# 119-s-4344: A bill to extend section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for 3 years.

119-s-4344, A bill to extend section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for 3 years., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR); status in_committee (as of 2026-05-15).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4344
- As of: 2026-05-15
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4344
- Congress: 119
- Title: A bill to extend section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for 3 years.
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-04-17
- Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-05-15

## Summary

**Would extend Section 702 authority under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by three years, setting its sunset to April 20, 2029.** It does this by updating sunset dates in the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to that date and leaves existing statutes, programs, funding, and operational authorities unchanged.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA), 2026-04-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Keep national surveillance authority until 2029: mixed, high. This bill would extend the Section 702 surveillance authority through April 20, 2029. It would do this by replacing the temporary sunset phrase "two years after the date of enactment of the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act" with the fixed date April 20, 2029 in specified FISA Amendme…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2342: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-4615: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-2904: SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act of 2026
- 119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act

## Sources
- [119-s-4344 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4344)

## Related
- [119-s-2342: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2342)
- [119-s-4615: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4615)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-2904: SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2904)
- [119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-554)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4344 (as of 2026-05-15).