Realigning Mobile Phone Biometrics for American Privacy Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7124 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7124

  To prohibit the use of facial recognition mobile phone applications 
            outside ports of entry, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2026

Mr. Thompson of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. Correa, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. 
    Clarke of New York, Ms. Meng, and Mr. Espaillat) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                                Security

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the use of facial recognition mobile phone applications 
            outside ports of entry, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Realigning Mobile Phone Biometrics 
for American Privacy Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION MOBILE PHONE 
              APPLICATIONS OUTSIDE PORTS OF ENTRY.

    Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop standards and 
guidelines for the Department of Homeland Security and its components--
            (1) prohibiting the use of the Mobile Fortify Mobile 
        Application, Mobile Identify Mobile Application, or successor 
        applications, except for identification purposes at ports of 
        entry;
            (2) prohibiting the Department and its components from 
        sharing the Mobile Fortify Mobile Application, Mobile Identify 
        Mobile Application, or successor applications with any other 
        Federal agency or any State, local, Tribal, or territorial 
        agency;
            (3) requiring--
                    (A) the removal of the Mobile Fortify Mobile 
                Application, Mobile Identify Mobile Application, or any 
                successor applications from Department and component 
                information technology, except as necessary for 
                identification purposes at ports of entry, in 
                accordance with paragraph (1); and
                    (B) the Department to remotely render inoperable 
                any such applications downloaded on non-Department 
                information technology;
            (4) except as provided in paragraph (5), requiring the 
        immediate destruction of any image, photograph, or fingerprint 
        of any United States citizen captured through the use of the 
        Mobile Fortify Mobile Application, Mobile Identify Mobile 
        Application, any successor applications before such standards 
        and guidelines are implemented, wherever such image, 
        photograph, or fingerprint may be stored; and
            (5) requiring the destruction of any image, photograph, or 
        fingerprint of a United States citizen captured through the use 
        of the Mobile Fortify Mobile Application, Mobile Identify 
        Mobile Application, or successor applications for 
        identification purposes at ports of entry pursuant to paragraph 
        (1) not later than 12 hours after such image, photograph, or 
        fingerprint is captured.
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