To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain provisions of such Act.

Bill: 109-hr-4647
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2005-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Electronic surveillance
Foreign agents
International Affairs
Law
Sunset legislation
Terrorism
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: 
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 &quot;lone wolf&quot; provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. (The lone wolf provision redefined &quot;agent of a foreign power&quot; 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.)

action_date: 2005-12-22
text: 

(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 &quot;lone wolf&quot; provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. (The lone wolf provision redefined &quot;agent of a foreign power&quot; 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.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H13178)
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H13178)
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H13178-13179)
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Mr. Sensenbrenner asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Committee on Intelligence (Permanent) discharged.
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Committee on Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Committee on Intelligence (Permanent) discharged.
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Committee on Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Referred 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.
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Referred 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.
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Referred 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.
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Introduced in House