Document · July 2023
Schumer–Rounds UAP Disclosure Act (UAPDA)
Also known as UAP Disclosure Act, UAPDA, Schumer-Rounds amendment, S.Amdt. 2610
The UAP Disclosure Act, introduced in July 2023 by Senators Chuck Schumer and Mike Rounds as an amendment to the FY2024 NDAA and modelled on the JFK Records Act, would have required the release of government UAP records under a presumption of disclosure.
It defined "non-human intelligence" as "any sentient intelligent non-human lifeform regardless of nature or ultimate origin that may be presumed responsible for unidentified anomalous phenomena or of which the Federal Government has become aware", and "technologies of unknown origin" as materials, debris and mechanisms of non-human origin. It would have created a presidentially appointed UAP Records Review Board to oversee declassification, and directed that "the Federal Government shall exercise eminent domain over any and all recovered technologies of unknown origin and biological evidence of non-human intelligence that may be controlled by private persons or entities."
The House stripped the review board and eminent-domain provisions; the enacted FY2024 NDAA kept only a narrower requirement for agencies to collect UAP records at the National Archives. The senators reintroduced the full text in July 2024.
Sources: UAP Disclosure Act text (2023)
Facts and claims
- documented Introduced in July 2023 by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Mike Rounds as an amendment to the FY2024 NDAA (S. 2226). Modelled on the JFK Records Act, it would have created a presidentially appointed UAP Records Review Board, used eminent domain to recover any “technologies of unknown origin and biological evidence of non-human intelligence” held privately, and set out “controlled disclosure”. Source: doc-uap-disclosure-act-2023.pdf
- documented The House stripped the review board and eminent-domain provisions. The enacted FY2024 NDAA kept a narrower requirement for agencies to collect UAP records at the National Archives. The senators reintroduced the full text in July 2024 (Congressional Record, July 11, 2024, S.Amdt. 2610). Source: congress.gov (archived)
Connected files
Concepts
- Non-human intelligence (defines)
Claims
- The U.S. holds recovered craft of non-human origin and runs a secret program to reverse-engineer them (comments on claim) — Gives “legacy program” a legal definition in proposed law; a definition, not proof that one exists
People
- Chuck Schumer (sponsored by)
- Mike Rounds (co-sponsored by)
- Karl Nell (cited in) — He counts the Schumer–Rounds UAP Disclosure Act among his evidence
Events
- FY2024 NDAA UAP records provisions (basis for) — The FY2024 NDAA kept a scaled-back version of the Act, without its review board or eminent-domain power
Organizations
- National Archives and Records Administration (led to) — The enacted FY2024 NDAA kept a narrower requirement to collect UAP records at the National Archives
Programs
- Legacy program (defines)
Videos
- The Sol Forum #1: Hal Puthoff, Jacques Vallée and Larry Lemke (discussed in)
- The Biblical Truth of UFOs & Angels (Ft. Karl Nell & Diana Pasulka) (discussed in)
- US fighter pilots witness UFO: Ryan Graves (American Alchemy, 2024) (discussed in)
- Joe Rogan Experience #2065 - David Grusch (discussed in)
- Joe Rogan Experience #2314: Hal Puthoff (discussed in)
Mentioned in videos
- Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth
- Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection
More documents
- House Oversight Task Force letter requesting UAP videos from the Department of War (31 March 2026)
- AARO Historical Record Report, Volume 1
- George Knapp, written testimony to the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, 9 September 2025
- Hearing transcript: Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection (Sept 9, 2025)
- Michael Shellenberger written testimony + appendices
- Hearing transcript: “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth”