U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10807: Get the Flock Out of Our Communities Act
Status: In committee, October 13, 2026
To prohibit the use of automated mass surveillance systems and associated components, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To prohibit the use of automated mass surveillance systems and associated components, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, October 13, 2026:
A BILL To prohibit the use of automated mass surveillance systems and associated components, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Get the Flock Out of Our Communities Act . SECTION 2. Prohibition on use of automated mass surveillance systems (a) Prohibition on use of Federal funds Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds made available before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act for any fiscal year or otherwise made available to any agency, State, or unit of local government may be obligated, expended, reprogrammed, or transferred to purchase, deploy, install, maintain, access, lease, or operate any automated mass surveillance system, including any of the following: (1) Automatic license plate reader or associated component. (2) Biometric surveillance system. (3) Facial recognition technology. (b) Prohibition on use of automated mass surveillance systems An agency, or employee or officer of an agency acting in an official capacity may not acquire, possess, access, solicit, or use in the United States-- (1) any automated mass surveillance system; or (2) information derived from an automated mass surveillance system. (c) Removal Each agency, State, or unit of local government that purchases, deploys, installs, maintains, leases or operates or is in the process of purchasing, deploying, installing, maintaining, leasing, or operating any …
Sponsors
- Rashida Tlaib (D, HD-MI-12) · primary sponsor
- Sylvia Garcia (D, HD-029)
- Summer Lee (D, HD-PA-12)
- Ilhan Omar (D, HD-005)
- Delia Ramirez (D, HD-003)
- Nydia Velazquez (D, HD-NY-7)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D, HD-012)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Common questions
- What is HB10807?
- HB10807 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Get the Flock Out of Our Communities Act.
- What does HB10807 do?
- In its own words: To prohibit the use of automated mass surveillance systems and associated components, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10807?
- In committee as of October 13, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (October 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10807?
- Rashida Tlaib (D, HD-MI-12), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB10807?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10807
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