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To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain provisions of that Act and the lone wolf provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to March 31, 2006.

Introduced: December 13, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Jan 3, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Dec 13, 2005
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and International Relations, 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.
Dec 13, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2511)
Dec 13, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 March 31, 2006, provisions of that Act and the "lone wolf" provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. (The lone wolf provision redefined "agent of a foreign power" 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.)

What's happening now January 3, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 9
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Green, Al
Texas · Dec 22, 2005
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Dec 15, 2005
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Dec 15, 2005
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Dec 14, 2005
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Dec 14, 2005
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Dec 14, 2005
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Dec 13, 2005
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Dec 13, 2005
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Dec 13, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4506: To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain provisions of that Act and the lone wolf provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to March 31, 2006.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4506/
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"H.R. 4506: To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain provisions of that Act and the lone wolf provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to March 31, 2006.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4506/.
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H.R. 4506, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4506/.
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