Protect Our Civil Liberties Act

HR 4267, the "Protect Our Civil Liberties Act," repeals the USA PATRIOT Act and the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, requiring the destruction of surveillance data collected under these laws about U.S. persons not tied to active investigations. It mandates warrants based on probable cause for all surveillance targeting U.S. persons under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and prohibits government-mandated "backdoors" in encryption technology. The bill also establishes annual audits of intelligence compliance, protects whistleblowers reporting surveillance violations, and bans retaliation against employees disclosing waste or safety risks within intelligence agencies. These changes directly affect U.S. persons whose data was previously collected under repealed surveillance laws and intelligence agencies operating under FISA.