UAP Disclosure Act FY 25 – Full Text
AMENDMENT TO RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 118–36 OFFERED BY MR. ROBERT GARCIA OF CALIFORNIA
Subtitle D—Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure
AMENDMENT TO RULES COMMITTEE PRINT
118–36
OFFERED BY MR. ROBERT GARCIA OF
CALIFORNIA
Add at the end of title XVII the following:
1 Subtitle D—Unidentified
2 Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure
3 SEC. 1761. ESTABLISHMENT AND POWERS OF THE UNIDEN4 TIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA RECORDS
5 REVIEW BOARD.
6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established as an
7 independent agency a board to be known as the ‘‘Unidenti8 fied Anomalous Phenomena Records Review Board’’.
9 (b) APPOINTMENT.—
10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President, by and with
11 the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint,
12 without regard to political affiliation, 9 citizens of
13 the United States to serve as members of the Review
14 Board to ensure and facilitate the review, trans15 mission to the Archivist, and public disclosure of
16 government records relating to unidentified anoma17 lous phenomena.
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1 (2) PERIOD FOR NOMINATIONS.—(A) The
2 President shall make nominations to the Review
3 Board not later than 90 calendar days after the date
4 of the enactment of this Act.
5 (B) If the Senate votes not to confirm a nomi6 nation to the Review Board, the President shall
7 make an additional nomination not later than 30
8 days thereafter.
9 (3) CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—
10 (A) The President shall make nominations to the
11 Review Board after considering persons rec12 ommended by the following:
13 (i) The majority leader of the Senate.
14 (ii) The minority leader of the Senate.
15 (iii) The Speaker of the House of Rep16 resentatives.
17 (iv) The minority leader of the House of
18 Representatives.
19 (v) The Secretary of Defense.
20 (vi) The National Academy of Sciences.
21 (vii) The UAP Disclosure Foundation.
22 (viii) The American Historical Association.
23 (ix) Such other persons and organizations
24 as the President considers appropriate.
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1 (B) If an individual or organization described in
2 subparagraph (A) does not recommend at least 2
3 nominees meeting the qualifications stated in para4 graph (5) by the date that is 45 days after the date
5 of the enactment of this Act, the President shall
6 consider for nomination the persons recommended
7 by the other individuals and organizations described
8 in such subparagraph.
9 (C) The President may request an individual or
10 organization described in subparagraph (A) to sub11 mit additional nominations.
12 (4) QUALIFICATIONS.—Persons nominated to
13 the Review Board—
14 (A) shall be impartial citizens, none of
15 whom shall have had any previous or current
16 involvement with any legacy program or con17 trolling authority relating to the collection, ex18 ploitation, or reverse engineering of technologies
19 of unknown origin or the examination of bio20 logical evidence of living or deceased non21 human intelligence;
22 (B) shall be distinguished persons of high
23 national professional reputation in their respec24 tive fields who are capable of exercising the
25 independent and objective judgment necessary
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1 to the fulfillment of their role in ensuring and
2 facilitating the review, transmission to the pub3 lic, and public disclosure of records related to
4 the government’s understanding of, and activi5 ties associated with unidentified anomalous phe6 nomena, technologies of unknown origin, and
7 non-human intelligence and who possess an ap8 preciation of the value of such material to the
9 public, scholars, and government; and
10 (C) shall include at least—
11 (i) 1 current or former national secu12 rity official;
13 (ii) 1 current or former foreign service
14 official;
15 (iii) 1 scientist or engineer;
16 (iv) 1 economist;
17 (v) 1 professional historian; and
18 (vi) 1 sociologist.
19 (c) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—
20 (1) IN GENERAL.—All Review Board nominees
21 shall be granted the necessary security clearances
22 and accesses, including any and all relevant Presi23 dential, departmental, and agency special access pro24 grams, in an accelerated manner subject to the
25 standard procedures for granting such clearances.
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1 (2) QUALIFICATION FOR NOMINEES.—All nomi2 nees for appointment to the Review Board under
3 subsection (b) shall qualify for the necessary security
4 clearances and accesses prior to being considered for
5 confirmation by the Committee on Homeland Secu6 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
7 (d) CONFIRMATION HEARINGS.—
8 (1) HOLDING HEARINGS.—Unless the Senate
9 designates a different committee of jurisdiction, the
10 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
11 Affairs of the Senate shall hold confirmation hear12 ings, and do so within 30 days after the first date
13 in which the Senate is in session after the nomina14 tion of a minimum of 3 individuals for appointment
15 to the Review Board, including the Executive Direc16 tor established under section 1762(a).
17 (2) COMMITTEE VOTING.—Unless the Senate
18 designates a different committee of jurisdiction, the
19 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
20 Affairs of the Senate shall vote on the nominations,
21 and do so within 14 days after the first date on
22 which the Senate is in session after the confirmation
23 hearings, and shall report its results to the full Sen24 ate immediately.
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1 (3) SENATE VOTING.—The Senate shall vote on
2 each nominee to confirm or reject within 14 days
3 after the first date on which the Senate is in session
4 after reported by the Committee on Homeland Secu5 rity and Governmental Affairs or by a different com6 mittee as determined by the Senate.
7 (e) VACANCY.—A vacancy on the Review Board shall
8 be filled in the same manner as specified for original ap9 pointment within 30 days of the occurrence of the vacancy