House Intel Chairman Expects Spying Power Reauthorization to Pass the House

Since the bill was narrowly reauthorized by Congress in 2018, a series of abuses have come to light that have thrown the entire process’s future into question.

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, speaks in Washington on Aug. 12, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) says he expects a reauthorization of a controversial spying power to pass through the House this week.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is expected to bring Rep. Laurel Lee’s (R-Fla.) “Reforming Intelligence and Securing America” Act, a bill that would make some reforms to the controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), to the floor for a vote.