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

V Independent oversight

VI Reforms to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986

Sec. 605. Consistent protections from Federal law enforcement for real-time and historical metadata

Chapter 206 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in section 3122(b), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:

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(2)

(A) for an application submitted by an attorney for the Government, a certification by the applicant providing specific and articulable facts showing there are reasonable grounds to believe that the information likely to be obtained is relevant and material to an ongoing criminal investigation being conducted by that agency; or

; and

(2) in section 3123(a)(1), in the first sentence—

(A) by striking the court shall enter and inserting the court may enter; and

(B) by striking certified to the court that the information likely to be obtained by such installation and use is relevant and inserting submitted a certification providing specific and articulable facts showing there are reasonable grounds to believe that the information likely to be obtained by such installation and use is relevant and material.

VII Protection of car data from Federal warrantless searches

VIII Intelligence transparency

IX Severability and limited delays in implementation