U.S. Congress - S.1038 PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011
S.1038 - PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011
To extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until June 1, 2015, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)
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- Official: To extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until June 1, 2015, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 as introduced.
- Official: A bill to extend the expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until June 1, 2015, and for other purposes. as introduced.
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Result: Motion to Table Agreed to - May 24, 2011
Roll call number 76 in the Senate
Question: On the Motion to Table S. 1038
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%)
Percentage of 'aye' votes:
74%
OpenCongress Summary
Four-year reauthorization of three controversial government surveillance powers from the PATRIOT Act. The powers include the authority for “roving” wiretaps that allows the government to monitor computers that may occasionally be used by suspected terrorists, the “tangible records provision” that requires banks, telecoms and libraries to hand over any customer information the government requests without being allows to inform the customer, and the “lone wolf” provision allowing the government to track terrorists acting independently of any foreign power or organization.
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Official Summary
5/19/2011--Introduced.PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to extend through June 1, 2015, a provision granting roving electronic surveillance authority. Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 200Official Summary
5/19/2011--Introduced.PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to extend through June 1, 2015, a provision granting roving electronic surveillance authority. Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend until June 1, 2015, a provision revising the definition of an "agent of a foreign power" to include any non-U.S. person who engages in international terrorism or preparatory activities ("lone wolf" provision)....Read the Rest
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