House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Surveillance Accountability Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to ensure that all searches that significantly impinge on the privacy or security of a person require a warrant based on probable cause, to provide a right of action for violations of Fourth Amendment rights, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Massie R-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 23, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 23, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8470.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MASSIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 72, April 23, 2026, Page H3092):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8470, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8470
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Massie.
- H.R. 2267 (119th) NICS Data Reporting Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1399 (119th) Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual…
- H.Con.Res. 38 (119th) Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized…
- H.R. 645 (119th) National Constitutional Carry Act
- H.Res. 581 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 185) to advance responsible policies.
- H.R. 4700 (119th) PRIME Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.