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H.R. 514 · 112th CongressEnacted

FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011

Latest action. Became public lawWhat a bill becomes when enacted, numbered by Congress and order of enactment: Public Law 119-4 is the 4th law of the 119th Congress.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) No: 112-3. · February 25, 2011

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What this bill would do
Official summary · Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on February 15, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to extend until May 27, 2011, provisions concerning roving electronic surveillance orders and requests for the production of business records and other tangible things.

Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend until May 27, 2011, 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).

Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Public Law" stage on February 25, 2011. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.

Status
Introduced
January 26, 2011
In committee
Passed a chamber
Cleared Congress
Enacted
February 25, 2011
Where this sits in the process
Common questions
Composed from the official record
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?

This bill has been enacted. It is law.

The record's latest action, on February 25, 2011: Became Public Law No: 112-3.

Has anyone actually voted on it?

No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.

A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.

Who is behind it?

F. SENSENBRENNER (R-WI) introduced it on January 26, 2011, and 2 members have since signed on as cosponsors.

They are 2 Republicans.

Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.

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Vote history

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    Passed
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    Passed
  3. President
    Signed into law
No recorded votes yet
No roll call in this Congress cites this bill. Most bills die in committee without ever reaching a recorded floor vote.