[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3693 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3693

 To prohibit the Federal Government from establishing or maintaining a 
  database that contains data collected through, or facilitates, the 
biometric identity verification of a citizen of the United States, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2025

  Mr. Ogles introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Federal Government from establishing or maintaining a 
  database that contains data collected through, or facilitates, the 
biometric identity verification of a citizen of the United States, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DATABASES.

    (a) In General.--An agency of the Federal Government may not 
establish or maintain a database that contains data collected through, 
or facilitates, the biometric identity verification of a citizen of the 
United States.
    (b) Biometric Identity Verification Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``biometric identity verification'' means the automated 
recognition of an individual based on the biological or behavioral 
characteristics of such individual from which distinguishing, 
repeatable biometric features are extracted, including fingerprints, 
iris patterns, or facial features.
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