Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer has represented New York in the United States Senate since 1999 and became Majority Leader in January 2021.1 He co-authored the Schumer-Rounds UAP disclosure amendment SAE 4975, framing unidentified anomalous phenomena as a records-management issue akin to the JFK Act.2
Legislative career and committees
Schumer chaired the Senate Rules Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee before rising to party leader. As a long-time member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence he sponsored multiple reforms after the 9/11 Commission, giving him leverage during final NDAA negotiations.3
UAP disclosure initiative
Invoking the public's "right to know," Schumer argued that government archives on non-human technology should default to release absent clear national-security harm. His amendment ultimately evolved into Subtitle C (Sections 1841-1843) of Public Law 118-31, establishing Record Group 615 at the National Archives and imposing declassification deadlines.24