Extension of Authorities of Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
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What this chapter is about
This law changes an end date. A spy law called FISA has a part named title VII. That part was going to end on April 30, 2026. Now it ends on June 12, 2026.
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 "April 30, 2026" and inserting "June 12, 2026"”
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 replacing the date April 30, 2026 with June 12, 2026. The dates struck and inserted are the ones quoted.
What the document actually says
“in paragraph (1) (50 U.S.C. 1881 note), by striking "April 30, 2026" and inserting "June 12, 2026"”
That sentence, in plain words
This law crosses out the old end date. It writes in a new one. The new date is June 12, 2026.
What this is about
The old rule said the law ended on April 30, 2026. This gives it six more weeks.
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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 "April 30, 2026" and inserting "June 12, 2026"”
The second amendment in subsection (a). It makes the same replacement in paragraph (2) of section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which appears as a note to 18 U.S.C. 2511. 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 "April 30, 2026" and inserting "June 12, 2026"”
That sentence, in plain words
This part crosses out the same old date. It writes in June 12, 2026.
What this is about
The date shows up twice in the older law. Both spots now say the same day.
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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 29, 2026.”
Subsection (b). It fixes when the amendments in subsection (a) begin to operate: whichever comes first, the date this Act is enacted or April 29, 2026. The Government Publishing Office prints the approval date of this law as April 30, 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 29, 2026.”
That sentence, in plain words
These changes start on the day this law is signed. If April 29, 2026 comes first, they start then.
What this is about
The law was signed on April 30, 2026. So April 29, 2026 came first.
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Both subsections of the law's only section: the two amendments that move the repeal date in section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, and the effective date this law sets for its own amendments.
Nothing in the section is left out. 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 section 403(b) said before this law or reads 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.
