AI Use with Unminimized FISA Information Reporting (S.4402)

Current understanding

S.4402 is an introduced Senate bill that would require a report on how artificial intelligence is used to access unminimized information collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. The measure creates a new oversight reporting requirement layered onto existing FISA collection authorities, focused specifically on AI-enabled analyst access to raw (unminimized) signals intelligence. Status: introduced; no fiscal score yet and no compliance mechanism beyond the report itself.

Evidence log

• 2026-04-30 — A bill to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through May 21, 2026, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with fisa-title-vii-reauthorization: S.4444’s extension of Title VII/702 collection authorities operates in parallel to S.4402’s reporting requirements on AI use with unminimized FISA information. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-04-27 — A bill to require a report on the use of artificial intelligence with respect to access to unminimized information collected pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with fisa-title-vii-surveillance-authorities: AI reporting requirement targets the same unminimized FISA collection streams governed by Title VII/Section 702 authorities. (novelty: 3)

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