Section C · Formal political actors · 1950–
Chuck Schumer
US Senator (D-NY) · Senate Majority Leader
U.S. Senate · Public domain
Biography
Co-author —with Republican Senator Mike Rounds— of the UAP Disclosure Act of 2023, modeled on the JFK Records Act: it proposed an independent Review Board to declassify records and a government 'eminent domain' mechanism over non-human-origin material and technology held by private parties. That the Senate Majority Leader put his political capital behind disclosure raised the issue's institutional status.
Documents
UAP Disclosure Act 2025 (S.Amdt.3111)
Amendment S.Amdt.3111 to the NDAA S.2296 (fiscal year 2026), reintroduced in 2025 by Senators Chuck Schumer, Mike Rounds and Kirsten Gillibrand, cosponsored by Marco Rubio, Todd Young and Martin Heinrich, as a continuation of the UAP Disclosure Act first filed in 2023. Modeled on the 1992 JFK Assassination Records Collection Act, it creates a Records Review Board of nine presidentially appointed citizens to identify, review and declassify UAP records held by federal agencies. The 2023 version included an eminent domain clause over UAP material in private hands, removed in conference with the House; the 2025 version modified that language. It is primary legislative text, but pending legislation: not evidence of the phenomenon nor an actual disclosure.
Why they're here · 1 pieces
- 2023
UAP Disclosure Act of 2023
Co-author of the most ambitious disclosure bill (Review Board + eminent domain)
Sources
- UAP Disclosure Act of 2023 (Schumer–Rounds), Congreso de EE.UU.
- Congress.gov — S.Amdt.3111 to S.2296 (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act of 2025) — Primary legislative text, official source.
- Senator Schumer — Press release: 'Schumer, Rounds Introduce New Legislation to Declassify Government Records Related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena' (jul 2023) — Statement by the majority leader with the original introductory text.
Contributes a theoretical framework, with no specific case in the archive.
Biography summarized from public sources, classified by section (A-F).