H.R. 7901
Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2026
Sponsor: Warren Davidson
5 cosponsors
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I Protections for United States persons whose communications are collected under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
II Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act
III Additional reforms relating to activities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
IV Reforms related to surveillance conducted for foreign intelligence purposes other than under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
(a) Prohibition on acquisition. No officer or employee of the Federal Government may intentionally target, for the purpose of acquiring foreign intelligence information, any person to acquire information, regardless of whether such targeting or acquisition occurs inside or outside the United States, if a significant purpose of the acquisition is to acquire the information of a particular, known covered person, unless—
(1)
(A) the officer or employee has a reasonable belief that an emergency exists involving a threat of imminent death or serious bodily harm to such covered person;
(B) the information is sought for the purpose of assisting that person; and
(C) not later than 14 days after the targeting, a description of the targeting is provided to the congressional intelligence committees in a timely manner; or
(2) the covered person has provided consent to the targeting, or if such covered person is incapable of providing consent, a third party legally authorized to consent on behalf of such covered person has provided consent.
(b) Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and criminal warrants. This section shall not apply to—
(1) an acquisition carried out pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.); or
(2) an acquisition carried out pursuant to a warrant issued pursuant to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by a court of competent jurisdiction covering the period of the acquisition and the acquisition is subject to the use, dissemination, querying, retention, and other minimization limitations required by such warrant.
V Independent oversight
VI Reforms to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
VII Protection of car data from Federal warrantless searches
VIII Intelligence transparency
IX Severability and limited delays in implementation