What is the UAP Disclosure Act?

“The UAP Disclosure Act is the working name for a bipartisan amendment to the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act, introduced by Senator Chuck Schumer and Senator Mike Rounds, that would create a federal review board to declassify UAP records.”

The UAP Disclosure Act is the working name for the Schumer-Rounds amendment to the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Introduced in July 2023 by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD), the amendment was modeled on the 1992 President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act. It would have created an independent UAP Records Review Board with subpoena authority to declassify and release government UAP records, including any "non-human intelligence" or "technologies of unknown origin" material. The full amendment was substantially narrowed in House-Senate conference before passing as part of the FY2024 NDAA: the Review Board was stripped, but reporting requirements and protections for whistleblowers were retained. Schumer and Rounds reintroduced an expanded version in 2024. The PURSUE program at war.gov/UFO operates under the surviving statutory disclosure framework, including 50 U.S.C. § 3373.