FISA Accountability and Extension Act of 2026
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Jan 27, 2026
What it does
The FISA Accountability and Extension Act of 2026 would amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to ensure Members of Congress and their designated staff have access to proceedings of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and its Court of Review, including full visual and audio access if physical space is limited, and would prohibit the courts from imposing restrictions on such attendees that are not also applied to the Department of Justice. It would revoke prior Attorney General procedures governing congressional attendance, extend certain surveillance authorities under the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 from two to eight years, establish a process for congressional leaders to…
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