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HR 4021 116th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Government information and archives Photography and imaging Right of privacy

FACE Protection Act of 2019

Introduced: July 25, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Jul 25, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Jul 25, 2019
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Facial, Analysis, Comparison, and Evaluation Protection Act of 2019 or the FACE Protection Act of 2019

This bill prohibits a federal agency from applying facial recognition technology to any photo identification issued by a state or the federal government or any other photograph in the possession of a state or the federal government unless the agency has obtained a federal court order determining that there is probable cause for the application of such technology.

Any information obtained using facial recognition technology under a federal court order may not be shared with any other federal agency or entity that has not been granted permission for such use by a federal court order.

What's happening now July 25, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Jan 24, 2020
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Dec 11, 2019
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 25, 2019
SERRANO, JOSE
· Jul 25, 2019
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jul 25, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4021: FACE Protection Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4021/
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"H.R. 4021: FACE Protection Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4021/.
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H.R. 4021, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4021/.
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[H.R. 4021: FACE Protection Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4021/)
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