Bill
United States: Foreign Advanced Technology Surveillance Accountability Act
Foreign Advanced Technology Surveillance Accountability Act This bill requires the Department of State to include information on the status of surveillance and use of advanced technology in each foreign country in its annual country reports on human rights practices. Specifically, the State Department must describe in such reports the status of excessive surveillance and the use of advanced technology (e.g., facial recognition or biometric data collection) to impose (1) arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy; or (2) unlawful or unnecessary restrictions on freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, association, or other internationally recognized human rights.
- In force
- Not yet reviewed
- English
Details
Identity
- Title
- Foreign Advanced Technology Surveillance Accountability Act
- Original title
- Not recorded
- Instrument ID
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us-117-hr-2075 - Type
- Bill
- Status
- In force
Jurisdiction and publisher
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Publisher
- Not recorded
- Language
- English
Dates and versions
- Date
- March 19, 2021
- Versions
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- Introduced · March 19, 2021
Classification
- Policy areas
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- International Affairs
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Congressional oversight
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Due process and equal protection
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Human rights
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- International law and treaties
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- News media and reporting
- Racial and ethnic relations
Source
- Retrieved
- August 29, 2026
- License
- Unknown. Follow the publisher’s terms.
- Access note
- Not recorded