Representatives Massie and Boebert introduced the Surveillance Accountability Act today, legislation that would require federal agencies to obtain warrants before purchasing personal data from brokers—closing a legal loophole that currently allows government surveillance without judicial oversight. The bill would also prohibit warrantless facial recognition and AI biometric surveillance in public spaces, giving citizens legal recourse if rights are violated. This addresses a genuine practice where courts have upheld government purchases of location, financial, and metadata from private companies even though the same data gathering directly would require a warrant. The constitutional question of whether this practice violates the Fourth Amendment remains contested in courts, though privacy advocates argue the existing third-party doctrine loophole undermines amendment protections.