In July 2023, following the Grusch congressional hearing, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) proposed a 64-page amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) — the most sweeping UAP transparency legislation ever introduced. THE UAP DISCLOSURE ACT 2023 PROPOSED: A Presidential Review Board (similar to the JFK Assassination Records Review Board) with authority to declassify UAP records across all agencies. Government assertion of ownership over all “recovered technologies of unknown origin and non-human intelligence” — meaning private contractors holding UAP materials could be compelled to surrender them. Mandatory public release of UAP records with a defined timeline. Whistleblower protections for UAP insiders. WHAT HAPPENED: The core provisions — particularly the Presidential Review Board and the government ownership clause — were stripped out in congressional conference negotiations. Liberation Times (December 2025) documented that McConnell’s Senate staff “played a central role in the derailment” of the legislation. WHAT SURVIVED: The 2024 NDAA included a requirement to establish a UAP records collection at the National Archives, with agencies directed to review and organize UAP records for public release. This provision is the foundation for the April 27, 2026 agency deadline in our active case. The 2025 NDAA and 2026 cycle have continued to push for the stripped provisions. The legislation battle represents the congressional counter-pressure against the AARO-as-honeypot architecture: an attempt to use statute to force declassification that the executive branch and contractor ecosystem has resisted.