United States of America: Signed Law to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (S 3351) through the engrossed version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (HR 2670)

On 22 December 2023, the Bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (S 3351) was partially adopted through its incorporation in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (HR 2670) under section 7902. Only Section 101 of the FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023 was adopted. In addition, the date was changed, and unlike the previous proposal, the reauthorisation was not approved until 31 December 2035 but until 19 April 2024. The Act reauthorises Section 702 until 19 April 2024, which is set to expire on 31 December 2023. Section 702 of FISA authorises the US government to "target non-US persons, reasonably believed to be located outside the United States, in order to collect foreign intelligence information".