USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005

Sponsor: F. SENSENBRENNER (R-WI)

USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Title I: USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act - (Sec. 102) Repeals the sunset date for (thus making permanent) the surveillance provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, with the following exceptions. Provides for a four-year extension (through December 31, 2009) of 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; 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) for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations. (Sec. 103) Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to: (1) extend for four years (through December 31, 2009) provisions revising the definition of an "agent of a foreign power" to include any non-U.S.

Crime and Law Enforcement Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service. CRS gives each bill one topic, based on the bill as introduced. This one carries 204 subject terms, so it spans well beyond that single label.