The Schumer-Rounds Amendment

Senator Mike Rounds co-sponsored the UAP Disclosure Act amendment with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, providing crucial Republican support for the most ambitious UAP transparency legislation in U.S. history. The Schumer-Rounds amendment would have established an independent review board to declassify UAP records and facilitate the transfer of recovered non-human materials to government custody.

Rounds has spoken publicly about the seriousness of UAP as a national security issue and his belief that the public deserves access to information their government has been collecting for decades.

Bipartisan Significance

The Schumer-Rounds pairing — a senior Democrat and a conservative Republican — was strategically significant, signalling that UAP disclosure has bipartisan support at the Senate leadership level. While the amendment was weakened in conference, Rounds has continued to advocate for transparency and has stated his intention to reintroduce stronger legislation.