House Committee Advances Spying Legislation Reauthorization

The Rules Committee left the most contentious piece of Section 702, whether or not queries of Americans’ data should require a warrant, to be decided later.

The U.S. Capitol building during the solar eclipse in Washington on April 8, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The House Rules Committee, in a late night vote, advanced a bill that would reauthorize a controversial spying authority but left a key aspect of the debate to be decided later.

The authority in question, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), is one of several post 9/11 surveillance authorities that have come under scrutiny as some lawmakers have tried to reclaim the civil liberties lost in the 2000s.