The GIEI had already had its contract extended for two months, and soon it would be for six.
A detention order against former President Slobodan Milosevic was extended for two months, according to the official Tanjug news agency.
But her two companions, Shane M. Bauer and Joshua F. Fattal, both 28, remained under arrest, and Iranian officials said their "pretrial detention" had been extended for two months.
Besides extending the Patriot Act, the Pentagon measure delayed for two months a scheduled cut in Medicare payments to doctors and extended for two months programs covering food stamps, transportation construction, flood insurance and small-business loans, among other things.
Those talks do not appear to be going especially well, although this week they were extended for two months after Euro Disney promised to find 40 million euros ($48.5 million) for the banks by next month.
Ms. Shourd's two companions — her fiancé, Shane M. Bauer, and Joshua F. Fatall, both 28 — remain under arrest on what Iranian officials call a "pretrial detention" that has been extended for two months.
Military prosecutors have extended for two months an investigative period to determine if three senior military intelligence officers were involved in the murder of a Chinese-American writer in California, official sources said.
The House approved by a voice vote on Thursday evening a measure extending for one month a series of programs set to expire Sunday, including unemployment benefits and subsidies to help pay health premiums through the Cobra program.
The United Nations mandate was extended for six months on July 19.
The building moratorium on small lots was extended for three months, she said.
Negotiators agreed Monday to extend for seven months their efforts to reach a comprehensive pact.
