Sponsor
Rick Crawford
Representative · R-AR
Representative · R-AR
The bill clarifies and accelerates the repeal timeline for Title VII—improving legal certainty and allowing earlier operational planning—while risking reduced intelligence authorities, shorter oversight continuity, and transitional costs for tech providers.
Federal agencies, courts, and federal employees get clearer statutory timing and effective dates for Title VII's repeal, reducing legal uncertainty about exactly when provisions expire.
Tech workers and federal employees benefit from an earlier effective date (upon enactment or April 19, 2026), allowing covered entities to plan and adjust operations sooner.
Law enforcement and federal intelligence personnel may lose some authorized intelligence collection authorities when Title VII is repealed on October 20, 2027, potentially limiting foreign intelligence operations.
Federal employees and law enforcement could face reduced oversight continuity and complications in pending legal challenges or compliance frameworks because the shortened statutory timeline disrupts previously expected transition processes.
Tech companies and their workers will incur transitional compliance costs to adjust policies and responses to the altered repeal timing, raising operational and legal expenses.
Based on analysis of 1 section of legislative text.
Delays and clarifies the repeal of Title VII of the FISA Amendments Act to Oct 20, 2027 and updates transition cross‑references; effective on enactment or April 19, 2026, whichever is earlier.
Changes the repeal and transition language for Title VII of the FISA Amendments Act by setting a specific repeal date of October 20, 2027 and updating cross-references to the statutory citation (50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.). The amendments are made effective on the earlier of enactment or April 19, 2026. The bill does not create new programs or funding; it alters timing and statutory text that govern how existing surveillance authorities transition and how other statutes refer to Title VII.
Official title: To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through October 20, 2027, and for other purposes.
Introduced March 24, 2026 by Rick Crawford · Last progress March 24, 2026