearings
Congressional oversight
Congressional veto
Consumer credit
Criminal investigation
Criminal procedure
Delegation of powers
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
Deportation
Detention of persons
Due process of law
EBB Terrorism
Education
Electronic surveillance
Elementary and secondary education
Employee selection
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Freedom of information
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Habeas corpus
Higher education
Immigration
Imprisonment
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Injunctions
International Affairs
Law
Law enforcement officers
Police
Religion
Right of privacy
Searches and seizures
Student records
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Warrants (Law)
Wiretapping

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act - Provides that each provision of law, regulation, or other policy directive listed in this Act and any amendments made by that provision, shall cease to have effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
 
Authorizes Congress, during such period and at the request of the President, to hold hearings to determine whether a particular section should be removed from the list with respect to the USA PATRIOT Act.
 
Applies this Act to specified provisions in: (1) the USA PATRIOT Act; (2) the Aviation Security Act excluding permanent resident aliens from being baggage checkers; (3) the Homeland Security Act 2002; (4) certain immigration regulations; (5) the Federal Register relating to monitoring conversations between attorneys and clients; (6) the memorandum of Attorney General Ashcroft dated October 12, 2001, and relating to the disclosure of documents under the Freedom of Information Act; and (7) any regulations having the effect of changing the effect of Attorney General Dick Thornburg's Guidelines on General Crimes, Racketeering Enterprise and Domestic Security/Terrorism Investigations (particularly with respect to religious institution spying), approved March 21, 1989. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House