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H.R. 4659 · 109th Congress

PATRIOT Act Extension bill

Law · 109-170 · Feb 3, 2006
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FSR SensenbrennerSponsor

No cosponsors.

  1. House Introduced Jan 31, 2006
  2. House Passed Feb 1, 2006
  3. Senate Passed Feb 2, 2006 95–1
  4. President To the President Feb 3, 2006
  5. President Signed Feb 3, 2006
  6. Law Feb 3, 2006

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 February 3, 2006, to March 10, 2006, provisions of that Act and the "lone wolf" provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Feb 3, 2006

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. 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 February 3, 2006, to March 10, 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.)

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

Senate · Bill Passed Feb 2, 2006 · 95 Yea – 1 Nay Passage Majority Leader: Bill Frist
About this bill and sources

Official title: To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain provisions of such Act.

Latest action (Feb 3, 2006): Became Public Law No: 109-170.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 31, 2006

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  1. House Introduced Jan 31, 2006
  2. House Passed Feb 1, 2006
  3. Senate Passed Feb 2, 2006 95–1
  4. President To the President Feb 3, 2006
  5. President Signed Feb 3, 2006
  6. Law Feb 3, 2006

Final vote · Senate · Feb 2, 2006

Passage — Bill Passed. Vote details

Senate Majority Leader: Bill Frist

Yea95
LMR Murkowski TSR Stevens JSR Sessions RSR Shelby BLD Lincoln MPD Pryor JMR McCain JKR Kyl BBD Boxer DFD Feinstein KSD Salazar WAR Allard CDD Dodd JLD Lieberman JBD Biden TCD Carper BND Nelson MMR Martinez JIR Isakson SCR Chambliss DAD Akaka DID Inouye CGR Grassley THD Harkin LCR Craig MCR Crapo BOD Obama RDD Durbin EBD Bayh RLR Lugar PRR Roberts SBR Brownback JBR Bunning MMR McConnell DVR Vitter MLD Landrieu JKD Kerry TKD Kennedy BMD Mikulski PSD Sarbanes OSR Snowe SCR Collins CLD Levin DSD Stabenow MDD Dayton NCR Coleman JTR Talent KBR Bond TCR Cochran CBR Burns MBD Baucus EDR Dole RBR Burr BDD Dorgan KCD Conrad BND Nelson CHR Hagel JSR Sununu JGR Gregg BMD Menendez FLD Lautenberg HRD Reid JER Ensign CSD Schumer HCD Clinton GVR Voinovich MDR DeWine JIR Inhofe TCR Coburn GSR Smith RWD Wyden ASR Specter RSR Santorum JRD Reed LCR Chafee JDR DeMint LGR Graham JTR Thune TJD Johnson BFR Frist LAR Alexander JCR Cornyn KHR Hutchison OHR Hatch RBR Bennett GAR Allen JWR Warner JJI Jeffords PLD Leahy MCD Cantwell PMD Murray HKD Kohl JRD Rockefeller RBD Byrd MER Enzi
Nay1
RFD Feingold
Not Voting4
TLR Lott JBD Bingaman PDR Domenici CTR Thomas
Table of every position
MemberParty at voteSeatPosition
Lisa MurkowskiRAKYea
Ted StevensRAKYea
Jeff SessionsRALYea
Richard ShelbyRALYea
Blanche LincolnDARYea
Mark PryorDARYea
John McCainRAZYea
Jon KylRAZYea
Barbara BoxerDCAYea
Dianne FeinsteinDCAYea
Ken SalazarDCOYea
Wayne AllardRCOYea
Christopher DoddDCTYea
Joseph LiebermanDCTYea
Joseph BidenDDEYea
Thomas CarperDDEYea
Bill NelsonDFLYea
Mel MartinezRFLYea
Johnny IsaksonRGAYea
Saxby ChamblissRGAYea
Daniel AkakaDHIYea
Daniel InouyeDHIYea
Chuck GrassleyRIAYea
Tom HarkinDIAYea
Larry CraigRIDYea
Mike CrapoRIDYea
Barack ObamaDILYea
Richard DurbinDILYea
Evan BayhDINYea
Richard LugarRINYea
Pat RobertsRKSYea
Sam BrownbackRKSYea
Jim BunningRKYYea
Mitch McConnellRKYYea
David VitterRLAYea
Mary LandrieuDLAYea
John KerryDMAYea
Ted KennedyDMAYea
Barbara MikulskiDMDYea
Paul SarbanesDMDYea
Olympia SnoweRMEYea
Susan CollinsRMEYea
Carl LevinDMIYea
Debbie StabenowDMIYea
Mark DaytonDMNYea
Norm ColemanRMNYea
Jim TalentRMOYea
Kit BondRMOYea
Thad CochranRMSYea
Trent LottRMSNot Voting
Conrad BurnsRMTYea
Max BaucusDMTYea
Elizabeth DoleRNCYea
Richard BurrRNCYea
Byron DorganDNDYea
Kent ConradDNDYea
Ben NelsonDNEYea
Chuck HagelRNEYea
John SununuRNHYea
Judd GreggRNHYea
Bob MenendezDNJYea
Frank LautenbergDNJYea
Jeff BingamanDNMNot Voting
Pete DomeniciRNMNot Voting
Harry ReidDNVYea
John EnsignRNVYea
Chuck SchumerDNYYea
Hillary ClintonDNYYea
George VoinovichROHYea
Mike DeWineROHYea
Jim InhofeROKYea
Thomas CoburnROKYea
Gordon SmithRORYea
Ron WydenDORYea
Arlen SpecterRPAYea
Rick SantorumRPAYea
Jack ReedDRIYea
Lincoln ChafeeRRIYea
Jim DeMintRSCYea
Lindsey GrahamRSCYea
John ThuneRSDYea
Tim JohnsonDSDYea
Bill FristRTNYea
Lamar AlexanderRTNYea
John CornynRTXYea
Kay HutchisonRTXYea
Orrin HatchRUTYea
Robert BennettRUTYea
George AllenRVAYea
John WarnerRVAYea
Jim JeffordsIVTYea
Patrick LeahyDVTYea
Maria CantwellDWAYea
Patty MurrayDWAYea
Herb KohlDWIYea
Russell FeingoldDWINay
Jay RockefellerDWVYea
Robert ByrdDWVYea
Craig ThomasRWYNot Voting
Michael EnziRWYYea