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Bill would reauthorize Act, but curb excessive threats to civil liberties:
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, is an original cosponsor of the USA PATRIOT Act Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R. 3845), and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R. 3846).
Both bills were introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (MI-14) on Oct. 20.
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, is an original cosponsor of the USA PATRIOT Act Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R. 3845), and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R. 3846).
Both bills were introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (MI-14) on Oct. 20.
H.R. 3845 would reauthorize those PATRIOT Act provisions critical to counterterrorism, while dramatically curbing excesses that jeopardize Americans’ civil liberties.
Tuesday, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced the Affordable Access to Prescription Medications Act of 2009, or H.R. 3799, to cap monthly out-of-pocket costs for specialty drugs, including those covered under Medicare Part D and private insurance plans.
The bill is expected to lower prescription costs for 2.5 percent to 10 percent of Americans who are saddled by the highest drug costs.
Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) will hold his 2009 Service Academy Info Expo Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Maloof Auditorium in downtown Decatur from 4 to 6 p.m.
High school students interested in attending a service academy – the U.S. Naval Academy; U.S. Military Academy; U.S. Air Force Academy or the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy – can learn about life at the school, meet students who currently attend an academy or learn about admissions and the application process.