House Rejects Bill to Extend Surveillance Power With FISA Section 702 Set to Expire NYT - Top Stories By: Robert Jimison and Dustin Volz 11 June 2026 at 20:31 A measure to temporarily continue a key surveillance law failed in the House, and members left for a weeklong recess, making an expiration all but inevitable. © Salwan Georges for The New York Times“We cannot allow that to go dark,” Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Wednesday as prospects for the law being renewed appeared increasingly grim.