,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #djba ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,july #be1 #bjai,mr4 ,engel 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 and ,mr4 ,serrano7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform ,a ,,bill ,to prohibit a ,federal agency from using a facial recognition technology without a ,federal court order1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,facial1 ,analysis1 ,comparison1 and ,evaluation ,protection ,act of #bjai or the ,,face ,protection ,act of #bjai4 #b4 ,facial recognition technology 7a7 ,restriction ,a ,federal agency may not apply facial recognition technology to any photo identification issued by a ,state or the ,federal ,government or any other photograph otherwise in the possession of a ,state or the ,federal ,government unless the agency has obtained a ,federal court order determining that there is probable cause for the application of such technology4 7b7 ,prohibition on sharing information ,any information obtained using facial recognition technology under a ,federal court order may not be shared with any other ,federal agency or entity that has not been granted permission for such use by a ,federal court order4 7c7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,facial recognition ,the term facial recognition means an automated or semi-automated process that assists in identifying or verifying an individual based on the physical characteristics of an individual's face geometry4 7#b7 ,facial recognition technology ,the term facial recognition technology means any computer software or application that performs facial recognition4 7#c7 ,federal agency ,the term ,federal agency has the meaning given that term in section #ajb of title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code4 7#d7 ,state ,the term ,state means each of the several ,states1 the ,district of ,columbia1 each commonwealth1 territory or possession of the ,united ,states1 and each federally recognized ,indian ,tribe4