[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3875 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3875

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2019

  Ms. Tlaib introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


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