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A bill 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 July 1, 2006.

Introduced: December 21, 2005 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Dec 30, 2005

Became Public Law No: 109-160.

Dec 30, 2005

Signed by President.

Dec 30, 2005

Presented to President.

Dec 22, 2005

Cleared for White House.

Dec 22, 2005

Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14424; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S14424)

Dec 22, 2005

Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S14424; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S14424)

Dec 22, 2005

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Dec 22, 2005

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Dec 22, 2005

On passage Passed without objection.

Dec 22, 2005

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.

Dec 22, 2005

RESERVATION OF OBJECTION - Mr. Obey raised the right to object to the consideration of S. 2167. Mr. Obey later withdrew his objection.

Dec 22, 2005

Mr. Sensenbrenner asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider. (consideration: CR H13179-13181)

Dec 22, 2005

Received in the House.

Dec 21, 2005

Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 12/22/2005 S14275-14281; text as passed Senate: CR 12/22/2005 S14281)

Dec 21, 2005

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 12/22/2005 S14275-14281; text as passed Senate: CR 12/22/2005 S14281)

Dec 21, 2005

Introduced in Senate

Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
HAMDT 678	—	An amendment to strike "July 1, 2006" and insert "February 3, 2006.".	Agreed to	Dec 22, 2005

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 22, 2005. 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 "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 December 30, 2005

Became Public Law No: 109-160.

Related & companion bills 5

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Cosponsors 4

Cantwell, Maria

Washington · Dec 21, 2005

Durbin, Richard J.

Illinois · Dec 21, 2005

Reed, Jack

Rhode Island · Dec 21, 2005

Schumer, Charles E.

New York · Dec 21, 2005

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2167: A bill 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 July 1, 2006.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2167/

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"S. 2167: A bill 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 July 1, 2006.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2167/.

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S. 2167, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2167/.

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