Bill > HRes79

This Resolution establishes the rules for debating and voting on H.B. 514, a bill designed to extend certain provisions of two previous laws: the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. These provisions, which were set to expire, relate to government access to business records, the ability to treat individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, and the use of roving wiretaps (surveillance that follows a person rather than a specific phone line). The Resolution waives all procedural objections that could prevent the bill from being considered or passed, allows for one hour of debate with specific time allocations for relevant committees, and permits only one motion to recommit the bill before a final vote. The bill's purpose is to extend these authorities until December 8, 2011.