US Surveillance Accountability Act proposes warrant requirement for biometric and ALPR searches

Representatives Massie and Boebert introduced H.R. 8470, requiring government agencies to obtain a warrant before searching facial recognition results, automated licence plate reader data, commercial data broker records, and cloud storage. The bill frames digital surveillance tools as subject to Fourth Amendment protections. Separately, Senators Lee and Wyden introduced the Government Surveillance Reform Act reauthorising FISA Section 702 with added warrant requirements through April 2030.

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