Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2026
A BILL
To implement reforms relating to foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Definitions
Amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978—
In general— 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 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court means the court established under section 103(a).
“(r) The terms Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review and Court of Review mean the court established under section 103(b).
“(s) The term appropriate committees of Congress means—
“(1) the congressional intelligence committees (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003));
“(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and
“(3) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.”
Title VII— Section 701(b) of such title (50 U.S.C. 1881) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(6) Covered person—The term covered person means, with respect to a query, a communication, an acquisition, or creation of information, a person who is—
“(A) a United States person; or
“(B) a person known or believed to be located in the United States—
“(i) at the time of the applicable query; or
“(ii) at the time of the acquisition, communication, or creation of the information subject to the applicable query.”
in section 102(a)(3) (50 U.S.C. 1802(a)(3)), by striking “the court established under section 103(a)” and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court”;
in section 103 (50 U.S.C. 1803)—
in subsection (a)—
in paragraph (2)(A), by striking “The court established under this subsection” and inserting “The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court”; and
by striking “the court established under this subsection” each place it appears and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court”;
in subsection (g)—
in paragraph (2)—
in subparagraph (A), by striking “the court established pursuant to subsection (a)” and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court”; and
in subparagraph (B), by striking “the court of review established pursuant to subsection (b)” and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review”; and
in paragraph (1), by striking “The courts established pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)” and inserting “The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review”;
in subsection (h), by striking “a court established under this section” and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review”;
in subsection (i)—
in paragraph (1), by striking “the courts established under subsections (a) and (b)” and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review”;
in paragraph (3)(B), in the first sentence, by striking “the courts” and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review”;
in paragraph (5), by striking “the court” and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, as the case may be,”;
in paragraph (6), by striking “the court” each place it appears and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review”;
by striking “a court established under subsection (a) or (b)” each place it appears and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review”; and
by striking “A court established under subsection (a) or (b)” each place it appears and inserting “The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review”;
in subsection (j)—
by striking “a court established under subsection (a)” and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court”; and
by striking “the court determines” and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court determines”;
by striking “the court established under subsection (a)” each place it appears and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court”; and
by striking “the court established under subsection (b)” each place it appears and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review”;
in section 105(c)(3) (50 U.S.C. 1805(c)(3)), by striking “the court” each place it appears and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court”;
in section 401(1) (50 U.S.C. 1841(1)), by striking “, and “State”” and inserting ““State”, “Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court”, and “Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review””;
in section 402 (50 U.S.C. 1842)—
in subsection (b)(1), by striking “the court established by section 103(a) of this Act” and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court”; and
in subsection (h)(2), by striking “the court established under section 103(a)” and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court”;
in section 502(b)(1)(A), by striking “the court established by section 103(a) of this Act” and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (as defined by section 101)”;
in section 801 (50 U.S.C. 1885)—
in paragraph (8)(B)(i), by striking “the court established under section 103(a)” and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(10) Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court—The term Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court means the court established under section 103(a).”
in section 802(a)(1) (50 U.S.C. 1885a(a)(1)), by striking “the court established under section 103(a)” and inserting “the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court”.
Terms used in this Act— In this Act—
the terms appropriate committees of Congress, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review have the meanings given such terms in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801), as amended by subsection (a)(1); and
the term covered person has the meaning given such term in section 701 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1881), as amended by subsection (a)(2).