House Rules Committee Advances FISA Section 702 Authorization After GOP Opposition Delays Bill

Three Republican panel members—Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Chip Roy (R-Texas), and Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)—abstained from the 6–4 vote.

The U.S. Capitol on April 13, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The House Rules Committee on April 14 advanced a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a power that has long drawn bipartisan criticism since its inception in 2008.

A measure to reauthorize the controversial power passed the committee in a 6–4 vote, from which three Republican panel members—Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Chip Roy (R-Texas), and Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)—abstained.