Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2026
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
Judging by its title, this bill puts a moratorium on facial recognition and biometric technology. Only the title was provided, so its exact scope is unknown.
Model-rated AI relevance 80%: Facial recognition is an AI-driven surveillance technology, and that is the bill's central subject. (claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026)
Sponsored by
Pramila JayapalDemocratWAData as of: bills Oct 22, 2026 · votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026. What changed
Progress
Introduced
Sep 24, 2026
Reported by committee
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became law
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Latest action · September 24, 2026
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
What members said
Releases that cite this bill first, then releases on the same topics.
Tlaib introduces a bill to ban federal funding for AI-enabled mass surveillance and facial recognition technologies like Flock cameras.
Source ↗Cortez Masto and Horsford call for worker privacy protections against the sale of employee data to Google for training AI, warning de-identification safeguards may be insufficient.
Source ↗Murray and Wyden criticized the Trump administration's AI-driven Medicare prior authorization pilot for denying seniors care and called for it to end.
Source ↗Reed is seeking legislation to ban AI-enabled personalized price discrimination against consumers.
Source ↗Horsford urges enforceable privacy safeguards before employee data can be sold to train AI systems.
Source ↗Merkley co-introduced the Ban Flock Act to prohibit government use of AI-powered license plate surveillance cameras.
Source ↗Sanders introduced the Ban Flock Act to ban AI-powered surveillance cameras tracking Americans without consent.
Source ↗Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, and Merkley introduce the Ban Flock Act to prohibit government use of AI-powered surveillance cameras like license plate readers.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-10-22T14:48:01.167Z