FISA Act

Kill switch progress in the U.S. House
Most recently, on June 3, 2026, Rep. Michael Cloud with the help of the House Freedom Caucus ushered through an amendment to the 2027 THUD appropriations bill that substantially halts the kill switch. This Breitbart article tells the tale. The committee adopted the amendment 33 to 26. While this is the most progress we've made so far in halting this dangerous government spy system in every car, the Senate still needs to pass it. Also, an appropriations bill only lasts one year. This still doesn't remove Section 22420 from statute, which is a MUST long-term to protect us from the kill switch. 

Third shot
On April 27, 2026, Rep. Chip Roy saw the chance to repeal the kill switch in the re-authorization of FISA Act. This Daily Caller article gives the details. Roy tried to get it attahced in the Rules Committee package on the FISA bill, but it was ultmately ruled as not germane to the main bill. However, we agree with Roy that warrantless searches of Americans using FISA is nearly identical to the government spying on every driver in their vehicle -- both are in the name of security. 

Second shot
On January 22, 2026, Rep. Thomas Massie once again attempted to de-fund the kill switch in the 2026 THUD appropriations bill in the U.S. House. It was another monumental vote on whether or not to keep funding remote kill switch technology that allows the government to cut power to your car if it doesn't like how you're driving. Fifty-seven Republicans voted with Democrats to keep funding the Biden-era unconstitutional kill switch slated to start going into vehicles this year. Texas Congressman Chip Roy, got the amendment to de-fund the kill switch into the Rules Package on the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) funding bill Wednesday. When the amendment came to the House floor Thursday afternoon, it initially passed in a voice vote, but when a record vote was called, 57 Republicans betrayed their voters to defeat the amendment authored by Massie. 

We're headed in the wrong direction when even more Republicans are voting with Democrats to violate our constitutional rights to not spy on us WITHOUT A WARRANT! This was after TURF delivered a grassroots coalition letterin 2025 to every Republican on the House Subcommittee on Transportation & Infrastructure as well as every Texas Republican member of congress. We also provided them with a unanimous resolution from the Republcian Party of Texas asking congress to repeal the kill switch.