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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3909 

To require Federal law enforcement officers, including contract employees, 

and members of the armed forces engaged in crowd control, riot control, 

or arrest or detainment of individuals engaged in civil disobedience, 

demonstrations, protests, or riots to visibly display identifying information. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 8, 2020 

Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. 

SANDERS, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. REED, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. WARREN, 

Mr. UDALL, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MERKLEY, and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require Federal law enforcement officers, including contract employees, and members of the armed forces engaged in crowd control, riot control, or arrest or detainment of individuals engaged in civil disobedience, demonstrations, protests, or riots to visibly display identifying information. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement 

3 Identification Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FOR FEDERAL LAW EN5 FORCEMENT OFFICERS, INCLUDING CON6 TRACT EMPLOYEES, AND MEMBERS OF THE 

7 ARMED FORCES ENGAGED IN CROWD CON8 TROL, RIOT CONTROL, OR ARREST OR DE9 TAINMENT. 

10 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

11 (1) the term ‘‘Federal law enforcement officer’’ 

12 means— 

13 (A) an employee or officer in a position in 

14 the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of 

15 the Federal Government who is authorized by 

16 law to engage in or supervise a law enforcement 

17 function; or 

18 (B) an employee or officer of a contractor 

19 or subcontractor (at any tier) of an agency in 

20 the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of 

21 the Federal Government who is authorized by 

22 law or under the contract with the agency to 

23 engage in or supervise a law enforcement func24 tion; 

25 (2) the term ‘‘law enforcement function’’ means 

26 the prevention, detection, or investigation of, or the 


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1 prosecution or incarceration of any person for, any 

2 violation of law; and 

3 (3) the term ‘‘member of an armed force’’ 

4 means a member of any of the armed forces, as de5 fined in section 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States 

6 Code, or a member of the National Guard, as de7 fined in section 101(3) of title 32, United States 

8 Code. 

9 (b) REQUIREMENT.—Each Federal law enforcement 

10 officer or member of an armed force who is engaged in 

11 any form of crowd control, riot control, or arrest or detain12 ment of individuals engaged in an act of civil disobedience, 

13 demonstration, protest, or riot in the United States shall 

14 at all times display identifying information in a clearly 

15 visible fashion, which shall include the Federal agency, 

16 last name, and badge number of the Federal law enforce17 ment officer or the armed force, last name, and rank of 

18 the member of an armed force, respectively. 

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