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
(a) Definition. Subsection (a) of section 2711 of title 18, United States Code, as so designated and amended by sections 601 and 604 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:
(9) the term intermediary or ancillary service provider means an entity or facilities owner or operator that directly or indirectly delivers, transmits, stores, or processes communications or any other covered personal data (as defined in section 2702(e) of this title) for, or on behalf of, an online service provider.
(b) Prohibition. Section 2702(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end;
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking and at the end;
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
(4) an intermediary or ancillary service provider may not knowingly disclose—
(A) to any person or entity the contents of a communication while in electronic storage by that intermediary or ancillary service provider; or
(B) to any governmental entity a record or other information pertaining to a subscriber to or customer of, a recipient of a communication from a subscriber to or customer of, or the sender of a communication to a subscriber to or customer of, the online service provider for, or on behalf of, which the intermediary or ancillary service provider directly or indirectly delivers, transmits, stores, or processes communications or any other covered personal data (as defined in subsection (e)).
VII Protection of car data from Federal warrantless searches
VIII Intelligence transparency
IX Severability and limited delays in implementation