April 17 (UPI) -- Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives backed a temporary extension of a controversial clause of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act early on Friday.
The chamber passed a bill to extend the law on "warrantless surveillance" of foreign nationals through April 30 by unanimous consent in order to prevent it from expiring on Monday.
Members waived through the stopgap measure for Section 702 of FISA after two earlier votes to authorize the legislation for another five years or 18 months were defeated, with the support of some Republicans who wanted more privacy safeguards built into the law.
The bill still has to be adopted by the U.S. Senate when senators return to Capitol Hill on Monday.
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