H.R. 3693

Summary

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, was introduced in the House on Jun 3, 2025 by Rep. Andrew Ogles (R). It was referred to Oversight And Government Reform, and last saw action on Jun 3, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Record

Text

H.R. 3693 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 3693 IH: 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.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-06-03
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 3693  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    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.
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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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.

Sponsors

Rep. Andrew Ogles (R) sponsors H.R. 3693 alone.

Andrew Ogles

Rep. · R–TN-5 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 3693 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform

Oversight and Government Reform

Referred To · Jun 3, 2025 · 696 Bills

Actions

H.R. 3693 has taken 2 actions since Jun 3, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 3693 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 3693 goes by 2 titles.

• 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. — Official Title as Introduced
• 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. — Display Title

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3693 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3693’s is Government Operations and Politics.

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