HR 7307
116th Congress
House
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Foreign Advanced Technology Surveillance Accountability Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 24, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jun 24, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Foreign Advanced Technology Surveillance Accountability Act
This bill requires the Department of State to include information on the status of surveillance and use of advanced technology in each foreign country in its annual country reports on human rights practices.
Specifically, the State Department must include in such reports a description of each country's status of excessive surveillance and use of advanced technology (e.g., facial recognition or biometric data collection) to impose arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy or unlawful or unnecessary restrictions on freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, association, or other internationally recognized human rights.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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