Washington ( CNN ) -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to extend three provisions of the Patriot Act and Intelligence Reform bill that are due to expire next month . The bill , which extends the provisions for another three months , passed in a 279-143 vote . Republicans overwhelmingly backed the extensions , while a majority of Democrats were opposed . The measure now goes to President Barack Obama 's desk to be signed into law . A similar measure extending the provisions for a longer period of time failed last week by a vote of 277-148 -- seven votes shy of the 284 needed to pass under a House rule requiring a two-thirds majority . Thursday 's House vote required only a simple majority . The Senate approved the final version of the measure earlier this week . One of the three provisions , Section 206 of the Patriot Act , provides for roving wiretap surveillance of targets who try to thwart Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ( FISA ) surveillance . Without such roving wiretap authority , investigators would be forced to seek a new court order each time they need to change the location , phone or computer that needs to be monitored . Another provision , Section 215 , allows the FBI to apply to the FISA court to issue orders granting the government access to any tangible items in foreign intelligence , international terrorism and clandestine intelligence cases . The third provision , Section 6001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorist Prevention Act of 2004 , closes a loophole that could allow individual terrorists not affiliated with specific organizations to slip through the cracks of FISA surveillance . Law enforcement officials refer to it as the `` lone wolf '' provision . Legislators opposed to the extensions claim the provisions -- particularly related to wiretapping -- are intrusive and unconstitutional . Supporters argue they are a critical component of U.S. anti-terror operations . The White House has indicated it would have preferred a longer extension of the three provisions , through 2013 .
The White House has voted to extend two-thirds provisions in Section 6001 . The extensions will last for another three months . The provisions relate to wiretapping authority , among other things . The U.S. House was pushing for a longer extension of the provisions .