Conservatives vow to vote against reauthorizing FISA without including warrant requirement

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Conservative lawmakers are calling for an end to warrantless surveillance of Americans ahead of a House floor vote on Wednesday to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

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Conservative Republicans and some Democrats such as Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, have teamed up to push for a warrant requirement as a condition for reauthorizing FISA. However, the legislation up for a vote on Wednesday does not include a warrant requirement in its current form.

"No matter how hard the deep state cries, Congress must NOT reauthorize FISA 702 without requiring a warrant to search U.S. citizens," wrote Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, on X.

"The SAFE Act contains a warrant requirement, the Lee-Leahy reforms, language ensuring that our Fourth Amendment rights can’t be bought and sold, and a handful of other protections necessary to protect Americans’ privacy," he also wrote.

Co-sponsors of the SAFE Act to whom Lee was referring include Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., previously introduced an amendment to prohibit warrantless surveillance under FISA, which wasn't voted on since FISA was extended through April 19 without reform in the defense bill.

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