Federal agencies could not use facial recognition to confirm who someone is. They would need to use other ways to check identity, such as ID cards, passwords, or other approved methods. The bill has been introduced, but it has not become law.
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To prohibit the Federal Government from using facial recognition technology as a means of identity verification, and for other purposes. is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Latest action on H.R. 3782: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Who this affects: This bill mainly affects people who must prove their identity to federal agencies, and the agencies that run those checks. It could change how people access federal buildings, online services, secure systems, or government programs if those checks use face scans now or might use them later.
Why this matters: This bill matters because it could change how people prove who they are when dealing with the federal government. It would remove face scans from federal identity checks and push agencies toward other methods. That may reduce privacy and error concerns tied to facial recognition. But the bill text does not show how widely agencies use it now, so the size of the change is uncertain.
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