Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
Latest action (Jun 5, 2026) — to consideration of the House message to accompany S. 1318 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 164.
This bill is not what it was
It passed the Senate as Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act. The House then appears to have struck its text and put different legislation in its place. The text that came back is Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act. The bill number did not change, so the committee report, the sponsor and the record of who backed it all still refer to the original.
The heading at the top of this page still shows the old name. That isn't our mistake — it's the title the official record still displays for this bill.
Replacing a bill's text this way is legal and common enough to have a name — a legislative vehicle. We flag it because nothing in the official record does.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Apr 29, 2026Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act and the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act
This bill reauthorizes Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) until April 30, 2029, and expands protections related to surveillance under Section 702 of FISA. It also prohibits a Federal Reserve bank from offering financial products or services directly to an individual, maintaining an account on behalf of an individual, or issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Section 702 of FISA concerns acquiring communications of non-U.S. persons believed to be outside the United States to obtain foreign intelligence information. Information about U.S. persons may incidentally be acquired by this type of surveillance and subsequently queried (searched) under certain circumstances.
Changes to Section 702 include requiring monthly reviews by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) for each U.S. person query conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). ODNI must refer queries that do not comply with established standards, as well as possible abuses of civil liberties or privacy, to the Office of the Intelligence Community Inspector General.
The bill institutes criminal penalties for (1) those who knowingly and willingly falsify or materially misrepresent complying with querying procedures, and (2) FBI personnel who knowingly and willingly violate procedures related to U.S. person queries.
FBI supervisors may no longer approve U.S. person queries; only certain FBI attorneys may do so.
The Federal Reserve System's Board of Governors may not use a CBDC to implement monetary policy or test, study, create, or implement a CBDC, with certain exceptions.
Face Value
as reported to the SenateHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.
Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out
What Congress did
2 recordeddecisive vote
House · Apr 29, 2026
Whether the bill passes the House. This is the vote most people mean.
On the decisive vote
Senate · Jun 5, 2026
Whether to start debating it at all. Not a vote on the bill itself.
Discussion
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