BGOV Bill Analysis: House-Amended S. 1318, 3-Year FISA Extension

April 27, 2026, 9:05 AM UTC

The federal government’s authority to monitor foreign nationals’ electronic communications would be extended through April 30, 2029, under a House amendment to S. 1318, which would establish new civil liberties review requirements to search Americans’ data collected under the program.

The measure would reauthorize for three years Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which governs how US intelligence agencies can collect and search through phone calls, emails, text messages, and other electronic communications to or from agents of foreign governments and suspected terrorists located outside of the country. These authorities are set to expire on April ...

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