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House GOP backs reform, bipartisan Section 702 compromise before April 30.

4/24/2026

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Twenty House Republicans publicly backed reform, prompting a bipartisan shift in the Section 702 reauthorization debate.
Congress must decide by April 30 whether to renew Section 702, though no final bill has been passed.
Democratic Rep. Jim Himes proposed a compromise requiring Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court approval of a reasonable foreign-intelligence likelihood, after reforms cut American searches from nine million in 2022 to just over 9,000.

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Twenty House Republicans publicly backed reform, prompting a bipartisan shift in the Section 702 reauthorization debate.
Congress must decide by April 30 whether to renew Section 702, though no final bill has been passed.
Democratic Rep. Jim Himes proposed a compromise requiring Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court approval of a reasonable foreign-intelligence likelihood, after reforms cut American searches from nine million in 2022 to just over 9,000.