Limits government surveillance of Americans and blocks using their data in legal cases.
Today, government agencies can conduct certain surveillance activities on United States persons under specific intelligence laws, and the information gathered can be used in legal cases. This bill would stop agencies from requesting or ordering various types of surveillance on Americans under these laws. It would also prevent using information collected this way against Americans in criminal, civil, or administrative cases.
Today, government agencies can conduct certain surveillance activities on United States persons under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and Executive Order 12333, and the information gathered can be used in legal cases against them. If this bill becomes law, it would largely stop these agencies from targeting Americans with such surveillance and prevent that collected information from being used as evidence against them in criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings.
S 4998 · 119th Congress · July 15, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10
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