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USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009

Introduced: October 20, 2009 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 29, 2010
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 240.
Jan 29, 2010
Committee on Financial Services discharged.
Jan 29, 2010
Committee on Intelligence (Permanent) discharged.
Dec 16, 2009
House Committee on Financial Services Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Jan. 29, 2010.
Dec 16, 2009
House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent) Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Jan. 29, 2010.
Dec 16, 2009
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 111-382, Part I.
Nov 5, 2009
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 10.
Nov 5, 2009
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 20, 2009
Referred to House Financial Services
Oct 20, 2009
Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent)
Oct 20, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Oct 20, 2009
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Financial Services, 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.
Oct 20, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to revise requirements relating to roving electronic surveillance, production of records for counterterrorism investigations, and use of pen registers and trap and trace devices (devices for recording incoming and outgoing telephone numbers).

Extends until December 31, 2013, provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act authorizing: (1) roving electronic surveillance; and (2) orders for the production of records for counterterrorism investigations.

Extends through 2013 audit requirements relating to orders for tangible things, pen registers and trap and trace devices, and the use of national security letters.

Amends the federal criminal code to reduce from 30 to 7 days the period for giving notice to the target of a search warrant in a criminal investigation.

National Security Letter Reform Act of 2009 - Terminates on December 31, 2013, the authority for issuance of national security letters.

Modifies the standard for issuing national security letters to require a separate writing documenting specific and articulable facts showing reasonable grounds to believe that the information sought pertains to a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power.

Requires notice to a recipient of a national security letter of the right of judicial review of any nondisclosure requirement. Requires the Attorney General to authorize use of any information obtained from a national security letter in a criminal investigation.

Sets forth procedures for judicial review of a national security letter nondisclosure order. Requires the Attorney General to establish minimization and destruction procedures for information obtained from a national security letter that is no longer of interest in an authorized investigation.

What's happening now January 29, 2010

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 240.

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