To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of...
Officially: “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.” Read the full text
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1Extension of authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
This section would extend title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.) by resetting the date on which title VII is repealed. Section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-261) ties that repeal to two separate paragraphs. Paragraph (1) (a note at 50 U.S.C. 1881) currently begins with the words effective two years after and continues with more text that is not shown in this bill, ending at the first period; this section strikes that entire clause and inserts a fixed calendar date in its place, so that the paragraph now reads effective April 30, 2026, title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.) is repealed. Paragraph (2) (a note at 18 U.S.C. 2511) currently states, in the introductory text shown in this bill, that its requirements take effect two years after the date of enactment of the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act; this section strikes that timing phrase and replaces it with April 30, 2026, so whatever paragraph (2)'s subparagraphs require, which are not shown in this section's text, now takes effect on that fixed date instead. This section also amends section 404(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which covers transition procedures connected to the repeal of title VII. The heading of paragraph (1) of section 404(b) is renamed from a heading describing the date tied to the enactment of the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act to repeal date, matching the fixed date now set in section 403(b). In both paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of section 404(b), a phrase that identified title VII of FISA by listing the acts that had previously amended it (section 101(a), the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017, and the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act) is replaced with a direct citation to title VII (50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.). This section's text does not show what paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 404(b) require beyond that reference, so this rendering does not describe the transition procedures themselves; as far as the text given shows, this change updates how title VII is cited within those procedures without altering the repeal date they are tied to, which section 403(b) now fixes at April 30, 2026. Finally, this section states that all of the amendments it makes take effect on the earlier of the date this Act is enacted or April 19, 2026.
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1. Extension of authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (a) Extension of repeal date of title VII Section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–261 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) ( 50 U.S.C. 1881 note), by striking effective two years after and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting effective April 30, 2026, title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq. ) is repealed. ; and (2) in paragraph (2) ( 18 U.S.C. 2511 note), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking Effective two years after the date of enactment of the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act — and inserting Effective April 30, 2026— . (b) Extension of transition procedures Section 404(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–261 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the heading, by striking two years after the date of enactment of the reforming intelligence and securing america act and inserting repeal date ; and (B) by striking , as amended by section 101(a) and by the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 and the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, and inserting ( 50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq. ) ; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking , as amended by section 101(a) and by the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 and the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, and inserting ( 50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq. ) . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the earlier of the date of the enactment of this Act or April 19, 2026. Passed the House of Representatives April 17 (legislative day April 16), 2026. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.
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