S3696-119

In Committee

FISA Accountability and Extension Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Jan 27, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, FISA Accountability and Extension Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Foreign Policy, Criminal Justice.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FISA Accountability and Extension Act of 2026.
  • Section idba2ac6178c6e427aa07e68bb5135ea23: 2. Ensuring Member Access to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review Section 5 of the Reforming...
  • Section id807c0ae5784846f68ec4329312073217: 3. Penalties Section 109(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1809) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e)Information...
  • Section id5b8e4f96c9834c339e56c64bbecfdf16: 4. Amicus curiae designation Section 103(i)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803(i)(1)) is amended— by striking The...
  • Section id39fb03b7159f4cfcb4e23300562445d0: 5. Whistleblower disclosures Section 416 of title 5, United States Code, is amended in subsection (e) by adding at the end the following: (4)Rule of...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, FISA Accountability and Extension Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Foreign Policy, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, FISA Accountability and Extension Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Foreign Policy Criminal Justice

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is
federal agencies and legislative administrators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is
federal implementing agencies:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 27, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 27, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 27, 2026

Mr. Grassley introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Foreign Policy Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

Learn more about our methodology