Short Extension of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Powers

What to know

• The bill extends Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by roughly six weeks.
• The expiration date moves from April 30, 2026, to June 12, 2026.
• U.S. intelligence agencies use these Title VII tools to collect foreign intelligence.
• People whose communications may be collected under these powers are also affected.
• The short extension keeps current surveillance authorities in place while Congress works on a longer-term decision.
• Any broader changes or new limits on surveillance would wait until at least that new deadline.

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1. Short extension of surveillance law authority

   This section extends a set of foreign intelligence surveillance powers by a short time. These powers come from Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. They were set to expire on April 30, 2026. This bill moves that expiration date to June 12, 2026. That is an extension of about six weeks. The change applies to two separate parts of existing law that both carried the April 30 deadline.

   Who this affects

   U.S. intelligence agencies that use Title VII surveillance tools are affected. People whose communications may be collected under these authorities are also affected.

   Tradeoff

   The short extension keeps surveillance tools available while Congress works on a longer-term decision, but it also delays any changes or new limits that a broader reauthorization debate might produce.

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   by striking ``April 30, 2026'' and inserting ``June 12, 2026''