Prohibit reverse targeting under Section 702 and outside-FISA authorities to prevent using foreign surveillance as a pretext for collecting Americans' data.

Closing the data broker loophole ... Prohibiting reverse targeting: The bill prohibits using surveillance on foreigners overseas through Section 702 as a pretext for gathering data on Americans. Reforming intelligence collection outside FISA: This bill protects Americans from intelligence agencies using non-statutory authorities, including by prohibiting backdoor searches and reverse targeting outside of FISA.

Davidson supported prohibiting reverse targeting and backdoor searches as part of the reform bill.

Davidson Introduces Sweeping FISA Reform Bill | Press Releases | Congressman Warren Davidson
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The Verge reported that Warren Davidson and Zoe Lofgren introduced the Government Surveillance Reform Act in March 2026. The bill would require warrants to access Americans' communications collected under Section 702, prohibit warrantless purchases of Americans' data from brokers, and add warrant rules for location, web-browsing, search/chatbot, and vehicle-data surveillance.

Concrete legislative action toward the promise, but it was still only a proposal and not enacted reform.

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Congress can finally close a mass surveillance loophole - but will they?
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The Guardian reported that Congress failed to extend Section 702 before the June 12 deadline and described the issue as deadlocked. It said the House had not delivered a new reform package by that point, even though existing surveillance certifications would continue through March 2027.

By the end of the lookback period, there was still no enacted prohibition on reverse targeting or other warrantless access authorities.

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A powerful US surveillance law is set to expire - what happens now?
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