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US Law US House of Representatives, Rep. Tim Burchett

The UAP Transparency Act is introduced again (H.R. 1187)

On 11 February 2025, Representative Tim Burchett introduced H.R. 1187, the UAP Transparency Act, in the US House of Representatives during the 119th Congress, and the bill was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The bill would require the President, within 270 days of enactment, to direct the head of each federal department or agency holding records on unidentified anomalous phenomena to declassify them and publish them on a public website. It would also require the President to report on progress to House and Senate committees within 360 days and quarterly thereafter, and it adopts the definition of the term used in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.

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  • Mr. Burchett introduced the bill on February 11, 2025, and it was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (p. 1)
  • Within 270 days of enactment, the President would direct each federal department or agency holding UAP records to declassify them and make them available on a publicly available website (pp. 1-2)
  • The President would report progress to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs within 360 days and quarterly thereafter (p. 2)
  • The term "unidentified anomalous phenomena" takes its meaning from section 1683 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373) (p. 2)

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