“The extensive set of 2024 reforms to Section 702 have worked, sharply reducing past FBI abuses.
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Fight Over Clean FISA Section 702 Reauthorization
April 15, 2026
With FISA Section 702 set to expire April 20, 2026, the Trump administration is pushing Congress to pass a "clean" 18-month reauthorization without new warrant requirements. Trump wrote on Truth Social that the warrantless surveillance authority is "one of the reasons we have had such tremendous SUCCESS on the battlefield, both in Venezuela and Iran," and summoned skeptical House Republicans to the White House to whip them into line. Speaker Mike Johnson blocked a vote on a warrant-requirement amendment via the Rules Committee. Civil-liberties critics in both parties — including Rep. Jamie Raskin, Rep. Warren Davidson, and Sen. Ron Wyden — argue the Trump administration has dismantled internal oversight and cannot be trusted to police its own surveillance powers. Democrats are split and leadership has not whipped against the bill.
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“The bill before us today leaves the Trump administration in charge of policing its own abuses of this sweeping authority that is going to be unacceptable to the American people who understand how our privacy rights and civil liberties are being trampled every day.
“Reauthorizing FISA Section 702 without reforms to protect privacy would be a major disservice to the American people. Promises made must be kept! I was encouraged by discussions tonight, but after a weak path through Rules Committee we shall see…
“Our Military desperately needs FISA 702, and it is one of the reasons we have had such tremendous SUCCESS on the battlefield, both in Venezuela and Iran. I am asking Republicans to UNIFY, and vote together on the test vote to bring a clean Bill to the floor. We need to stick together when this Bill comes before the House Rules Committee today to keep it CLEAN!
“The plan is to move a clean extension of FISA for at least 18 months. Last time it was up for reauthorization, we instituted 56 substantive reforms to FISA. By every measure and review, those are working just as we planned.
“There are multiple issues related to Section 702 that the American people and many Members of Congress have been left in the dark about, including a FISA Court opinion from last month that found major compliance problems.