To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through October 20, 2027, and for other purposes.
Sponsored By: Representative Crawford
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Summary
Extends Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act authorities to October 20, 2027. It would also clean up related statutory references and transition procedures and set the changes to take effect on the earlier of enactment or April 19, 2026.
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- Agencies that use Title VII foreign intelligence surveillance authorities would keep those legal tools through Oct 20, 2027, maintaining the current legal basis for those activities for the extended period.
- Statutory cross-references and transition rules would be rewritten to point directly to 50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq., simplifying the repeal-date framework and clarifying which provisions end on the repeal date.
- The bill would allow the amendments to become effective as soon as enactment or April 19, 2026, whichever comes first, which advances the start of the new repeal schedule.
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Extend surveillance authority repeal date
This bill would set the repeal date for Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as October 20, 2027. It would change transition rules and replace earlier timing language with the statutory citation (50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.). The amendments would take effect on the earlier of the date this bill becomes law or April 19, 2026. If enacted, federal agencies and communications providers would continue operating under Title VII rules until that repeal date. The section would not create new funding, programs, or eligibility rules.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Crawford
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Cosponsors
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