Congress Seeks Warrant-Only Access for FBI in Domestic Surveillance

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduces the Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2026 to require warrants before the FBI can read Americans’ messages swept up in foreign-targeted surveillance, repeal broad expansions of warrantless access, ban federal purchases of Americans’ data from data brokers, and curb reverse-targeting and related powers as Section 702 heads toward its April sunset, signaling a major push to rebalance national security needs with civil-liberties protections amid a shifting tech and surveillance landscape.