Fourth Amendment Restoration and Protection Act of 2026

The Fourth Amendment Restoration and Protection Act of 2026 restricts how U.S. intelligence agencies can surveil and use information about American citizens. It prohibits officials from conducting electronic surveillance, physical searches, or data collection specifically targeting United States persons under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Executive Order 12333. Additionally, the bill bans government agencies from using search terms related to Americans to query intelligence databases and generally forbids using such collected information as evidence against those individuals in legal proceedings. The only exception allows an American citizen who was surveilled to use that same information in their own defense during a criminal, civil, or administrative case.