Public Law 109-177


 * Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

{{SECTION|SEC. 1.|SECTION 1}}. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

 * (a) .—
 * This Act may be cited as the 'USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005'.


 * (b) .—
 * The table of contents for this Act is as follows:


 * Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
 * TITLE I—USA PATRIOT IMPROVEMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT
 * Sec. 101. References to, and modification of short title for, USA PATRIOT Act.
 * Sec. 102. USA PATRIOT Act sunset provisions.
 * Sec. 103. Extension of sunset relating to individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers.
 * Sec. 104. Section 2332b and the material support sections of title 18, United States Code.
 * Sec. 105. Duration of FISA surveillance of non-United States persons under section 207 of the USA PATRIOT Act.
 * Sec. 106. Access to certain business records under section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act.
 * Sec. 106A. Audit on access to certain business records for foreign intelligence purposes.
 * Sec. 107. Enhanced oversight of good-faith emergency disclosures under section 212 of the USA PATRIOT Act.
 * Sec. 108. Multipoint electronic surveillance under section 206 of the USA PATRIOT Act.
 * Sec. 109. Enhanced congressional oversight.
 * Sec. 110. Attacks against railroad carriers and mass transportation systems.
 * Sec. 111. Forfeiture.
 * Sec. 112. Section 2332b(g)(5)(B) amendments relating to the definition of Federal crime of terrorism.
 * Sec. 113. Amendments to section 2516(1) of title 18, United States Code.
 * Sec. 114. Delayed notice search warrants.
 * Sec. 115. Judicial review of national security letters.
 * Sec. 116. Confidentiality of national security letters.
 * Sec. 117. Violations of nondisclosure provisions of national security letters.
 * Sec. 118. Reports on national security letters.
 * Sec. 119. Audit of use of national security letters.
 * Sec. 120. Definition for forfeiture provisions under section 806 of the USA PATRIOT Act.
 * Sec. 121. Penal provisions regarding trafficking in contraband cigarettes or smokeless tobacco.
 * Sec. 122. Prohibition of narco-terrorism.
 * Sec. 123. Interfering with the operation of an aircraft.
 * Sec. 124. Sense of Congress relating to lawful political activity.
 * Sec. 125. Removal of civil liability barriers that discourage the donation of fire equipment to volunteer fire companies.
 * Sec. 126. Report on data-mining activities.
 * Sec. 127. Sense of Congress.
 * Sec. 128. USA PATRIOT Act section 214; authority for disclosure of additional information in connection with orders for pen register and trap and trace authority under FISA.
 * TITLE II—TERRORIST DEATH PENALTY ENHANCEMENT
 * Sec. 201. Short title.
 * Subtitle A—Terrorist penalties enhancement Act
 * Sec. 211. Death penalty procedures for certain air piracy cases occurring before enactment of the Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994.
 * Sec. 212. Postrelease supervision of terrorists.
 * Subtitle B—Federal Death Penalty Procedures
 * Sec. 221. Elimination of procedures applicable only to certain Controlled Substances Act cases.
 * Sec. 222. Counsel for financially unable defendants.
 * TITLE III—REDUCING CRIME AND TERRORISM AT AMERICA'S SEAPORTS
 * Sec. 301. Short title.
 * Sec. 302. Entry by false pretenses to any seaport.
 * Sec. 303. Criminal sanctions for failure to heave to, obstruction of boarding, or providing false information.
 * Sec. 304. Criminal sanctions for violence against maritime navigation, placement of destructive devices.
 * Sec. 305. Transportation of dangerous materials and terrorists.
 * Sec. 306. Destruction of, or interference with, vessels or maritime facilities.
 * Sec. 307. Theft of interstate or foreign shipments or vessels.
 * Sec. 308. Stowaways on vessels or aircraft.
 * Sec. 309. Bribery affecting port security.
 * Sec. 310. Penalties for smuggling goods into the United States.
 * Sec. 311. Smuggling goods from the United States.
 * TITLE IV—COMBATING TERRORISM FINANCING
 * Sec. 401. Short title.
 * Sec. 402. Increased penalties for terrorism financing.
 * Sec. 403. Terrorism-related specified activities for money laundering.
 * Sec. 404. Assets of persons committing terrorist acts against foreign countries or international organizations.
 * Sec. 405. Money laundering through hawalas.
 * Sec. 406. Technical and conforming amendments relating to the USA PATRIOT Act.
 * Sec. 407. Cross reference correction.
 * Sec. 408. Amendment to amendatory language.
 * Sec. 409. Designation of additional money laundering predicate.
 * Sec. 410. Uniform procedures for criminal forfeiture.
 * TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 * Sec. 501. Residence of United States attorneys and assistant United States attorneys.
 * Sec. 502. Interim appointment of United States Attorneys.
 * Sec. 503. Secretary of Homeland Security in Presidential line of succession.
 * Sec. 504. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to the Department of Justice.
 * Sec. 505. Qualifications of United States Marshals.
 * Sec. 506. Department of Justice intelligence matters.
 * Sec. 507. Review by Attorney General.
 * TITLE VI—SECRET SERVICE
 * Sec. 601. Short title.
 * Sec. 602. Interference with national special security events.
 * Sec. 603. False credentials to national special security events.
 * Sec. 604. Forensic and investigative support of missing and exploited children cases.
 * Sec. 605. The Uniformed Division, United States Secret Service.
 * Sec. 606. Savings provisions.
 * Sec. 607. Maintenance as distinct entity.
 * Sec. 608. Exemptions from the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
 * TITLE VII—COMBAT METHANPHETAMINE EPIDEMIC ACT OF 2005
 * Sec. 701. Short title.
 * Subtitle A—Domestic regulation of precursor chemicals
 * Sec. 711. Scheduled listed chemical products; restrictions on sales quantity, behind-the-counter access, and other safeguards.
 * Sec. 712. Regulated transactions.
 * Sec. 713. Authority to establish production quotas.
 * Sec. 714. Penalties; authority for manufacturing; quota.
 * Sec. 715. Restrictions on importation; authority to permit imports for medical, scientific, or other legitimate purposes.
 * Sec. 716. Notice of importation or exportation; approval of sale or transfer by importer or exporter.
 * Sec. 717. Enforcement of restrictions on importation and of requirement of notice of transfer.
 * Sec. 718. Coordination with United States Trade Representative.
 * Subtitle B—International regulation of precursor chemicals
 * Sec. 721. Information on foreign chain of distribution; import restrictions regarding failure of distributors to cooperate.
 * Sec. 722. Requirements relating to the largest exporting and importing countries of certain precursor chemicals.
 * Sec. 723. Prevention of smuggling of methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico.
 * Subtitle C—Enhanced criminal penalties for methamphetamine production and trafficking
 * Sec. 731. Smuggling methamphetamine or methamphetamine precursor chemicals into the United States while using facilitated entry programs.
 * Sec. 732. Manufacturing controlled substances on Federal property.
 * Sec. 733. Increased punishment for methamphetamine kingpins.
 * Sec. 734. New child-protection criminal enhancement.
 * Sec. 735. Amendments to certain sentencing court reporting requirements.
 * Subtitle D—Enhanced environmental regulation of methamphetamine byproducts
 * Sec. 741. Biennial report to Congress on agency designations of by-products of methamphetamine laboratories as hazardous materials.
 * Sec. 742. Methamphetamine production report.
 * Sec. 743. Cleanup costs.
 * Subtitle E—Additional programs and activities
 * Sec. 751. Improvements to Department of Justice drug court grant program.
 * Sec. 752. Drug courts funding.
 * Sec. 753. Feasibility study on Federal drug courts.
 * Sec. 754. Grants to hot spot areas to reduce availability of methamphetamine.
 * Sec. 755. Grants for programs for drug-endangered children.
 * Sec. 756. Authority to award competitive grants to address methamphetamine use by pregnant and parenting women offenders.