Introduced:
Feb 11, 2025
Policy Area:
Government Operations and Politics
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Cosponsors
1
Summaries
6
Subjects
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Latest Action
Feb 11, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Summaries (1)
Introduced in House
- Feb 11, 2025
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<p><strong>UAP Transparency Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the President to direct each federal agency to declassify all agency records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and make such records available on a public website of the agency. </p><p>UAP are (1) airborne objects not immediately identifiable, (2) submerged objects or devices not immediately identifiable and that display characteristics suggesting they may be related to such airborne objects, and (3) objects or devices not immediately identifiable and that are observed to transition between space and the atmosphere or between the atmosphere and bodies of water.</p>
Actions (3)
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H11100
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: Intro-H
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 1000
Feb 11, 2025
Subjects (6)
Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government Operations and Politics
(Policy Area)
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Spacecraft and satellites
Cosponsors (2)
(R-FL)
Mar 18, 2025
Mar 18, 2025
(D-FL)
Mar 18, 2025
Mar 18, 2025
Full Bill Text
Length: 2,191 characters
Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Feb 11, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 11, 2025 6:16 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1187 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1187
To require the release to the public of all documents, reports, and
other records relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena, and for
other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 11, 2025
Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To require the release to the public of all documents, reports, and
other records relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1187 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1187
To require the release to the public of all documents, reports, and
other records relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena, and for
other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 11, 2025
Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To require the release to the public of all documents, reports, and
other records relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena, 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.
This Act may be cited as the ``UAP Transparency Act''.
SEC. 2.
UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA.
(a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall direct the head of each
Federal department or agency in possession of documents, reports, or
other records relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena to
declassify and make available on a publicly available website of each
such department or agency all such documents, reports, or other
records.
(b) Report.--Not later than 360 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and quarterly thereafter, the President shall
transmit to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report detailing the progress
toward implementing subsection
(a) made by each Federal department and
agency.
(c) === Definition. ===
-In this section, the term ``unidentified anomalous
phenomena'' has the meaning given such term in
(a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall direct the head of each
Federal department or agency in possession of documents, reports, or
other records relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena to
declassify and make available on a publicly available website of each
such department or agency all such documents, reports, or other
records.
(b) Report.--Not later than 360 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and quarterly thereafter, the President shall
transmit to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report detailing the progress
toward implementing subsection
(a) made by each Federal department and
agency.
(c) === Definition. ===
-In this section, the term ``unidentified anomalous
phenomena'' has the meaning given such term in
section 1683 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C.
3373).
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3373).
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