H.R. 3961: An Act to extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until February 28, 2011.

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H.R. 3961: An Act to extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until February 28, 2011.

111th Congress · introduced 2009-10-29 · Health · Latest: Became Public Law No: 111-141.

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Official title

An Act to extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until February 28, 2011.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on February 24, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to extend through February 28, 2011, provisions: (1) granting roving surveillance authority under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) where the court finds that the actions of the target may thwart the identification of a specified person or other persons (by using multiple devices or modes of communication, among other means); and (2) authorizing the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to apply for a court order requiring production of tangible things (including books, records, papers, and documents), not merely business records, for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations. Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend through February 28, 2011, an amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) that redefines "agent of a foreign power" to include any non-U.S. person who engages in international terrorism or activities in preparation for such terrorism ("lone wolf" provision).

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Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15] · 6 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009 (2009-11-04); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009 (2009-11-04)

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Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)

Recorded votes

• House roll call 907 (2009): Table Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair, HR3961 (2009-11-19): Passed
• House roll call 908 (2009): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR3961 (2009-11-19): Failed
• House roll call 909 (2009): On Passage, HR3961 (2009-11-19): Passed
• House roll call 67 (2010): On Motion to Concur in Senate Amendments, HR3961 (2010-02-25): Passed

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr3961.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr3961 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111