This FISA extension will continue to protect American civil rights and U.S. national security from hostile foreign threats.
Continue supporting FISA Section 702 reauthorization and related reforms to protect Americans' civil rights and U.S. national security from hostile foreign threats.
Occurrences
House Republicans voted to extend S.1318, the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act, through April 2029
Evidence
Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart issued a statement after House Republicans voted to extend S.1318, the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act, through April 2029. He said the extension would continue to protect Americans’ civil rights and U.S. national security from hostile foreign threats, and emphasized the 2024 reauthorization’s 56 civil-rights reform mandates and existing restrictions on U.S.-person queries.
The Congressional Record for April 29, 2026 contains floor remarks stating that reauthorizing FISA 702 is essential, that the 2024 RISAA law included 56 reforms, and that the bill before the House adds measurable reforms while maintaining the foreign-intelligence tool.
The House Rules Committee page shows the House passed the rule for S. 1318 on April 29, 2026, reporting the bill text and related amendment process for the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act.
Roll Call 155 documents House consideration of S. 1318 on April 30, 2026, described as amending the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of FISA for other purposes.
HPSCI Chairman Rick Crawford stated that the House passed S. 1318, the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act, to reauthorize and reform FISA Section 702, and urged the Senate to take up the bill immediately.
CRS notes that the last reauthorization of Section 702 was enacted on April 20, 2024 via RISAA and that the section would sunset on April 20, 2026 absent further reauthorization.
CRS explains that Section 702 was subject to sunset and discusses extension and reform options, highlighting the recurring need for congressional reauthorization and amendments.
AP reported that Congress failed to temporarily extend Section 702: the House rejected a short-term extension in a 198-218 vote, and the Senate also failed to advance its own version, leaving the program on track to expire at midnight Friday.
The Guardian reported that Trump canceled Jay Clayton's DNI hearing and tied progress on FISA renewal to the SAVE Act, while saying the Section 702 dispute had already stalled the broader reauthorization push.
Assessments
The promise was to continue supporting FISA Section 702 reauthorization and related reforms, not to guarantee final enactment by himself. In the same term, Diaz-Balart publicly backed the 2026 reauthorization-and-reform measure, voted for it in the House, and aligned himself with the civil-rights and national-security rationale described in the promise. Even though broader Section 702 renewal faced later political obstacles, his own promised conduct of continued support is clearly documented and was carried out while in office.
The evidence shows Diaz-Balart clearly continued supporting Section 702 reauthorization and related reforms in 2026: he publicly backed S. 1318, voted for it, and the House passed the measure. That satisfies the 'continue supporting' and 'materially advanced' parts of the promise. However, the claim is framed around supporting reauthorization and reforms as an actual policy outcome, and the provided evidence does not show final enactment into law beyond House passage. Because the House acted during his current term but full federal completion is not established here, the strongest judgment is partial rather than delivered.