To prohibit Federal funding from being used for the purchase or use of facial recognition technology, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-3875
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2019-07-22
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Photography and imaging
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for the purchase or use of facial recognition technology.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3875 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 22, 2019 Ms. Tlaib introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To prohibit Federal funding from being used for the purchase or use of facial recognition technology, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibiting Federal funding for facial recognition technology (a) In general No Federal funds may be used for the purchase or use of facial recognition technology. (b) Facial recognition technology defined In this Act, the term facial recognition technology means technology which facilitates or otherwise enables an automated or semi-automated process that assists in identifying an individual based on the physical characteristics of the individual’s face, or that logs characteristics of an individual’s face, head, or body to infer emotion, associations, activities, or the location of an individual. (c) Effective date This Act shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.