To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a report on the use of artificial intelligence systems to acquire, analyze, query, disseminate, or otherwise access information under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
This bill directs the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress on how AI systems are used to acquire, analyze, query, or disseminate information collected under Section 702 of FISA. It is an oversight and transparency measure on intelligence-community AI use.
Model-rated AI relevance 95%: It directly addresses government use of AI in surveillance and mandates congressional oversight reporting. (claude-opus-5, Sep 21, 2026)
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Addison McDowellRepublicanNCData as of: bills Sep 21, 2026 · votes Sep 21, 2026 · statements Sep 21, 2026. What changed
Progress
Introduced
Sep 17, 2026
Reported by committee
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became law
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Latest action · September 17, 2026
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
What members said
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Barrett introduced bills to require human review of VA benefit claims decisions and mandate VA disclosure of AI use to veterans.
Source ↗Gottheimer announced bipartisan legislation mandating pre-deployment national security testing of frontier AI models to prevent cyberattacks and weapons development.
Source ↗Ansari led House colleagues demanding Trump initiate international negotiations to establish global rules restraining AI development risks.
Source ↗Carson and 107 House Democrats demanded Congress stay in session to pass legislation creating AI safeguards against cybersecurity and rogue agent risks.
Source ↗Jayapal held a hearing on harms of surveillance AI and Big Tech monopoly power, calling for structural regulatory solutions to break up AI oligopoly control.
Source ↗Lawler demanded transparency on state electricity discounts given to data centers, saying the public deserves to know the cost to ratepayers.
Source ↗Lawler and Gottheimer pushed their Stop Rogue AI Act directing NIST to set national standards for monitoring and controlling autonomous AI agents.
Source ↗McDowell is introducing a bill requiring intelligence agencies to report to Congress on their use of AI under FISA Section 702 for oversight and Fourth Amendment protection.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-09-21T12:57:38.683Z