,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #chge ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,july #bb1 #bjai,ms4 ,tlaib introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform ,a ,,bill ,to prohibit ,federal funding from being used for the purchase or use of facial recognition technology1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,prohibiting ,federal funding for facial recognition technology 7a7 ,in general ,no ,federal funds may be used for the purchase or use of facial recognition technology4 7b7 ,facial recognition technology defined ,in this ,act1 the term facial recognition technology means technology which facilitates or otherwise enables an automated or semi-automated process that assists in identifying an individual based on the physical characteristics of the individual's face1 or that logs characteristics of an individual's face1 head1 or body to infer emotion1 associations1 activities1 or the location of an individual4 7c7 ,effective date ,this ,act shall take effect on the date that is #cj days after the date of enactment of this ,act4