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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7711 

To require the display of certain identification for certain law enforcement 

officers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 21, 2020 

Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. TLAIB, 

Mr. HUFFMAN, and Ms. OMAR) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require the display of certain identification for certain 

law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Badge Transparency 

5 Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REQUIRING FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI7 CERS TO DISPLAY CERTAIN IDENTIFICATION. 

8 (a) IDENTIFICATION OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE9 MENT OFFICERS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

2 the date of the enactment of this section the head 

3 of each Federal law enforcement agency shall imple4 ment a policy requiring that a Federal law enforce5 ment officer (in uniform or plain clothes), employed 

6 by a Federal law enforcement agency, make visible 

7 the following identification while on-duty or serving 

8 the public as a Federal law enforcement officer: 

9 (A) The first and last name of such Fed10 eral law enforcement officer. 

11 (B) The name of the Federal law enforce12 ment agency the Federal law enforcement offi13 cer is employed. 

14 (C) A badge number or other identification 

15 number from the Federal law enforcement 

16 agency employing such Federal law enforcement 

17 officer pursuant to subparagraph (B). 

18 (2) ENFORCEMENT.—Not later than 90 days 

19 after the date of the enactment of this section the 

20 head of each Federal law enforcement agency shall 

21 implement a policy with respect to the enforcement 

22 of the policy under subsection (a). 

23 (3) DATA COLLECTION ON COMPLIANCE.—Be24 ginning not later than 90 days after the date of the 

25 enactment of this section, the head of each Federal 


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1 law enforcement agency shall collect and submit to 

2 the Attorney General, on an annual basis, a report 

3 on the— 

4 (A) number of instances in which a Fed5 eral law enforcement officer did not comply 

6 with the requirement under subsection (a); and 

7 (B) Federal law enforcement agency that 

8 has employed such officer. 

9 (b) POLICY REQUIREMENT FOR STATE AND LOCAL

10 LAW ENFORCEMENT.—Beginning in the first fiscal year 

11 that begins after the date of the enactment of this section, 

12 to be eligible to receive funds under subpart 1 of part E 

13 of title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

14 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) and part Q of title 

15 I of such Act (34 U.S.C. 10381 et seq.), a State or unit 

16 of local government shall have in place a law or policy sub17 stantially similar to the policy under subsection (a) and 

18 shall be in substantial compliance with such law or policy. 

19 (c) INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT.—The Inspec20 tor General of the Department of Justice shall conduct 

21 audits to ensure compliance with the policy and data col22 lection requirements pursuant to subsection (a), and shall, 

23 on an annual basis, report the findings of such audits to 

24 the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Rep25 resentatives and of the Senate. 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 (a) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The 

3 term ‘‘Federal law enforcement officer’’— 

4 (1) means a Federal employee— 

5 (A) who has statutory authority to make 

6 arrests or apprehensions; 

7 (B) who is authorized by the Federal law 

8 enforcement agency of the employee to carry 

9 firearms; and 

10 (C) whose duties are primarily— 

11 (i) engagement in or supervision of 

12 the prevention, detection, investigation, or 

13 prosecution of, or the incarceration of any 

14 person for, any violation of law; or 

15 (ii) the protection of Federal, State, 

16 local, or foreign government officials 

17 against threats to personal safety; and 

18 (2) includes a law enforcement officer employed 

19 by the Amtrak Police Department or Federal Re20 serve. 

21 (b) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The 

22 term ‘‘Federal law enforcement agency’’ means any agen23 cy of the United States authorized to engage in or super24 vise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution 

25 of any violation of Federal criminal law. 


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1 (c) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning 

2 given such term in section 901 of the Omnibus Crime Con3 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251). 

4 (d) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘unit 

5 of local government’’ has the meaning given such term in 

6 section 901 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

7 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251). 

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