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.

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 · introduced 2005-12-21 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Became Public Law No: 109-160.

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Where it came from: introduced 2005-12-21 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 109-160. (final step reached)
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Official title

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.

Plain summary

(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.)

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Official text

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.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] · 31 cosponsors

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Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jack Reed (D-RI)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109s2167.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/s>

Record fed-us-cong109-s2167 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109