Congress is out of session until Monday, November 9 for the midterm campaign. No new roll-call votes until then; the last were the House on Sep 16 and the Senate on Sep 30.

Stories / Issue · Sep 25 – Sep 30, 2026

Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act

Four Democrats and one Republican introduced or reintroduced bills this week restricting government use of facial recognition and biometric surveillance technology. Rep. Merkley, Markey, Tlaib, and Jayapal reintroduced broader legislation banning federal use of these technologies. Rep. Pressley reintroduced a similar bill, while Rep. Stutzman introduced legislation specifically prohibiting federal fingerprinting databases from Flock cameras.

AI summary of the releases below · Oct 6, 2026

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6Members · 5 D · 1 R
3Actions · 2 D · 1 R
5States & territories · MA · IN · OR · MI lead
0Bills named

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
Action typeThu24Fri251Sat26Sun27Mon281Tue29Wed301Total
Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed 3

Where they stand

Support · 3

  • DPressley MAReintroduced legislation to halt government facial recognition use
  • DMerkley ORReintroduced bill to halt government use of facial recognition
  • DMarkey MAReintroduced bill to halt government use of facial recognition

Oppose · 3

  • RStutzman INIntroduced bill to prohibit federal vehicle fingerprinting databases
  • DTlaib MIReintroduced bill to ban government use of facial recognition and biometric technology
  • DJayapal WAOpposes government use of facial recognition and biometric technology

What each party did · Democrats 2 · Republicans 1

  • 2Filed or pushed bills1

Most active

  1. RStutzman IN1
  2. DPressley MA1
  3. DMerkley OR1
  4. DMarkey MA1
  5. DTlaib MI1
  6. DJayapal WA1

By state

  • MA2
  • IN1
  • OR1
  • MI1
  • WA1

Every action

3 actions · 6 releases
  1. Sep 30, 2026
    • Bill

      RStutzman IN

      Introduced bill prohibiting federal vehicle fingerprinting databases from Flock cameras.

      Release ↗

  2. Sep 28, 2026
    • Bill

      DPressley MA

      Reintroduced bill to ban government use of facial recognition and biometric surveillance technology.

      Release ↗

  3. Sep 25, 2026

Summaries, action types, amounts and positions are read from each press release by AI and can be wrong. Joint releases (same day, same action, matching title or amount) count once. How it works