S1691-119

In Committee

Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced May 8, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Immigration, Civil Rights.

Who Benefits and How

transportation operators and travelers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2025.
  • Section idf1f6b316de4e4d5c83d0aa758b8be629: 2. Limitation on use of facial recognition technology Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Immigration, Civil Rights

Primary Purpose

This bill, Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Policy Domains

Transportation Immigration Civil Rights

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • transportation operators and travelers
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transportation operators and travelers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • transportation operators and travelers
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federal implementing agencies:
transportation operators and travelers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 8, 2025

Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Markey, Mr. Marshall, …

May 8, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …

May 8, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Immigration Civil Rights
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"identity verification" §idf1f6b316de4e4d5c83d0aa758b8be629

the confirmation of the identity of a passenger before admittance to the sterile area of the airport.(J)PassengerThe term passenger means an individual who is not an employee or contractor of the Administration.(K)Screening location

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