The House passed a renewal of a key surveillance power Wednesday, a day before its statutory authority expires, sending it to a Senate that appears unlikely to pass that version of it.
The House, in a 235-191 vote that split members of both parties, approved legislation that would renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for three years and include new provisions to address privacy concerns some lawmakers have with the program.
The House attached language that also would prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency, a bill fueled by privacy concerns associated with the technology. That measure passed the House last year as its own bill and was added to the Section 702 reauthorization in an apparent bid to flip privacy-minded GOP holdouts.
