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S 5544 119th Congress Senate

A bill to prohibit biometric surveillance by the Federal Government without explicit statutory authorization and to withhold certain Federal public safety grants from State and local governments that…

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A bill to prohibit biometric surveillance by the Federal Government without explicit statutory authorization and to withhold certain Federal public safety grants from State and local governments that engage in biometric surveillance.

Introduced: September 24, 2026 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Sep 24, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 24, 2026
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5544: A bill to prohibit biometric surveillance by the Federal Government without explicit statutory authorization and to withhold certain Federal public safety grants from State and local governments that engage in biometric surveillance.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5544/
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"S. 5544: A bill to prohibit biometric surveillance by the Federal Government without explicit statutory authorization and to withhold certain Federal public safety grants from State and local governments that engage in biometric surveillance.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5544/.
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S. 5544, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5544/.
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[S. 5544: A bill to prohibit biometric surveillance by the Federal Government without explicit statutory authorization and to withhold certain Federal public safety grants from State and local governments that engage in biometric surveillance.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5544/)
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