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.
Sponsored By: Representative Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
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Summary
This law sets a fixed sunset for Title VII authorities and schedules their repeal for April 30, 2026. It aligns the transitional framework with that fixed repeal and updates statutory references so the transition runs only up to the repeal date.
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- Agencies that rely on Title VII authorities keep them through April 30, 2026, after which those authorities are repealed.
- Section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act is amended to replace prior effective-date language with a fixed repeal date of April 30, 2026 and to modify the related notice language.
- Section 404(b)'s transition procedures are extended through the repeal date, its heading is updated to read "repeal date," and earlier amendment references are replaced with a cross-reference to 50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.
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Surveillance powers extended, then end April 2026
The law keeps the government’s foreign intelligence surveillance powers under Title VII in place through April 30, 2026. On that date, those authorities end and cannot be used. The amendments in this law take effect on the earlier of its enactment or April 19, 2026. It also keeps transition procedures in place until the repeal date and updates related headings and cross-references to match April 2026. Agencies and communications providers follow the current rules until April 30, 2026, then the Title VII framework ends.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
GA • R
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