US HB1467 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 19-0)
Status: Introduced on March 12 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Safe and Secure America Act of 2009 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to extend through 2019 provisions which: (1) authorize the use of multipoint or roving wiretaps for national security and intelligence investigations; and (2) allow the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to apply to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to grant government access to tangible items (books, records, etc.) in foreign intelligence, international terrorism, and clandestine intelligence cases. Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend through 2019 the inclusion of "lone wolf" terrorists as agents of a foreign power, for purposes of the authority to obtain intelligence on non-U.S. persons engaged in international terrorism.

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Title

Safe and Secure America Act of 2009

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History

DateChamberAction
2009-04-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2009-03-12 Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
2009-03-12 Referred to House Judiciary
2009-03-12 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
2009-03-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E663)

Same As/Similar To

HB5136 (Related) 2010-06-28 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 447.

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