[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 26, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3687]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1067. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10___. NOTIFICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF FACIAL 
                   RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY IN AIRPORTS.

       (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Transportation 
     Security Administration shall, at each airport where the 
     Transportation Security Administration provides the screening 
     of passengers, notify such passengers of the option to refuse 
     to be identified through the use of facial recognition 
     technology or facial matching software in such airport.
       (b) Sign Requirements.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall use 
     available funds to post at each location specified in 
     paragraph (2)(C) a sign that reads as follows: 
     ``Identification Choices: Passengers have two options for 
     matching their face to their ID. The first option is to hand 
     your ID to the TSA agent who will compare it to your face. 
     The second option is completely voluntary and uses facial 
     recognition software, which will take a photo of you to match 
     your identity with your ID.''.
       (2) Sign specifications.--
       (A) Accessibility.--A sign posted in accordance with 
     paragraph (1) shall be--
       (i) printed in a large, easy to read font; and
       (ii) accessible to individuals with visual disabilities.
       (B) Printing specifications.--For each sign posted in 
     accordance with paragraph (1), the words ``completely 
     voluntary'' shall be printed in bold type.
       (C) Location specification.--For each checkpoint or kiosk 
     of an airport where the Transportation Security 
     Administration screens passengers through the use of facial 
     recognition technology or facial matching software, the 
     locations specified in this subparagraph are the following:
       (i) A location that is visible from the security line and 
     is not fewer than 10 feet and not more than 20 feet from the 
     checkpoint or kiosk.
       (ii) The checkpoint or kiosk.
       (iii) Directly under any camera that is used for facial 
     recognition or facial matching.
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