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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 11, 2025
UAP Transparency Act
This bill requires the President to direct each federal agency to declassify all agency records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and make such records available on a public website of the agency.
UAP are (1) airborne objects not immediately identifiable, (2) submerged objects or devices not immediately identifiable and that display characteristics suggesting they may be related to such airborne objects, and (3) objects or devices not immediately identifiable and that are observed to transition between space and the atmosphere or between the atmosphere and bodies of water.
People & committees
Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] · R–TN
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-11 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed UAP Transparency Act would require the President to direct federal departments and agencies to declassify all records they hold about unidentified anomalous phenomena and post them on their public websites. It would also require recurring reports to Congress on each department’s and agency’s progress in carrying out that requirement.
This Act may be cited as the UAP Transparency Act.
the President shall direct the head of each Federal department or agency in possession of documents, reports, or other records relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena to declassify and make available on a publicly available website of each such department or agency all such documents, reports, or other records.
the President shall transmit to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report detailing the progress toward implementing subsection (a) made by each Federal department and agency.
Within 270 days after enactment, the President would have to direct every federal department or agency holding covered records to remove their classified status and publish them on its public website. This deadline applies to the President’s direction; the provision does not separately set a deadline for agencies to complete disclosure or state any disclosure exceptions.
(a) In general Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall direct the head of each Federal department or agency in possession of documents, reports, or other records relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena to declassify and make available on a publicly available website of each such department or agency all such documents, reports, or other records.
The President would have to submit the first implementation report within 360 days after enactment and report quarterly afterward, with no end date stated. Reports would describe each federal department’s and agency’s progress and go to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
(b) Report Not later than 360 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and quarterly thereafter, the President shall transmit to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report detailing the progress toward implementing subsection (a) made by each Federal department and agency.
The proposal would use the definition of “unidentified anomalous phenomena” from section 1683 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. It does not reproduce that definition.
(c) Definition In this section, the term unidentified anomalous phenomena has the meaning given such term in section 1683 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373).
The supplied action snapshot, updated June 13, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 11, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-06-13T18:50:13Z. 2025-02-11: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 2025-02-11: Introduced in House
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