Four Senate and House lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill that would reauthorize for four years the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s Section 702 provision and establish accountability measures and protections to prevent warrantless searches and other forms of surveillance abuse.

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mike Lee, R-Utah introduced the Government Surveillance Reform Act with Reps. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, and Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.

“Our bill continues to give government agencies broad authority to collect information on threats at home and abroad, including the ability to act quickly in emergencies and settle up with the court later. But it creates much stronger protections for the privacy of law-abiding Americans, and restores the warrant protections that are at the heart of the Fourth Amendment,” Wyden said in a statement published Tuesday.

The proposed Government Surveillance Reform Act would protect U.S. citizens from warrantless backdoor searches, limit the acquisition of information on Americans as part of large datasets and require warrants for government purchases of private data of Americans from private brokers and for surveillance of citizens’ web browsing, location data and search records.

The legislation would also prohibit the targeting of foreigners as a pretext for surveilling Americans and would include exceptions to ensure that the U.S. government can continue to use the Section 702 authority for defensive cybersecurity purposes.

The Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center, led by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, has opened a new quantum information science and technology facility in Illinois to facilitate QIS research collaboration among scientific communities, industries and start-ups.

The Quantum Garage is a 6,000 sq ft lab space featuring new large dilution refrigerators that host devices developed by the SQMS collaboration for performing quantum sensing, computation, metrology and communications, Fermilab said Monday.

The platforms include a commercial quantum processor; quantum memories and transducers based on novel technology approaches; quantum metrology tools for materials standards development; and quantum sensors for fundamental physics.

“The SQMS Quantum Garage will enable the scientific community, including start-ups, academia and industry to advance quantum technology and science, and break through the difficult technical barriers, with increased access to cutting-edge scientific tools and equipment,” said Geri Richmond, undersecretary for science and innovation.

Mitre has developed recommendations on refining cybersecurity regulations to secure the U.S. critical infrastructure sector in response to a request for information from the Office of the National Cyber Director.

The Center for Data-Driven Policy led a cross-analysis of the RFI’s posed questions to help the ONCD develop evidence-based, actionable plans to address obstacles to harmonizing critical infrastructure cybersecurity regulations, the non-profit research organization said Friday.

According to Mitre, refinements to existing cybersecurity regulations or new policies must not specify technical requirements or implementation details for critical infrastructure owners and operators to avoid complicating continuous regulation harmonization.

Instead, regulations or administration guidance must provide sector risk management agencies with additional direction on shifting their focus to strengthening the mechanisms needed by critical infrastructure owners and operators and the industry vendors that support them.