The House of Representatives have delayed a vote on reforming the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Section 702.
"In order to allow Congress more time to reach consensus on how best to reform FISA and Section 702 while maintaining the integrity of our critical national security programs, the House will consider the reform and reauthorization bill at a later date," Raj Shah, a spokesman for House Speaker Mike Johnson stated on X. "Just as we were winning the debate on requiring warrants for domestic spying in the FISA 702 reauthorization, the Speaker yanked the bill and cancelled the rest of Congress this week," Rep. Thomas Massie commented.
"The Senate just voted to waive the point of order against the NDAA. 35 of us opposed the motion to waive. We needed only 41 to prevent this outcome, and to remove FISA 702 from the NDAA. This is not good. The House should stop the NDAA," Sen. Mike Lee said.
With the vote delayed, it's unclear when the House will reform the unlawful FISA 702 program.
Both the House Intelligence Committee and House Judiciary Committee had drafted legislation to reform Section 702, with the Judiciary panel seeking more extensive restrictions on surveillance powers.
The House last year, with lawmakers at odds on two bills that differ in how far to go to address privacy concerns, was unable to pass a longer-term reauthorization in December and instead approved a short-term reauthorization.
The House Judiciary Committee has advanced one bill, and the House Intelligence Committee has advanced another.
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