The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 1 in the PDF
What the document says
“in paragraph (1) (50 U.S.C. 1881 note), by striking "effective two years after" and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting "effective April 30, 2026, title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.) is repealed."”
The first of two amendments in subsection (a). It amends paragraph (1) of section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-261), which appears as a note to 50 U.S.C. 1881, by striking the words that set the repeal date by counting from another date and inserting a date stated outright: April 30, 2026. The words this law inserts are the ones quoted.
What the document actually says
“in paragraph (1) (50 U.S.C. 1881 note), by striking "effective two years after" and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting "effective April 30, 2026, title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.) is repealed."”
That sentence, in plain words
This law crosses out the old end date. It writes in a new one. Title VII of FISA ends on April 30, 2026.
What this is about
The old rule set the end date by counting two years from another law. Now the law names the day.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 1 in the PDF
What the document says
“in paragraph (2) (18 U.S.C. 2511 note), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking "Effective two years after the date of enactment of the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act--" and inserting "Effective April 30, 2026--"”
The second amendment in subsection (a). It makes the same change to paragraph (2) of section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which appears as a note to 18 U.S.C. 2511: a date counted from the enactment of the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act is replaced with April 30, 2026. Only the matter preceding subparagraph (A) is touched.
What the document actually says
“in paragraph (2) (18 U.S.C. 2511 note), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking "Effective two years after the date of enactment of the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act--" and inserting "Effective April 30, 2026--"”
That sentence, in plain words
This part crosses out another old date. It writes in April 30, 2026.
What this is about
The same date shows up in a note to a wiretap law. This makes both dates match.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 1 in the PDF
What the document says
“Section 404(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-261) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) in the heading, by striking "two years after the date of enactment of the reforming intelligence and securing america act" and inserting "repeal date"”
Subsection (b). It amends section 404(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 in four steps. A paragraph heading that named a date counted from the enactment of the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act is replaced with the words "repeal date". In both paragraphs (1) and (2), a run of text listing the Acts that had amended title VII is replaced with the citation "(50 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.)". The quotation shows the first step.
What the document actually says
“Section 404(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-261) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) in the heading, by striking "two years after the date of enactment of the reforming intelligence and securing america act" and inserting "repeal date"”
That sentence, in plain words
This part fixes the words in an older law. It swaps a long name for the words repeal date.
What this is about
Some rules cover what happens when title VII ends. This tidies how they point to the law.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 1 in the PDF
What the document says
“The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the earlier of the date of the enactment of this Act or April 19, 2026.”
Subsection (c). It fixes when the amendments in subsections (a) and (b) begin to operate: whichever comes first, the date this Act is enacted or April 19, 2026. The Government Publishing Office prints the approval date of this law as April 18, 2026.
What the document actually says
“The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the earlier of the date of the enactment of this Act or April 19, 2026.”
That sentence, in plain words
These changes start on the day this law is signed. If April 19, 2026 comes first, they start then.
What this is about
The law was signed on April 18, 2026. That day came first.
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All three subsections of the law's only section: the two amendments to the repeal date in section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, the amendments to the transition procedures in section 404(b) of that Act, and the effective date this law sets for its own amendments.
The separate strike-and-insert steps inside subsection (b) are recorded as one entry rather than four. They change a paragraph heading and replace a string of amendment citations with a United States Code citation, and neither step changes what anybody must do. The approval line and the legislative history the Government Publishing Office prints after the section are held out of the indexed text.
The section works entirely by amending the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-261). That Act is not indexed here, so the site does not record what sections 403(b) and 404(b) said before this law or read after it. Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, the body of law whose repeal date is moved, is likewise not indexed here.
