The House on Thursday voted down an amendment that would have gutted a key counter-terrorism tool used by the nation’s intelligence agencies, paving the way for likely House passage of a bill to keep that authority intact.

In a narrow 183-233 vote, lawmakers struck down an amendment by Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., to implement significant restrictions on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows intelligence officials to spy on communications of non-citizens outside the United States.