Trump Signs 45-Day Extension of FISA Section 702 Hours Before Deadline

The emergency extension was passed under suspension of the rules after the Senate rejected an earlier proposal from the House.

The U.S. Capitol building on April 29, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bill to extend a spying authority of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for 45 days as congressional debate on the controversial measure continues.

Both chambers of Congress raced to pass the short-term measure earlier Thursday after the Senate declined to take up a House-passed bill to extend the deadline until 2029.