1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Agency The term agency has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. (2) Covered court order The term covered court order means a court order obtained in accordance with rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and in connection with the investigation of an offense for which an order could be sought under section 2516 of title 18, United States Code. (3) Facial recognition technology The term facial recognition technology means technology that analyzes facial features and is used for the unique personal identification of individuals in still or video images. (4) Ongoing surveillance The term ongoing surveillance — (A) means the utilization of facial recognition technology to engage in a sustained effort to track the physical movements of an identified individual through 1 or more public places where such movements occur over a period of time greater than 72 hours, whether in real time or through application of such technology to historical records; and (B) does not include instances where facial recognition technology is utilized for a single identification or attempted identification of an individual, if no subsequent attempt is made to track that individual’s movement in real time or through the use of historical records after the individual has been identified. 3. Limitation on use of facial recognition technology (a) In general Subject to subsection (b), an officer or employee of an agency may not use facial recognition technology to engage in ongoing surveillance of an individual or group of individuals in a public space, unless— (1) the use of the facial recognition technology is in support of a law enforcement activity; and (2) (A) a covered court order has been obtained to allow the use of facial recognition technology for ongoing surveillance of the individual or group of individuals