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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 3782

Introduced

To prohibit the Federal Government from using facial recognition technology as a means of identity verification, and for other purposes.

Sponsor
RAndrew Ogles· Tennessee
Introduced
June 5, 2025
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.June 5, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3782 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3782

To prohibit the Federal Government from using facial recognition 
technology as a means of identity verification, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 5, 2025

Mr. Ogles introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To prohibit the Federal Government from using facial recognition 
technology as a means of identity verification, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USE OF FACIAL 
RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY.

(a) In General.--An agency of the Federal Government may not use 
facial recognition technology as a means of identity verification.
(b) Facial Recognition Technology Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``facial recognition technology'' means a contemporary security 
system that automatically identifies and verifies the identity of an 
individual from a digital image or video frame.
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