Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
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Long titleAn Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)NDAA
Enacted bythe 118th United States Congress
Citations
Public lawPub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 118–31 (text) (PDF)
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House as H.R. 2670 by Mike Rogers (RAL) on April 18, 2023
  • Committee consideration by House Armed Services
  • Passed the House on July 14, 2023 (219–210)
  • Passed the Senate on July 27, 2023 (with an amendment by unanimous consent)
  • Reported by the joint conference committee on December 6, 2023; agreed to by the Senate on December 13, 2023 (87-13) and by the House on December 14, 2023 (310-118)
  • Signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 22, 2023

The Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act (UAPDA) was a series of bipartisan bills passed by the United States Congress and signed into law on December 22, 2023. The law mandated the National Archives and Records Administration assemble a UAP Collection of unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) data.[1][2][3] The UAPDA was introduced as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Barnes NY Times UAPDA 2023-07-13 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Vincent UAPDA Defense Scoop 2023-07-25 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Feiritear Sunday World UAPDA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).