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119-s-4998119th Congress

Fourth Amendment Restoration and Protection Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Senator Paul, Rand [R-KY]

Introduced

Summary

Tight limits on surveillance of U.S. persons. This bill would add a new Title IX to FISA that sharply restricts how the government can surveil United States persons and how it can use information about them. It would also apply similar limits to data collected under Executive Order 12333.

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  • Families and individuals: It would create stronger privacy protections for United States persons by banning certain surveillance actions and restricting how their information gathered under FISA can be used.
  • Intelligence agencies: It would narrow authorities under Section 702 and limit queries of collected data, changing how analysts and collectors can access and search datasets that include United States persons.
  • Law enforcement and other users: It would govern downstream uses of information about United States persons, curbing how that intelligence can be repurposed for investigations or other government actions.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Limits on surveillance of U.S. persons

If enacted, this bill would limit how the government can collect and use information about U.S. persons. It would bar many FISA orders and ban queries of section 702 data using U.S.-person search terms. It would also ban queries and most uses of communications and business records gathered under Executive Order 12333. The bill would treat information as "derived" if the government would not have had it but for the surveillance. Information about a U.S. person generally could not be used in criminal, civil, or administrative cases, but an "aggrieved" U.S. person could use information about themselves. These changes would apply on enactment to both FISA and Executive Order 12333 acquisitions.

Keeps current Fourth Amendment exceptions

If enacted, this bill would say it does not change Supreme Court exceptions to the Fourth Amendment. Exceptions like exigent circumstances would remain in place. This is a legal clarification and would not, by itself, create new surveillance powers or new privacy limits.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Paul, Rand [R-KY]

KY • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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