A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to prohibit the use of authorities under such Act to surveil United States persons and to prohibit the use of information acquired under such Act in any criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding or as part of any criminal, civil, or administrative investigation.
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Latest Action · July 15, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The Fourth Amendment Restoration and Protection Act of 2026 would fundamentally restrict how federal intelligence agencies can conduct surveillance on U.S. citizens. The bill prohibits the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from authorizing electronic surveillance, physical searches, wiretaps, or other monitoring activities targeting U.S. persons, and it prevents the government from querying databases for information about American citizens without a warrant. Most significantly, the legislation bars any information obtained through these intelligence authorities from being used as evidence in criminal, civil, or administrative cases against U.S. persons, with a narrow exception allowing individuals who were surveilled to use information about themselves in their own legal proceedings. The bill also extends similar restrictions to surveillance conducted under Executive Order 12333, which governs general U.S. intelligence activities. The legislation would apply to all future intelligence operations but does not establish new funding mechanisms or implementation timelines beyond its enactment.
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