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The bill extends Section 702 through April 20, 2029 to avoid an intelligence gap and give agencies planning certainty, but it continues surveillance practices that privacy advocates oppose and delays a fresh congressional review that could enact reforms.
Taxpayers and law-enforcement keep access to intelligence collected under Section 702 through April 20, 2029, preventing an abrupt lapse in counterterrorism and national-security capabilities.
Law-enforcement, intelligence bodies, and tech workers gain statutory certainty from a fixed expiration date, improving planning, legal compliance, and oversight readiness.
Tech workers and taxpayers (and by extension many Americans) face continued risks to communications privacy because Section 702 authorizes collection without individualized warrants.
Taxpayers and the public see delayed congressional reconsideration and potential reforms because the later expiration date postpones opportunities to strengthen oversight and civil‑liberties protections.
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Replaces rolling "two years after enactment" expiration cross-references in the FISA Amendments Act with a fixed expiration date of April 20, 2029, without creating new programs or funding.
Introduced April 17, 2026 by Thomas Bryant Cotton · Last progress April 17, 2026
Amends the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to replace rolling “two years after the date of enactment of the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act” expiration references with a fixed expiration date of April 20, 2029. The change updates two statutory cross-references and a heading that govern the continuing authority under Section 702; it does not create new programs, funding, or duties.