Sponsored by Jerry Moran (R)
Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act
Extends foreign surveillance authority through 2029 and bars Federal Reserve from issuing digital currency.
Tradeoff
Reauthorizes FISA Section 702 surveillance of non-US persons abroad, adding monthly civil liberties reviews and attorney approval requirements for FBI queries. Blocks the Federal Reserve from offering banking services or digital currency directly to individuals.
What's in it
The number on this bill, S 1318, started out as a different bill: the Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act. That entire text was removed and replaced with the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act, which is the text that was voted on. The official record still files it under the original name.
The Senate passed this bill's original text — the Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act — in Nov 2025, before the text was replaced. That vote was not a vote on the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act.
Costs $5 million over 10 years (2025-2035), subject to .
This $5 million funds a 10-year grant program administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission to help nonprofit organizations identify and correct misidentified religious markers for Jewish service members in overseas military cemeteries.
The House passed this 235-191 on April 29, 2026, after substituting the text of the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act for the bill's original title. The Senate rejected a on June 5, 2026, by a vote of 47-52.
Senate
Introduced as the Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
Introduced(Apr 7, 2025)
Senate
Committee on Veterans' Affairs(Apr 7, 2025)
Senate
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs voted to send it to the floor
Reported(Jul 30, 2025)
Committee report S. Rept. 119-89.
Senate
Passage of the original text — the Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
Passed by (Nov 20, 2025)
No member objected, and no individual votes were recorded
House
Received from the Senate
Received(Nov 20, 2025)
House · Text replaced
Struck the entire original text and substituted the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act
(Apr 29, 2026)
House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #142 · Apr 29, 2026)
235 yeanay 191Senate
On the
Motion to Proceed to the House Message to Accompany S. 1318
Motion to Proceed Rejected(Roll #164 · Jun 5, 2026)
47 yeanay 52Where it stands
The two chambers have not passed the same text of S 1318
Both chambers must pass identical text before a bill can become law
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- David McCormick (R-PA)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Jon Husted (R-OH)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
Passage votes so far· Apr 29, 2026· 119th Congress · 2025–2027