3.0.0 3284 2022-02-08T23:22:56Z 2022-02-08T23:22:56Z Senate S 2020-02-12 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-02-12T18:51:11Z 2020-02-12 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-02-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-02-12 True Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Computers and information technology Congressional operations and organization Congressional oversight Crimes against children Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Due process and equal protection First Amendment rights Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Human trafficking Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Legislative rules and procedure Missing persons Photography and imaging Public contracts and procurement Racial and ethnic relations Right of privacy State and local government operations Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2020-02-12 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-06T16:39:55Z Ethical Use of Facial Recognition Act

This bill prohibits any officer, employee, or contractor of a federal agency from engaging in specified activities with respect to facial recognition technology without a warrant until a congressional commission established by this bill recommends rules governing the use and limitations on both government and commercial use of such technology.

Specifically, it prohibits any such individual from setting up a camera to be used in connection with facial recognition technology, accessing or using information obtained from such technology, or importing such technology to identify an individual in the United States until Congress enacts legislation implementing the guidelines established by the commission.

The bill permits an aggrieved person to bring a civil action for injunctive or declaratory relief in the appropriate U.S. district court.

No federal funds may be used by a state or local government to invest in facial recognition software, purchase facial recognition technology services, or acquire images for use in facial recognition technology systems.]]>

Ethical Use of Facial Recognition Act Display Title Ethical Use of Facial Recognition Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Ethical Use of Facial Recognition Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to create a moratorium on the government use of facial recognition technology until a Commission recommends the appropriate guidelines and limitation for use of facial recognition technology. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3284is/xml/BILLS-116s3284is.xml 2020-02-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.