UPDATE 1-Congress poised to extend domestic surveillance law by four months

Congress is preparing to extend the domestic surveillance authority that allows law enforcement to spy on Americans without a warrant by another four months, giving lawmakers more time to either reform or keep the disputed program. The extension of the surveillance provision – known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) – was tucked into the 2,353rd page of the more than 3,000-page National Defense Authorization Act, a must-pass piece of legislation lawmakers hope to send to President Joe Biden's desk before the end of the year. The delay follows more than a decade of debate over post-Sept. 11, 2001, surveillance powers that allow domestic law enforcement to scan the vast mountains of data gathered by U.S. foreign surveillance apparatus without warrants.