Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Technology, 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; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2026. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
- Section id6dff032b779a49c0b386a63265678b08: 2. Definitions Section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801) is amended by adding at the end the following: (q)The term...
- Section idb0739813ae0543a3b6ead38fcce58c79: 101. Protections related to warrantless queries for the communications of United States persons and persons located in the United States Section 702(f) of the...
- Section id9C01FC273FA344FCA347FC75D7798607: 102. Limitation on use of information obtained under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 relating to United States persons and...
- Section H692E9D7F27584AD1AF7D853FDD0F6392: 103. Prohibition on reverse targeting of United States persons and persons located in the United States Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Technology, Criminal Justice
Primary Purpose
This bill, Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Lee, Ms. Warren, and Ms. …
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?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
any retrieval of covered vehicle data, regardless of— whether the data is obtained as the information is being produced or from digital storage
any retrieval of covered vehicle data, regardless of— whether the data is obtained as the information is being produced or from digital storage
a query— using a term associated with 1 or more covered persons
a violation of this Act, the Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2026, or Executive Order 12333 (50 U.S.C. 3001 note
the court established under section 103(a)
a violation of this Act, the Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2026, or Executive Order 12333 (50 U.S.C. 3001 note
a query that is conducted— using a term associated with 1 or more covered persons
a provider of electronic communication service, a provider of remote computing service, or a provider of an interactive computer service (as defined in section 230(f) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)))
information derived or otherwise calculated from the transmission or reception of a radio signal that reveals the approximate or actual geographic location of a customer, subscriber, user, or device
to obtain by purchasing, to receive in connection with services being provided for monetary or nonmonetary consideration, or to otherwise obtain in exchange for consideration, including an access fee, service fee, maintenance fee, or licensing fee
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