UAP Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8424 Introduced in House (IH)] DOC 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8424 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 May 16, 2024 Mr. Burchett (for himself, Mr. Moskowitz, Mrs. Luna, and Mr. Burlison) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability _______________________________________________________________________ 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. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``UAP Transparency Act''. SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO 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 section 1683 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373). all