A bill to extend section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for 18 months.

This legislation aims to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for a period of eighteen months. Section 702 is a significant federal law that allows U.S. intelligence agencies to conduct targeted surveillance on foreign individuals located outside of the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information. Because this bill is standard legislation, it would require a signature from the President to become law.

If enacted, the bill would ensure that the government's current authority to collect digital communications, such as emails and phone records of foreign targets, remains in place through the extension period. While the program focuses on non-citizens abroad, it often results in the incidental collection of communications involving Americans. By extending the expiration date, the bill would allow these surveillance activities to continue under existing rules and oversight mechanisms while Congress considers longer-term changes or reforms to national security laws.