Require the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress 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.

Addison P. McDowell · North Carolina · Republican

oversight impact 0.44 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 86%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit a report to Congress on AI systems used with Section 702 FISA information.. Promised outcome: Congress receives oversight information about the use of AI systems to acquire, analyze, query, disseminate, or otherwise access Section 702 FISA information.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. 119th Congress, 2nd Session; McDowell as U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 6th District introduced H.R. 10502 on September 17, 2026.

Occurrences

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.

McDowell introduced H.R. 10502 to require a congressional report from the Director of National Intelligence on AI use involving Section 702 FISA information.

H.R. 10502 (IH) - 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. - BILLS-119hr10502ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Evidence

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Last Action Date Listed September 17, 2026 Action Mr. McDowell (for himself and Mr. Walkinshaw) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official GovInfo metadata shows the concrete action in the lookback window: McDowell introduced H.R. 10502 and it was referred to committees. The listed version remains Introduced in House, so this is effort but not enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report on the use of artificial intelligence systems to acquire, analyze, query, disseminate, or otherwise access information under section 702

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text matches the commitment and makes the reporting requirement contingent on enactment. No enactment or later action was found in the official sources checked as of 2026-10-05.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H. R. 10502 (Introduced-in-House)
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H.R. 10502. A bill 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; to the Committee on the Judiciary

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The House Congressional Record confirms the bill was introduced and referred to the Judiciary and Intelligence committees during the lookback window, documenting effort but no final passage.

unresolved same_term A for effort

CREC-2026-09-17-house.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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Today, Congressman James Walkinshaw (VA-11) introduced a bipartisan bill with Congressman Addison McDowell (NC-06) to direct the intelligence community to report to Congress on how it uses artificial intelligence with data collected under Section 702

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): An official House press release from the cosponsor describes the same legislative effort and its purpose. It supports that McDowell backed a concrete attempt, not that the requirement has been enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Walkinshaw, McDowell Leads Bipartisan FISA AI Reporting Act to Increase Oversight of Artificial Intelligence Use Under FISA | U.S. Representative James Walkinshaw
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Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-10-05 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

The verified bill text would require the Director of National Intelligence to submit the report only after enactment, and the verified House press passage shows McDowell materially participated in introducing the bipartisan bill. The verified evidence establishes a concrete legislative effort, but it does not establish enactment or that Congress received the report by the as-of date. With no documented expired deadline and no verified enactment/outcome evidence, the promise remains unresolved rather than delivered or partial.

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