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Download official House Record PDFReturn to issue contextEXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES OF TITLE VII OF THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978
Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence be discharged from further consideration of the bill (H.R. 8322) 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, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Georgia?
There was no objection.
The text of the bill is as follows:
H.R. 8322
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES OF TITLE VII OF THE
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978.
(a) Extension of Repeal Date of Title VII.—Section 403(b)
of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-261) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) (50 U.S.C. 1881 note), by striking
“effective two years after” and all that follows through
the period at the end and inserting “effective April 30,
2026, title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.) is repealed.”; and
(2) in paragraph (2) (18 U.S.C. 2511 note), in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “Effective two years
after the date of enactment of the Reforming Intelligence and
Securing America Act—” and inserting “Effective April 30,
2026—”.
(b) Extension of Transition Procedures.—Section 404(b) of
the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-261) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the heading, by striking “two years after the date
of enactment of the reforming intelligence and securing
america act” and inserting “repeal date”; and
(B) by striking “, as amended by section 101(a) and by the
FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 and the Reforming
Intelligence and Securing America Act,” and inserting “(50
U.S.C. 1881 et seq.)”; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking “, as amended by section
101(a) and by the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017
and the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act,”
and inserting “(50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.)”.
(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on the earlier of the date of the enactment
of this Act or April 19, 2026.
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.