The Senate passed a spy law bill on April 17, extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
The law grants the government authority for warrantless surveillance.
Lawmakers approved the House version by a voice vote, which extends it to April 30. This came after negotiations and disputes over how to protect civil liberties.
The vote comes hours after the House of Representatives passed the bill in the early hours of April 17. The previous authorization would have expired on April 20.
President Donald Trump voiced support for the bill, calling on Republicans to rally behind a clean extension of the law.
Trump said that he had personally experienced what he called the “worst and most illegal abuse of FISA in our Nation’s History,” in reference to disclosures that revealed the FBI had used Section 702 of FISA to spy on his 2016 presidential campaign as part of the Crossfire Hurricane operation….