US Congress House Bill 7307 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 24 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-24 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of State to include information on the status of surveillance and use of advanced technology in each foreign country in its annual country reports on human rights practices. Specifically, the State Department must include in such reports a description of each country's status of excessive surveillance and use of advanced technology (e.g., facial recognition or biometric data collection) to impose arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy or unlawful or unnecessary restrictions on freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, association, or other internationally recognized human rights.

Foreign Advanced Technology Surveillance Accountability Act

Rep. John Curtis [R-UT]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]
Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2020-06-24	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7307/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7307/BILLS-116hr7307ih.pdf