Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004

Long title	An Act to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	IRTPA
Enacted by	the 108th United States Congress
Effective	December 17, 2004
Citations
Public law	108-458
Statutes at Large	118 Stat. 3638
Codification
Titles amended	50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense
U.S.C. sections amended	50 U.S.C. ch. 15 § 401 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 2845 by Susan M. Collins (R–ME) on September 23, 2004 Committee consideration by Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Committee on Armed Services, Committee on Financial Services, Committee on Government Reform, Committee on the Judiciary Passed the Senate on October 6, 2004 (96–2 Roll call vote 199, via Senate.gov) Passed the House on October 16, 2004 (passed/agreed) with amendment House agreed to House amendment on December 7, 2004 (336–75 Roll call vote 544, via Clerk.House.gov) with further amendment Senate agreed to House amendment on December 8, 2004 (89–2 Roll call vote 216, via Senate.gov) Signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 17, 2004

The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA) is a 235-page Act of Congress, signed by President George W. Bush, that broadly affects United States federal terrorism laws. In juxtaposition with the single-subject rule, the act is composed of several separate titles with varying subject issues. It was enacted in response to the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.

S. 2845 was introduced by U.S. Senator Susan M. Collins of Maine. The Senate approved the bill 96-2, the House approved the bill 336-75, and President George W. Bush signed the Act on December 17, 2004, making it law. The Electronic Frontier Foundation objected to Act's potential effects on civil liberties.

This act established both the position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.

The IRTPA requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take over the conducting of pre-flight comparisons of airline passenger information to Federal Government watch lists for international and domestic flights. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) developed the Secure Flight program and issued rulemaking to implement this congressional mandate. Airline personnel will have the right to demand government-issued ID be shown if ordered by the TSA to do so, but those orders are to remain confidential so there is no oversight as to when the airline has been ordered to request ID and when they are requesting it on their own imperative.

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