# 119-hr-10606: FLAFO Act

119-hr-10606, FLAFO Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-07).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10606
- Congress: 119
- Title: FLAFO Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-07

## Summary

**Limits federal use of automated license plate readers**. This bill would prohibit federal agencies from buying, leasing, operating, or accessing certain networked ALPR systems and generally require a warrant for access, with narrow emergency and national security exceptions. - Limits federal agencies from buying, leasing, operating, or accessing covered ALPR systems. A warrant is required to access networked vehicle-location data except to find a missing person, respond to an imminent life‑threatening emergency, or in investigations linked to terrorism or espionage. - Exempts specific national security and border roles for the United States Secret Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Energy when performing listed security, border, or facility protection duties. Those agencies may share information with each other for those activities. - Penalizes operators who knowingly give federal agencies improper access with up to 5 years in prison and civil fines up to $100,000. The bill also creates a private right of action for people harmed by violations, allowing damages and injunctive relief. - Conditions Department of Justice funding on states, localities, and tribes adopting substantially similar ALPR limits and requires annual certification by the Attorney General that they comply.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] (R-FL), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Limits on federal license-plate tracking: benefit, high. This bill would bar Federal agencies from buying, leasing, operating, accessing, requesting, or sharing data from covered automated license-plate reader systems. A covered system is one that stores or searches vehicle-location data across networks, across jurisdictions, or uses AI to track vehicles…
- Penalties for license-plate system operators: benefit, high. This bill would create federal criminal and civil penalties for people or companies that operate covered license-plate reader systems and knowingly give Federal agencies access or data except as allowed. Operators in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce could face up to 5 years in prison, fi…
- Security and border agency exceptions: mixed, high. This bill would exempt certain national security and border activities from the federal ban. The Secret Service would be exempt when doing protective duties under its law. Customs and Border Protection would be exempt for border security, immigration or customs enforcement, ports of entry or checkp…
- DOJ grants require license-plate rules: mixed, medium. This bill would make Department of Justice federal grants conditional on state, local, and tribal agencies putting in place rules substantially similar to this Act. A State, unit of local government, or Indian Tribe would need to adopt and implement those requirements to get DOJ funds. The Attorney…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
- 119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2395: SHORT Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-10606 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10606)

## Related
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-687)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6766)
- [119-hr-2395: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2395)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10606 (as of 2026-10-07).