Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2026
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 8
- Latest action
- Mar 5, 2026
What it does
The Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2026 would amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to prohibit warrantless queries of communications and information of U.S. persons, with limited exceptions for emergencies, consent, authorized surveillance, or defensive cybersecurity purposes. It would also impose new restrictions on how law enforcement and intelligence agencies can obtain commercially available information, require annual compliance reports to Congress, and limit the use of data obtained through emergency queries in legal proceedings. The bill aims to strengthen privacy protections by curbing warrantless surveillance practices and increasing…
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Where it stands
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Where it goes next
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