United States of America: Passed Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (HR 7888) by the House of Representatives

On 12 April 2024, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (HR 7888) was passed by the House of Representatives of the United States. The Act would reauthorise Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for five years. Title VII was set to expire on 31 December 2023 and was reauthorised until 19 April 2024 through the engrossed version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (HR 2670). The Act would impose new rules on the querying of information collected under Section 702, particularly by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The Act would also mandate prior approval for queries involving US citizens and prohibit the involvement of political appointees in the approval process for politically sensitive query requests. Furthermore, the Act would require the FBI director to establish remedies for noncompliance. Additionally, it would require sworn statements for applications for surveillance orders under the FISA, limit information from political or media sources, and impose penalties for government officials engaging in misconduct.