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The House of Representatives voted to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for three years by a vote of 235 to 191.
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The extension bill now heads to the Senate ahead of a Thursday night deadline to pass before the program's expiration.
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Speaker Mike Johnson struggled for weeks to win over privacy-minded Republicans on the extension vote.
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GOP defections defeated proposals for five-year and 18-month extensions of Section 702 earlier in the month.
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Forty-two Democrats supported the three-year extension bill and 22 Republicans opposed it.
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Section 702 was first authorized in 2008.
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Section 702 allows U.S. intelligence agencies to intercept the electronic communications of foreign nationals located outside the United States without a warrant.
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Nearly 350,000 targets have their communications collected under Section 702 authority each year.
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Communications of U.S. persons incidentally collected under Section 702 can include calls, texts and emails between Americans and foreign targets.
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For almost two decades, lawmakers from both parties have sought reforms to Section 702, including requiring specific court approval before searching an American's information in the FISA database.
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Privacy-minded lawmakers argued that a warrant requirement for searches of Americans' information in the FISA database would align with the Fourth Amendment.
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Intelligence officials said requiring a warrant for searches would inhibit the efficacy of Section 702 and endanger national security.
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Stewart Baker, former National Security Agency general counsel, testified before Congress on Section 702 in January.
Stewart Baker, former National Security Agency general counsel
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Saying, 'oh, you need a separate warrant if you've got a separate interest in getting access to information we already collected for intelligence purposes,' we shouldn't make that mistake with something as important as things like terrorism or espionage," Stewart Baker said.
Brad Knott, Representative
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FISA is undeniably useful in protecting America against foreign attacks," Rep. Brad Knott, R-N.C., said on X.
Brad Knott, Representative
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If not adequately checked, FISA powers will facilitate the violation of American citizens' Fourth Amendment rights," Rep. Brad Knott, R-N.C., said on X.
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The extension requires federal law enforcement to seek approval from attorneys before targeted reviews of Americans' information under Section 702.
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Each query of Americans' information under Section 702 must have a written justification submitted to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
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Misuse of Section 702 under the extension could result in criminal penalties of up to five years in prison.
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House Republicans attached a provision banning any future central bank digital currency to the Section 702 extension bill.
John Thune, Senate Majority Leader
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said the provision banning a central bank digital currency will not pass in the Senate.
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Congress approved a 10-day extension of Section 702 ahead of its original April 20 expiration.
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The House extension measure is formatted as an amendment to an unrelated bill.
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A procedural vote to advance the extension measure was held open for about two hours as leaders sought to flip holdouts.
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A procedural vote expected Tuesday afternoon to advance the measure was delayed until later in the week.
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The FBI can search Americans' data collected under Section 702 without a warrant.
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House Republicans released a proposal to extend Section 702 for three years that outlines guardrails to protect civil liberties but does not include a warrant requirement.
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The House passed the bill banning the Federal Reserve from creating a central bank digital currency last year.
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Some Senate Republicans have demanded a warrant requirement for searches of Americans' data under Section 702.
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The three-year extension would require the FBI to submit monthly reports to oversight officials justifying searches of Americans' data collected under the surveillance authority.
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The extension would ensure that members of Congress and their staff have access to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court proceedings and expand criminal penalties for abusing the law.
Rick Crawford, Representative
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Many of us understand the significant advantage 702 provides to U.S. national security and the fervent need to protect Americans' privacy and civil liberties. We should not sacrifice one for the other, and this legislation, passed by the House, strikes that balance," Rep. Rick Crawford said.
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President Donald Trump pressed Republicans to accept an 18-month reauthorization of Section 702 without reforms ahead of its April 20 expiration date.
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House GOP leaders delayed votes on Section 702 extensions earlier this month due to insufficient support from their members.
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A number of Republicans helped defeat proposals for five-year and 18-month extensions of Section 702 without reforms.
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The Republican-controlled House is moving forward with a three-year reauthorization of Section 702 ahead of its expiration on Friday, adding new oversight measures but not including a warrant requirement.
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The bill requires approval by the Senate and signature from President Donald Trump to become law.
Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House
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Two-thirds of the president’s daily national security briefing comes from intelligence collected by that statute. We cannot allow it to go dark," Speaker Mike Johnson said.
Chip Roy, Representative
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The intel community always just comes in and says, 'People will die if you do this,'" Rep. Chip Roy said.
Chip Roy, Representative
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Well, I’m sorry. A lot of Americans died to give us and protect that Fourth Amendment right that we don’t have government looking at our stuff," Rep. Chip Roy said.
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