With the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act's Section 702 set to expire Dec. 31, Congress has introduced five proposals for how to modify the program but remain divided on how best to move forward with reauthorization, CBS News reports. While the "Cotton bill" offers a clean reauthorization to extend the program permanently, others look to add protections against the broad use of surveillance, albeit to varying degrees. The Senate Intelligence Committee's proposal would extend FISA through 2025, require transparency and a clarification of procedures. The House Judiciary Committee's proposal would extend FISA through 2023 and introduce new transparency and civil liberties protections. In addition, both the "Leahy-Lee bill" and the "Wyden-Paul bill" would require a warrant to access data involving Americans.
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