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Key claim: This bill reauthorizes FISA Section 702 surveillance authority through April 2029 with new FBI oversight requirements and criminal penalties, while simultaneously prohibiting the Federal Reserve from issuing or testing a central bank digital currency.
Abstract
(S1318 · 119th Congress) Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act and the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act This bill reauthorizes Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) until April 30, 2029, and expands protections related to surveillance under Section 702 of FISA. It also prohibits a Federal Reserve bank from offering financial products or services directly to an individual, maintaining an account on behalf of an individual, or issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Section 702 of FISA concerns acquiring communications of non-U.S. persons believed to be outside the United States to obtain foreign intelligence information. Information about U.S. persons may incidentally be acquired by this type of surveillance and subsequently queried (searched) under certain circumstances. Changes to Section 702 include requiring monthly reviews by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) for each U.S. person query conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). ODNI must refer queries that do not comply with established standards, as well as possible abuses of civil liberties or privacy, to the Office of the Intelligence Community Inspector General. The bill institutes criminal penalties for (1) those who knowingly and willingly falsify or materially misrepresent complying with querying procedures, and (2) FBI personnel who knowingly and willingly violate procedures related to U.S. person queries. FBI supervisors may no longer approve U.S. person queries; only certain FBI attorneys may do so. The Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors may not use a CBDC to implement monetary policy or test, study, create, or implement a CBDC, with certain exceptions. Latest action (2026-06-05): Motion to proceed to consideration of the House message to accompany S. 1318 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 164.
Why this matters
Section 702 reauthorization directly affects civil liberties by governing how U.S.-person communications incidentally collected under foreign-intelligence surveillance may be queried and used, with downstream Fourth Amendment and due process implications. The bill’s proposed enhancements — ODNI monthly reviews, attorney-only query approval, and criminal penalties — respond to documented FBI querying abuses and would meaningfully change the compliance regime affecting Americans whose data is swept in. Bundling reauthorization with an unrelated CBDC prohibition also raises procedural concerns about how surveillance authorities are debated and passed.