Filing origin
H.R.1187, titled the UAP Transparency Act, was introduced on 2025-02-11 by Representative Tim Burchett and listed as referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform the same day.1
The introduced text record confirms a single official version requiring agencies to make UAP-related documents and records available publicly, anchored to the bill title filed in the 119th Congress, 1st Session.2
Official statement history
The Congressional Record history index for H.R.1187 shows the official filing entry credited to Mr. Burchett and a cosponsors-added action logged under House action references.3
Congress.gov records two cosponsors added on 2025-03-18: Rep. Jared Moskowitz and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna.4
The House Oversight Committee posted an official hearing release announcing a September 9, 2025 hearing on transparency and whistleblower protection, then followed it with an official wrap-up release summarizing witness testimony and key findings.56
Hearing/tracking chronology
- 2025-02-11 — Bill introduced and referred to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.1
- 2025-03-18 — Two cosponsors were added to H.R.1187.4
- 2025-09-03 — Oversight committee released a hearing announcement for “Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection.”5
- 2025-09-09 — Hearing occurred at 10:00 AM in HVC-210 under the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets.7
- 2026-02-19 (through end of February 2026) — No new committee, floor, or amendment activity is shown in the bill’s congressional action feed beyond the initial referral state.289
Committee referrals, all-actions state, amendments, and text references
No alternate committee or Senate committee referral is listed for H.R.1187; the committee table shows only House Oversight and Government Reform.10
The all-actions record captures two entries: introduction and referral to Oversight, with the tracker status reported as Introduced and no subsequent floor milestones reached.8
The amendments index shows zero listed amendments.11
Text publication is available in XML/HTML, TXT, and PDF forms for the introduced bill language only, with no additional versions listed.2
References
- Congress.gov bill overview
- Congress.gov all actions
- Congress.gov text
- Congress.gov committees
- Congress.gov cosponsors
- Congress.gov amendments
- Congress.gov history
- Hearing announcement — Oversight press release
- Hearing page
- Hearing wrap-up