Senator Mike Rounds, who supports the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act (UAPDA), recently gave an in-depth interview to Ross Coulthart of NewsNation. Rounds serves on five key Senate committees, including Appropriations, Armed Services, and Intelligence—putting him at the center of national security and classified defense matters. In the interview, Rounds discussed renewed efforts to pass the UAPDA as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), after it was blocked in previous years.

“I’ve been informed that Senator Schumer would like to partner once again and that we would offer it again this year in the National Defense Authorization Act, which we’ll begin working on here in the next few weeks. The answer is yes, we intend to move forward once again,” Rounds confirmed.

The UAPDA proposes a presidentially appointed commission to oversee the declassification of materials related to UFOs, or what the government now calls UAPs—Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. When asked why the bill includes the phrase “non-human intelligence,” Rounds was direct.

“Our intent was to make sure that there wasn’t an assumption by folks who were following it that we were trying to hide anything,” he said. “Let’s just say, ‘look, if there’s any of that out there, then let’s disclose it.’”