Ban Flock Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10691 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10691 To prohibit the use of automatic license plate readers by the Federal Government without explicit statutory authorization, to withhold grants awarded by certain agencies from State and local governments that use automatic license plate readers, and to prohibit the use of Federal funds to purchase automatic license plate readers. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 1, 2026 Ms. Ocasio-Cortez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Education and Workforce, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the use of automatic license plate readers by the Federal Government without explicit statutory authorization, to withhold grants awarded by certain agencies from State and local governments that use automatic license plate readers, and to prohibit the use of Federal funds to purchase automatic license plate readers. 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 ``Ban Flock Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Automatic license plate reader.--The term ``automatic license plate reader'' means a system that-- (A) uses cameras, sensors, software, databases, or a combination of technologies to capture, record, analyze, and store vehicle license plate information;