Kirsten Gillibrand

Section C · Formal political actors · 1966–

Kirsten Gillibrand

US Senator (D-NY) · Senate Armed Services Committee

United States Congress · Public domain

Biography

The principal legislative architect of the U.S. government's UAP infrastructure. Through National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) amendments she drove the creation of the office that became AARO (All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office), with a mandate for mandatory reporting, funding and a secure whistleblower mechanism. She is the Senate's most sustained force to institutionalize investigation of the phenomenon beyond stigma.

Why they're here · 2 pieces

  1. 2021

    Enmienda NDAA — oficina UAP

    Statutorily established the precursor office to AARO and mandatory reporting

  2. 2023

    Transparencia / financiamiento AARO

    Sustained AARO funding and transparency demands on the intelligence community

Sources

Associated cases (1)

United States.

UAP Disclosure Act 2025 (S.Amdt.3111)· 2023–26

Senate amendment S.Amdt.3111 to NDAA S.2296 (FY 2026), reintroduced in 2025 as continuation of the UAP Disclosure Act that Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had first introduced in 2023. Co-introduced by Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), co-sponsored by Marco Rubio (R-FL), Todd Young (R-IN) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM). Modeled on the 1992 JFK Assassination Records Collection Act: establishes a 9-citizen presidentially appointed Records Review Board with mandate to identify, review and declassify UAP records in federal custody. Status as of June 2026: two key provisions were removed in legislative negotiation ('gutted'), including the eminent-domain language over UAP material in private hands. One of the three formal demands from the June 9, 2026 Capitol press conference [[capitol-press-conference-2026]] is passage of the full Act.

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