To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through April 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

Austin Scott

Republican · GA · Representative

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Became Public Law No: 119-84.

2026-04-18

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This law extends the government's ability to conduct surveillance on foreign targets and their communications through April 2026, allowing intelligence agencies like the NSA to continue monitoring suspected foreign spies and terrorists without obtaining individual warrants for each target. The extension affects national security operations and foreign intelligence gathering but does not change the underlying rules about how surveillance can be conducted. The law was passed by Congress and signed into law in 2025.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8322 Enrolled Bill (ENR)] H.R.8322 One Hundred Nineteenth Congress of the United States of America AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six An Act To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through April 30, 2026, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES OF TITLE VII OF THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978. (a) Extension of Repeal Date of Title VII.--Section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-261) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1) (50 U.S.C. 1881 note), by striking ``effective two years after'' and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting ``effective April 30, 2026, title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.) is repealed.''; and (2) in paragraph (2) (18 U.S.C. 2511 note), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``Effective two years after the date of enactment of the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act--'' and inserting ``Effective April 30, 2026--''. (b) Extension of Transition Procedures.--Section 404(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-261) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) in the heading, by striking ``two years after the date of enactment of the reforming intelligence and securing america act'' and inserting ``repeal date''; and (B) by striking ``, as amended by section 101(a) and by the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 and the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act,'' and inserting ``(50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.)''; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``, as amended by section 101(a) and by the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 and the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act,'' and inserting ``(50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.)''. (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the earlier of the date of the enactment of this Act or April 19, 2026. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.

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