S.Amdt. 1067

SA 1067. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert
the following:

SEC. 10___. NOTIFICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF FACIAL
RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY IN AIRPORTS.

(a) In General.--The Administrator of the Transportation
Security Administration shall, at each airport where the
Transportation Security Administration provides the screening
of passengers, notify such passengers of the option to refuse
to be identified through the use of facial recognition
technology or facial matching software in such airport.
(b) Sign Requirements.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall use
available funds to post at each location specified in
paragraph (2)(C) a sign that reads as follows:
``Identification Choices: Passengers have two options for
matching their face to their ID. The first option is to hand
your ID to the TSA agent who will compare it to your face.
The second option is completely voluntary and uses facial
recognition software, which will take a photo of you to match
your identity with your ID.''.
(2) Sign specifications.--
(A) Accessibility.--A sign posted in accordance with
paragraph (1) shall be--
(i) printed in a large, easy to read font; and
(ii) accessible to individuals with visual disabilities.
(B) Printing specifications.--For each sign posted in
accordance with paragraph (1), the words ``completely
voluntary'' shall be printed in bold type.
(C) Location specification.--For each checkpoint or kiosk
of an airport where the Transportation Security
Administration screens passengers through the use of facial
recognition technology or facial matching software, the
locations specified in this subparagraph are the following:
(i) A location that is visible from the security line and
is not fewer than 10 feet and not more than 20 feet from the
checkpoint or kiosk.
(ii) The checkpoint or kiosk.
(iii) Directly under any camera that is used for facial
recognition or facial matching.
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