Refuse to vote for reauthorization of FISA Section 702 unless significant reforms are enacted to protect national security and Americans' constitutional privacy rights.

Section 702 is a critical foreign intelligence authority, but we cannot in good conscience vote for reauthorization without significant reforms to protect both national security and the constitutional privacy rights of Americans.

Clark joined House Democratic leaders in committing not to support FISA Section 702 reauthorization unless it includes significant reforms protecting national security and Americans' privacy rights.

Statement from House Democratic Leadership and Ranking Members Himes and Raskin on FISA Section 702 | Katherine Clark Democratic Whip
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Roll Call 14 on January 11, 2018 was on agreeing to the Amash of Michigan Substitute Amendment No. 1 to S. 139. The amendment failed, 183 yea to 233 nay. Clark (MA), Democrat, Massachusetts, voted Yea.

Clark supported a 2018 reform substitute to the FISA reauthorization bill, but it failed.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 14, S. 139 Amash Substitute Amendment No. 1
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Roll Call 16 on January 11, 2018 was on passage of S. 139. The bill passed, 256 yea to 164 nay. Clark (MA), Democrat, Massachusetts, voted Nay.

Clark refused to vote for the 2018 FISA Section 702 reauthorization bill on final passage.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 16, S. 139 Final Passage
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Congress.gov records that S. 139 became Public Law No. 115-118 on January 19, 2018. The CRS summary says the bill directed DOJ to adopt querying procedures, generally required a court order for FBI review of query results in criminal investigations unrelated to national security, and reauthorized Title VII of FISA until December 31, 2023.

The 2018 bill reauthorized Section 702-related Title VII authorities with some safeguards; Clark voted no on it.

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Congress.gov - S. 139, FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017
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Congress.gov describes H.Amdt.876 as an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of U.S. person communications in the FISA 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, or known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed by recorded vote, 212-212.

A concrete warrant-requirement privacy reform failed during the 2024 reauthorization debate.

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Congress.gov - H.R. 7888 Amendments, H.Amdt.876 Biggs Amendment
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Roll Call 114 was on agreeing to Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888. The amendment failed, 212 aye to 212 no. Clark (MA), Democrat, Massachusetts, voted No.

Clark voted against the 2024 amendment that would have barred warrantless searches of U.S. person communications in the Section 702 database.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 114, Biggs Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888
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Congress.gov records that H.R. 7888 became Public Law No. 118-49 on April 20, 2024. The CRS summary says the act reauthorizes Title VII of FISA for two years and expands restrictions on surveillance under Section 702, including FBI prior approval for U.S. person queries, audits of U.S. person queries, and DOJ Inspector General reporting on FBI querying practices.

The 2024 law reauthorized Section 702-related authorities with some statutory reforms, but without the failed warrant-search prohibition.

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Congress.gov - H.R. 7888, Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
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Roll Call 119 on April 12, 2024 was on passage of H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. The bill passed, 273 aye to 147 no. Clark (MA), Democrat, Massachusetts, voted Aye.

Clark voted for the 2024 FISA Section 702 reauthorization after the warrant-search amendment failed, so her later conduct did not match an unconditional refusal to vote for reauthorization absent major privacy reform.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 119, H.R. 7888 Final Passage
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