WASHINGTON (AP) — After its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse.
The legislation approved 60-34 with bipartisan support would extend for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Biden “will swiftly sign the bill.”
“In the nick of time, we are reauthorizing FISA right before it expires at midnight,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said when voting on final passage began 15 minutes before the deadline. “All day long, we persisted and we persisted in trying to reach a breakthrough and in the end, we have succeeded.”
Braves' Travis d'Arnaud hits first 3 HRs of season, including go
Survey Highlights Sources of Anxiety in Young Chinese
China National Botanical Garden Inaugurated in Beijing
Reading Becomes More Popular Among Chinese in 2021: Survey
French league delays PSG and Marseille games while both still in European competitions
Kunming Combines Jacaranda Scenery, Cultural Creativity to Boost Tourism
Governments Introduce Range of Measures to Support Child Care
China to Issue Commemorative Coins on Auspicious Culture
Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band co
Farmers Work in Sugar Cane Fields in Dahua Township, Guangxi
China strives to refuel economy with green hydrogen energy
SPP Launches Judicial Operation to Help Women in Need