To prohibit the Federal Government from establishing or maintaining a database that contains data collected through, or facilitates, the biometric identity verification of a citizen of the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 119-hr-3693
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
Introduced: 2025-06-03
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2025-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3693 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 3, 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 establishing or maintaining a database that contains data collected through, or facilitates, the biometric identity verification of a citizen of the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibition on certain Federal Government databases (a) In general An agency of the Federal Government may not establish or maintain a database that contains data collected through, or facilitates, the biometric identity verification of a citizen of the United States. (b) Biometric identity verification defined In this section, the term biometric identity verification means the automated recognition of an individual based on the biological or behavioral characteristics of such individual from which distinguishing, repeatable biometric features are extracted, including fingerprints, iris patterns, or facial features.