Sponsor
Ronald Lee Wyden
Senator · D-OR
Senator · D-OR
The bill tightens some privacy and oversight safeguards for U.S. persons while temporarily preserving Section 702 and authorities needed for timely national‑security operations, trading stronger limits on surveillance and new procedural protections against broader collection standards, administrative costs, and a short extension that delays substantive reform.
People located in the U.S., including U.S. persons, will have stronger limits on intentional surveillance of communications content, location, web/search history and other private data without a warrant or FISC order.
Law enforcement and intelligence agencies can continue key intelligence activities because Section 702 authority is extended for three months, avoiding an abrupt operational disruption for national-security and counterterrorism work.
Agencies are permitted limited emergency reverse‑targeting and other emergency collections when there is an imminent threat to life, enabling timely responses in urgent situations (with post‑use notice and constraints).
More people’s communications (including Americans and non‑targets) may be collected because agencies can act when they 'reasonably believe' communications are covered, broadening the scope of surveillance and weakening privacy protections.
Extending Section 702 for three months prolongs an intrusive surveillance authority and delays substantive congressional debate and reform, sustaining civil‑liberty risks for Americans during the extension.
The bill increases administrative, reporting and compliance burdens and creates legal uncertainty that could drive litigation and higher costs for DOJ, DNI, intelligence agencies and taxpayers.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Bars intentional "reverse targeting" of U.S. persons, requires warrants or FISA orders for acquiring private info about covered persons, tightens knowledge standards, and extends Section 702 sunset to Sept 18, 2026.
Official title: Implement reforms relating to foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, to prohibit reverse targeting of United States persons and persons located in the United States, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 10, 2026 by Ronald Lee Wyden · Last progress June 10, 2026
Prohibits intentionally using surveillance of non‑U.S. persons overseas to obtain information about U.S. persons (so‑called “reverse targeting”) except in narrow emergencies or with valid consent, and requires court orders or warrants before acquiring content, location, or other private information about U.S. persons or people in the United States. It tightens the mental‑state standard (from "known" to "known or believed") for exclusions, restructures Title VII court‑supervision rules to require warrants/orders for such acquisitions, and extends a temporary statutory sunset by three months to September 18, 2026.