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Foreign Advanced Technology Surveillance Accountability Act

Introduced: June 24, 2020 Introduced by: Curtis, John R. Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jun 24, 2020
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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 June 24, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7307: Foreign Advanced Technology Surveillance Accountability Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7307/
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"H.R. 7307: Foreign Advanced Technology Surveillance Accountability Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7307/.
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H.R. 7307, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7307/.
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