On Sept. 25 Congressman Greg Steube (R-FL) introduced the Facilitating Liberty and Accountability for Flock Observations (Flafo) Act which would require a warrant from a judge before federal agencies could buy, operate, access, or share data with license plate readers such as Flock Cameras. State and local law enforcement would also be forced to comply with these requirements or risk loss of federal grants. Flock’s 120,000 cameras operate in every state except Alaska.

In a statement Steube wrote, “Americans should not be tracked everywhere they drive without a warrant. The government has no business tracking law-abiding Americans.” There are two similar bill, one by Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) titled the Flock Off Act to “defund surveillance state cameras.” A third bill was introduced by Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Michael Cloud (R-TX) called the No Flock Act which is designed to stop abuse of the cameras.