Sponsor
Austin Scott
Representative · R-GA
Representative · R-GA
The bill provides clearer statutory timing that reduces legal ambiguity and forces near‑term planning, but risks reduced surveillance authorities and public‑safety impacts while imposing transitional legal and compliance costs.
Federal agencies, courts, federal employees, and related law‑enforcement and tech personnel get a clear statutory citation (50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.) and a firm April 30, 2026 repeal date, reducing legal ambiguity and prompting near‑term planning for compliance and policy adjustments.
Intelligence and national‑security operations could lose authorities provided by Title VII sooner than expected, potentially reducing intelligence collection relied on to detect and counter threats.
Law‑enforcement investigations and public‑safety operations may be limited if surveillance tools tied to Title VII lapse before replacement authorizations, risking case outcomes and community safety.
The near‑term repeal timing creates legal uncertainty and transitional compliance costs for federal agencies and private‑sector partners (including tech companies), increasing administrative burdens and potential expenses.
Based on analysis of 1 section of legislative text.
Moves Title VII repeal to April 30, 2026 and replaces amendment-history wording with explicit U.S.C. citations for 50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.
Changes the statutory repeal timing and internal references for Title VII of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 so that Title VII (50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.) is set to repeal on April 30, 2026, and replaces prior amendment-history wording with explicit U.S.C. references and a clear effective-date formulation. The amendments take effect on the earlier of enactment or April 19, 2026. The bill does not create new surveillance authorities; it alters how the existing statutory repeal and cross-references are written and when the repeal becomes effective. These are substantive statutory edits affecting the text and timing of existing FISA Title VII provisions rather than purely clerical changes.
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 April 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 16, 2026 by Austin Scott · Last progress April 17, 2026