Sponsor
Thomas Bryant Cotton
Senator · R-AR
Senator · R-AR
The bill trades a short, 20-day continuity of surveillance authorities (avoiding operational gaps for intelligence and law enforcement) for a brief postponement of privacy reforms and more substantive oversight.
Taxpayers and the public — preserves existing surveillance and electronic-interception authorities for 20 days, avoiding an immediate lapse that could disrupt intelligence and law-enforcement operations.
Taxpayers and Congress — provides a brief 20-day window for Congress to continue consideration, oversight, and potential legislative fixes before statutory authorities expire.
People who value privacy, including people with disabilities — delays any reductions in government electronic surveillance powers for 20 days, postponing potential privacy protections.
Taxpayers and the public — maintains the status quo for an additional 20 days without substantive review, potentially prolonging uses of surveillance that lack updated safeguards or transparency.
Based on analysis of 1 section of legislative text.
Delays two statutory repeal dates in the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 by 20 days (June 12, 2026 → July 2, 2026).
Official title: Amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 11, 2026 by Thomas Bryant Cotton · Last progress June 11, 2026
Extends two statutory repeal dates in the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 by 20 days, moving them from June 12, 2026 to July 2, 2026. The change delays the scheduled expiration of two legal references tied to electronic surveillance and related authorities and takes effect on the earlier of enactment or June 11, 2026.