Sarah Elfreth is committed to establishing new, meaningful guardrails to address emerging risks of oversurveillance under Section 702 of FISA.

Congress must establish new, meaningful guardrails to address the emerging risks of oversurveillance.

In explaining her vote against FISA reauthorization, Elfreth said Congress must establish new guardrails to address oversurveillance risks.

Elfreth Votes No on FISA Reauthorization | Representative Sarah Elfreth
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Elfreth's official House biography says she represents Maryland's Anne Arundel, Howard, and Carroll Counties in Congress and serves on the House Armed Services Committee and House Natural Resources Committee; it also refers to her first term.

Establishes the relevant federal service period for assessing same-term fulfillment: Elfreth is a first-term U.S. House member in the 119th Congress.

unresolved same_term

About | Representative Sarah Elfreth
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Congress.gov records H.R.7888 as Public Law No. 118-49 on April 20, 2024. The CRS summary says it reauthorized FISA Title VII for two years and made changes including expanded Section 702 restrictions, but this occurred before Elfreth entered Congress.

Some Section 702 guardrails were enacted in 2024, before Elfreth's federal term. This is relevant background but does not show she fulfilled the promise in office.

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H.R.7888 - Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
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The Clerk records H.R. 9238 as a bill to extend Title VII FISA authorities. Roll Call 221 failed, 198 yea to 218 nay, and lists Elfreth, Democrat of Maryland, as voting Nay.

Elfreth took a concrete same-term vote against a short-term FISA Title VII extension. That is effort aligned with resisting extension without new protections, but it did not establish new Section 702 guardrails.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 221 | Bill Number: H.R. 9238
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Elfreth's official votes page lists the June 11, 2026 H.R. 9238 vote as: 'On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass' and shows her vote as 'Nay' on the bill to extend Title VII FISA authorities.

Her own congressional office confirms the same FISA-extension vote and her Nay position.

partial same_term A for effort

Votes and Legislation | Representative Sarah Elfreth
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The Guardian reported that the House failed to pass the short-term FISA extension, that Section 702 would lapse, and quoted House Democratic leaders saying reauthorization would require meaningful reforms.

Reputable reporting supports that, as of the June 2026 vote, Congress had not enacted new meaningful Section 702 reforms; the result was a lapse/impasse rather than delivered guardrails.

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US House blocks extension of powerful surveillance law
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