Realigning Mobile Phone Biometrics for American Privacy Protection Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced
Summary
Would bar two DHS facial-recognition mobile apps from use outside ports of entry. It would limit those apps to identification at ports of entry, force the Department of Homeland Security to set rules quickly, stop sharing, remove and remotely disable the apps, and require prompt destruction of U.S. citizens' biometric images.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Limits DHS mobile biometric apps
This bill would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue standards within 30 days of enactment. The rules would limit the Mobile Fortify and Mobile Identify apps (and successors) to identification at ports of entry only. DHS would be barred from sharing those apps with any federal, State, local, Tribal, or territorial agency. DHS would remove the apps from its systems except for ports-of-entry use and would remotely disable copies on non-DHS devices. The bill would require immediate deletion of any photo, image, or fingerprint of a U.S. citizen taken by these apps before the new rules take effect. Images taken for ports-of-entry ID would have to be deleted within 12 hours of capture.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
MS • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Roll Call Votes
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