On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) raised concerns about the future of his legislation forcing the federal government to reveal its UFO-related information, signaling potential obstacles in Congress.
The Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Disclosure Act of 2023 faces an uncertain fate as negotiators attempt to reconcile the House and Senate’s differing versions within the ongoing National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference. Lawmakers aim to pass the defense policy bill before the end of the year.
Republicans in the House of Representatives are “trying to kill another common-sense bipartisan measure passed by the Senate that I proudly supported along with Senator Rounds as lead sponsor to increase transparency about what the government knows and doesn’t know about unidentified aerial phenomena,” Schumer said in remarks on the Senate floor.
“Unidentified aerial phenomena that have aroused intense curiosity among many Americans and the risk of confusion and misinformation is high if the government is unwilling to be transparent,” he continued.
“The measure I agreed with Sen. Rounds advocated would create a board, just as we did with the JFK assassination files, to work on declassifying many government documents on UAPs.
“This model has been a great success for decades. It must be reused with UAPs. But once again, Republicans in the House of Representatives are prepared to kill this bipartisan provision,” Schumer said.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling out Republicans in the House of Representatives who are trying to overturn the UAP Disclosure Act in the NDAA. @SenSchumer pic.twitter.com/LO9eeWA3vU
— UAP News (@HighPeaks77) December 4, 2023
