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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextTITLE VII OF THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978 THROUGH
APRIL 30, 2026
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to immediate consideration of H.R. 8322, which was received from the House.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A 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.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there an objection to proceeding to the measure?
Mr. WYDEN. Reserving the right to object.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.
Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, Americans understand that every single day there are abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. And the reality is, a growing number of Democrats and Republicans are now saying that a straight extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act law is absolutely unacceptable in any way, shape, or form.
warrantless surveillance by a government that they rightly do not trust.
other body of the House. And they have told me, unequivocally, that this short-term extension makes reform more likely and expiration makes reform less likely.
willingness, for years and years, to negotiate meaningful reform. And those of us in a bipartisan, bicameral way who have insisted that this time will be different want to emphasize that this morning.
are not mutually exclusive. We can have both. A good bill that we are insisting on will do that. A bad bill will give us less security and less liberty.
going on in the Congress and in the country and start talking about what is genuinely good reform and what it would look like.
Intelligence Committee, and I have never seen the concern on both sides of the aisle, that is bicameral, for real reform.
been particularly important because they have told us about their work last night and what it means for real reform.
Ben Franklin said—you are going to hear me talk about that—anybody who gives up their liberty for security doesn't deserve either.
We are going to insist on it.
I yield the floor.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. THUNE. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill was ordered to a third reading and was read the third time.
Mr. THUNE. I know of no further debate on the bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass?
The bill (H.R. 8322) was passed.
Mr. THUNE. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.