Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2025
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
Limits TSA's use of facial recognition at airports to identity verification, requires notice and affirmative consent, guarantees a non-biometric opt-out without penalty, and restricts retention and sharing of biometric data. It bans using the technology for broad surveillance or tracking.
Model-rated AI relevance 85%.
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Jeff MerkleyDemocratORData as of: bills Sep 9, 2026 · votes Sep 11, 2026 · statements Sep 9, 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.
Burlison would bar federal funds for AI-augmented license plate readers and biometric surveillance cameras to protect Fourth Amendment privacy rights.
Source ↗Hawley is investigating AI surveillance camera companies, arguing Congress never authorized these invasive AI-driven networks and that corporate self-policing is an inadequate safeguard.
Source ↗Foster would restore NCUA and FHFA authority over third-party tech vendors because AI makes cyberattacks on the financial system more sophisticated.
Source ↗Massie would bar federal funds for AI-augmented license plate readers and biometric surveillance cameras to stop a government surveillance state.
Source ↗Barrett's bipartisan Doctors Not AI Act would bar AI from making medical-necessity insurance denials and require disclosure of AI use.
Source ↗Landsman's Doctors Not AI Act would keep licensed clinicians, not algorithms, in charge of medical-necessity decisions with transparency for patients.
Source ↗Schrier's Doctors Not AI Act would require doctors rather than AI systems to make health coverage decisions, with oversight and disclosure.
Source ↗The Monopoly Busters Caucus chairs warn Big Tech is 'rushing out surveillance AI' with disregard for child safety and demand breaking up the monopolies and stopping personalized predation.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-09-09T02:09:45.522Z