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H.R. 3171 108th Congress House

Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act

Official title: To provide for an appropriate review of recently enacted legislation relating to terrorism to assure that powers granted in it do not inappropriately undermine civil liberties.

Introduced: September 24, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Oct 22, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Oct 14, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Oct 14, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Oct 9, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
Sep 25, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Sep 24, 2003
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.
Sep 24, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 22, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 10
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 17, 2003
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Oct 28, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 24, 2003
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 24, 2003
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 24, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3171: Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3171/
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