Federal · House Bill · 117th Congress, 2nd Session
HR—6609
H.R. 6609 — Facial Authorization Cannot be Enforced Act (FACE Act)
Status ● Failed Effective N/A Passage Likelihood N/A

WHAT THIS BILL REGULATES · 1 REQUIREMENT TYPE

S-02 PROHIBITED CONDUCT & OUTPUT RESTRICTIONS
1 OBLIGATION S-02.2

How Is This Bill Enforced

Enforcement Authority
No enforcement mechanism specified. The bill imposes a prohibition on the Secretary of the Treasury but does not designate an enforcement authority, penalty, or private right of action.
Private Right of Action
No private right of action. Enforcement is exclusive to the designated authority.
Penalties
No penalties, remedies, or damages provisions are specified in the bill.

What This Bill Requires

Verbatim statutory text on the left; plain-language analysis and a per-section checklist on the right. Numbered markers cross-link to the matching checklist row.

Statutory Text
Analysis & Obligations
Section 1
Short Title

This Act may be cited as the ''Facial Authorization Cannot be Enforced Act'' or the ''FACE Act''.

Establishes the short title of the bill as the Facial Authorization Cannot be Enforced Act or the FACE Act. This section creates no compliance obligation.

Section 2
Prohibition on Facial Recognition for Access to Internal Revenue Service Accounts
Government

1 The Secretary of the Treasury may not establish or maintain any verification process for access to an Internal Revenue Service online account using facial recognition technology.

Section 2 contains the bill's sole operative provision: a categorical prohibition on the Secretary of the Treasury establishing or maintaining any verification process for access to an IRS online account that uses facial recognition technology. The prohibition is absolute — it contains no exceptions, no safe harbors, and no sunset date. It targets the government agency directly rather than imposing obligations on private-sector AI developers or deployers.

Compliance actions 1 item
1
The Secretary of the Treasury must not establish or maintain any verification process for access to an IRS online account that uses facial recognition technology.
S-02.2

Passage Likelihood

Failed
Status Failed
Final action Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Legislative History

2022-02-04 Introduced in House
2022-02-04 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Sources

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Entry Last Reviewed

2026-05-15
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