Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2025
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
Limits TSA's use of facial recognition to identity verification at airports and requires notice and passenger consent. It also restricts tracking, data sharing, and how long data is stored.
Model-rated AI relevance 60%: Facial recognition is an AI-related biometric technology. (claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026)
Sponsored by
Jeff MerkleyDemocratORData as of: bills Oct 22, 2026 · votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026. What changed
Progress
Introduced
May 8, 2025
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 · May 8, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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 ↗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 ↗Rep. Jayapal proposes requiring AI companies to obtain a federal charter with strict safety mandates and accountability before harm occurs.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-10-22T14:48:01.167Z