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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1163 

To require Federal law enforcement officers to wear body cameras, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 18, 2021 

Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mr. BEYER) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require Federal law enforcement officers to wear body 

cameras, 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 ‘‘Federal Police Camera 

5 and Accountability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

7 OFFICERS REGARDING THE USE OF BODY 

8 CAMERAS. 

9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means any in2 dividual under 18 years of age. 

3 (2) SUBJECT OF THE VIDEO FOOTAGE.—The 

4 term ‘‘subject of the video footage’’— 

5 (A) means any identifiable Federal law en6 forcement officer or any identifiable suspect, 

7 victim, detainee, conversant, injured party, or 

8 other similarly situated person who appears on 

9 the body camera recording; and 

10 (B) does not include people who only inci11 dentally appear on the recording. 

12 (3) VIDEO FOOTAGE.—The term ‘‘video foot13 age’’ means any images or audio recorded by a body 

14 camera. 

15 (4) FACIAL RECOGNITION OR OTHER BIOMET16 RIC SURVEILLANCE.—The term ‘‘facial recognition 

17 or other biometric surveillance’’ means an automated 

18 or semiautomated process that captures or analyzes 

19 biometric data of an individual to identify or assist 

20 in identifying an individual or an automated or 

21 semiautomated process that generates, or assists in 

22 generating, surveillance information about an indi23 vidual based on biometric data. 

24 (b) REQUIREMENT TO WEAR BODY CAMERA.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Federal law enforcement of2 ficers shall wear a body camera. 

3 (2) REQUIREMENT FOR BODY CAMERA.—A 

4 body camera required under paragraph (1) shall— 

5 (A) have a field of view at least as broad 

6 as the officer’s vision; and 

7 (B) be worn in a manner that maximizes 

8 the camera’s ability to capture video footage of 

9 the officer’s activities. 

10 (c) REQUIREMENT TO ACTIVATE.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Both the video and audio re12 cording functions of the body camera shall be acti13 vated whenever a Federal law enforcement officer is 

14 responding to a call for service or at the initiation 

15 of any other law enforcement or investigative stop 

16 (as such term is defined in section 3) between a 

17 Federal law enforcement officer and a member of 

18 the public, except that when an immediate threat to 

19 the officer’s life or safety makes activating the cam20 era impossible or dangerous, the officer shall acti21 vate the camera at the first reasonable opportunity 

22 to do so. 

23 (2) ALLOWABLE DEACTIVATION.—The body 

24 camera shall not be deactivated until the stop has 


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1 fully concluded and the Federal law enforcement of2 ficer leaves the scene. 

3 (d) NOTIFICATION OF SUBJECT OF RECORDING.—A 

4 Federal law enforcement officer who is wearing a body 

5 camera shall notify any subject of the recording that he 

6 or she is being recorded by a body camera as close to the 

7 inception of the stop as is reasonably possible. 

8 (e) REQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding subsection 

9 (c), the following shall apply to the use of a body camera: 

10 (1) Prior to entering a private residence with11 out a warrant or in non-exigent circumstances, a 

12 Federal law enforcement officer shall ask the occu13 pant if the occupant wants the officer to discontinue 

14 use of the officer’s body camera. If the occupant re15 sponds affirmatively, the Federal law enforcement 

16 officer shall immediately discontinue use of the body 

17 camera. 

18 (2) When interacting with an apparent crime 

19 victim, a Federal law enforcement officer shall, as 

20 soon as practicable, ask the apparent crime victim if 

21 the apparent crime victim wants the officer to dis22 continue use of the officer’s body camera. If the ap23 parent crime victim responds affirmatively, the Fed24 eral law enforcement officer shall immediately dis25 continue use of the body camera. 


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1 (3) When interacting with a person seeking to 

2 anonymously report a crime or assist in an ongoing 

3 law enforcement investigation, a Federal law en4 forcement officer shall, as soon as practicable, ask 

5 the person seeking to remain anonymous, if the per6 son seeking to remain anonymous wants the officer 

7 to discontinue use of the officer’s body camera. If 

8 the person seeking to remain anonymous responds 

9 affirmatively, the Federal law enforcement officer 

10 shall immediately discontinue use of the body cam11 era. 

12 (f) RECORDING OF OFFERS TO DISCONTINUE USE

13 OF BODY CAMERA.—Each offer of a Federal law enforce14 ment officer to discontinue the use of a body camera made 

15 pursuant to subsection (e), and the responses thereto, 

16 shall be recorded by the body camera prior to dis17 continuing use of the body camera. 

18 (g) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF BODY CAMERA.—Body 

19 cameras shall not be used to gather intelligence informa20 tion based on First Amendment protected speech, associa21 tions, or religion, or to record activity that is unrelated 

22 to a response to a call for service or a law enforcement 

23 or investigative stop between a law enforcement officer 

24 and a member of the public, and shall not be equipped 


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1 with or employ any facial recognition or other biometric 

2 surveillance technologies. 

3 (h) EXCEPTIONS.—Federal law enforcement offi4 cers— 

5 (1) shall not be required to use body cameras 

6 during investigative or enforcement stops with the 

7 public in the case that— 

8 (A) recording would risk the safety of a 

9 confidential informant, citizen informant, or un10 dercover officer; 

11 (B) recording would pose a serious risk to 

12 national security; or 

13 (C) the officer is a military police officer, 

14 a member of the United States Army Criminal 

15 Investigation Command, or a protective detail 

16 assigned to a Federal or foreign official while 

17 performing his or her duties; and 

18 (2) shall not activate a body camera while on 

19 the grounds of any public, private, or parochial ele20 mentary or secondary school, except when respond21 ing to an imminent threat to life or health. 

22 (i) RETENTION OF FOOTAGE.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Body camera video footage 

24 shall be retained by the law enforcement agency that 

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1 age, or an authorized agent thereof, for 6 months 

2 after the date it was recorded, after which time such 

3 footage shall be permanently deleted. 

4 (2) RIGHT TO INSPECT.—During the 6-month 

5 retention period described in paragraph (1), the fol6 lowing persons shall have the right to inspect the 

7 body camera footage: 

8 (A) Any person who is a subject of body 

9 camera video footage, and their designated legal 

10 counsel. 

11 (B) A parent or legal guardian of a minor 

12 subject of body camera video footage, and their 

13 designated legal counsel. 

14 (C) The spouse, next of kin, or legally au15 thorized designee of a deceased subject of body 

16 camera video footage, and their designated legal 

17 counsel. 

18 (D) A Federal law enforcement officer 

19 whose body camera recorded the video footage, 

20 and their designated legal counsel, subject to 

21 the limitations and restrictions in this part. 

22 (E) The superior officer of a Federal law 

23 enforcement officer whose body camera re24 corded the video footage, subject to the limita25 tions and restrictions in this part. 


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1 (F) Any defense counsel who claims, pur2 suant to a written affidavit, to have a reason3 able basis for believing a video may contain evi4 dence that exculpates a client. 

5 (3) LIMITATION.—The right to inspect subject 

6 to subsection (j)(1) shall not include the right to 

7 possess a copy of the body camera video footage, un8 less the release of the body camera footage is other9 wise authorized by this part or by another applicable 

10 law. When a body camera fails to capture some or 

11 all of the audio or video of an incident due to mal12 function, displacement of camera, or any other 

13 cause, any audio or video footage that is captured 

14 shall be treated the same as any other body camera 

15 audio or video footage under this Act. 

16 (j) ADDITIONAL RETENTION REQUIREMENTS.—Not17 withstanding the retention and deletion requirements in 

18 subsection (i), the following shall apply to body camera 

19 video footage under this Act: 

20 (1) Body camera video footage shall be auto21 matically retained for not less than 3 years if the 

22 video footage captures an interaction or event involv23 ing— 

24 (A) any use of force; or 


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1 (B) a stop about which a complaint has 

2 been registered by a subject of the video foot3 age. 

4 (2) Body camera video footage shall be retained 

5 for not less than 3 years if a longer retention period 

6 is voluntarily requested by— 

7 (A) the Federal law enforcement officer 

8 whose body camera recorded the video footage, 

9 if that officer reasonably asserts the video foot10 age has evidentiary or exculpatory value in an 

11 ongoing investigation; 

12 (B) any Federal law enforcement officer 

13 who is a subject of the video footage, if that of14 ficer reasonably asserts the video footage has 

15 evidentiary or exculpatory value; 

16 (C) any superior officer of a Federal law 

17 enforcement officer whose body camera re18 corded the video footage or who is a subject of 

19 the video footage, if that superior officer rea20 sonably asserts the video footage has evi21 dentiary or exculpatory value; 

22 (D) any Federal law enforcement officer, if 

23 the video footage is being retained solely and 

24 exclusively for police training purposes; 


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1 (E) any member of the public who is a 

2 subject of the video footage; 

3 (F) any parent or legal guardian of a 

4 minor who is a subject of the video footage; or 

5 (G) a deceased subject’s spouse, next of 

6 kin, or legally authorized designee. 

7 (k) PUBLIC REVIEW.—For purposes of subpara8 graphs (E), (F), and (G) of subsection (j)(2), any member 

9 of the public who is a subject of video footage, the parent 

10 or legal guardian of a minor who is a subject of the video 

11 footage, or a deceased subject’s next of kin or legally au12 thorized designee, shall be permitted to review the specific 

13 video footage in question in order to make a determination 

14 as to whether they will voluntarily request it be subjected 

15 to a minimum 3-year retention period. 

16 (l) DISCLOSURE.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para18 graph (2), all video footage of an interaction or 

19 event captured by a body camera, if that interaction 

20 or event is identified with reasonable specificity and 

21 requested by a member of the public, shall be pro22 vided to the person or entity making the request in 

23 accordance with the procedures for requesting and 

24 providing government records set forth in the section 

25 552a of title 5, United States Code. 


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1 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—The following categories of 

2 video footage shall not be released to the public in 

3 the absence of express written permission from the 

4 non-law enforcement subjects of the video footage: 

5 (A) Video footage not subject to a min6 imum 3-year retention period pursuant to sub7 section (j). 

8 (B) Video footage that is subject to a min9 imum 3-year retention period solely and exclu10 sively pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) or (2) of 

11 subsection (j). 

12 (3) PRIORITY OF REQUESTS.—Notwithstanding 

13 any time periods established for acknowledging and 

14 responding to records requests in section 552a of 

15 title 5, United States Code, responses to requests for 

16 video footage that is subject to a minimum 3-year 

17 retention period pursuant to subsection (j)(1)(A), 

18 where a subject of the video footage is recorded 

19 being killed, shot by a firearm, or grievously injured, 

20 shall be prioritized and, if approved, the requested 

21 video footage shall be provided as expeditiously as 

22 possible, but in no circumstances later than 5 days 

23 following receipt of the request. 

24 (4) USE OF REDACTION TECHNOLOGY.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Whenever doing so is 

2 necessary to protect personal privacy, the right 

3 to a fair trial, the identity of a confidential 

4 source or crime victim, or the life or physical 

5 safety of any person appearing in video footage, 

6 redaction technology may be used to obscure 

7 the face and other personally identifying char8 acteristics of that person, including the tone of 

9 the person’s voice, provided the redaction does 

10 not interfere with a viewer’s ability to fully, 

11 completely, and accurately comprehend the 

12 events captured on the video footage. 

13 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—The following re14 quirements shall apply to redactions under sub15 paragraph (A): 

16 (i) When redaction is performed on 

17 video footage pursuant to this paragraph, 

18 an unedited, original version of the video 

19 footage shall be retained pursuant to the 

20 requirements of subsections (i) and (j). 

21 (ii) Except pursuant to the rules for 

22 the redaction of video footage set forth in 

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1 ing a reduction of the video footage’s reso2 lution, shall be permitted. 

3 (m) PROHIBITED WITHHOLDING OF FOOTAGE.— 

4 Body camera video footage may not be withheld from the 

5 public on the basis that it is an investigatory record or 

6 was compiled for law enforcement purposes where any per7 son under investigation or whose conduct is under review 

8 is a police officer or other law enforcement employee and 

9 the video footage relates to that person’s conduct in their 

10 official capacity. 

11 (n) ADMISSIBILITY.—Any video footage retained be12 yond 6 months solely and exclusively pursuant to sub13 section (j)(2)(D) shall not be admissible as evidence in any 

14 criminal or civil legal or administrative proceeding. 

15 (o) CONFIDENTIALITY.—No government agency or 

16 official, or law enforcement agency, officer, or official may 

17 publicly disclose, release, or share body camera video foot18 age unless— 

19 (1) doing so is expressly authorized pursuant to 

20 this Act or another applicable law; or 

21 (2) the video footage is subject to public release 

22 pursuant to subsection (l), and not exempted from 

23 public release pursuant to subsection (l)(1). 

24 (p) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

25 OFFICER VIEWING OF BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE.—No 


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1 Federal law enforcement officer shall review or receive an 

2 accounting of any body camera video footage that is sub3 ject to a minimum 3-year retention period pursuant to 

4 subsection (j)(1) prior to completing any required initial 

5 reports, statements, and interviews regarding the recorded 

6 event, unless doing so is necessary, while in the field, to 

7 address an immediate threat to life or safety. 

8 (q) ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS.—Video footage may 

9 not be— 

10 (1) in the case of footage that is not subject to 

11 a minimum 3-year retention period, viewed by any 

12 superior officer of a Federal law enforcement officer 

13 whose body camera recorded the footage absent a 

14 specific allegation of misconduct; or 

15 (2) divulged or used by any law enforcement 

16 agency for any commercial or other non-law enforce17 ment purpose. 

18 (r) THIRD-PARTY MAINTENANCE OF FOOTAGE.— 

19 Where a law enforcement agency authorizes a third party 

20 to act as its agent in maintaining body camera footage, 

21 the agent shall not be permitted to independently access, 

22 view, or alter any video footage, except to delete videos 

23 as required by law or agency retention policies. 

24 (s) ENFORCEMENT.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—If any Federal law enforce2 ment officer, or any employee or agent of a Federal 

3 law enforcement agency fails to adhere to the re4 cording or retention requirements contained in this 

5 Act, intentionally interferes with a body camera’s 

6 ability to accurately capture video footage, or other7 wise manipulates the video footage captured by a 

8 body camera during or after its operation— 

9 (A) appropriate disciplinary action shall be 

10 taken against the individual officer, employee, 

11 or agent; 

12 (B) a rebuttable evidentiary presumption 

13 shall be adopted in favor of a criminal defend14 ant who reasonably asserts that exculpatory evi15 dence was destroyed or not captured; and 

16 (C) a rebuttable evidentiary presumption 

17 shall be adopted on behalf of a civil plaintiff 

18 suing the Government, a Federal law enforce19 ment agency, or a Federal law enforcement offi20 cer for damages based on misconduct who rea21 sonably asserts that evidence supporting their 

22 claim was destroyed or not captured. 

23 (2) PROOF COMPLIANCE WAS IMPOSSIBLE.— 

24 The disciplinary action requirement and rebuttable 

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1 overcome by contrary evidence or proof of exigent 

2 circumstances that made compliance impossible. 

3 (t) USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATIONS.—In the case 

4 that a Federal law enforcement officer equipped with a 

5 body camera is involved in, a witness to, or within viewable 

6 sight range of either the use of force by another law en7 forcement officer that results in a death, the use of force 

8 by another law enforcement officer, during which the dis9 charge of a firearm results in an injury, or the conduct 

10 of another law enforcement officer that becomes the sub11 ject of a criminal investigation— 

12 (1) the law enforcement agency that employs 

13 the law enforcement officer, or the agency or depart14 ment conducting the related criminal investigation, 

15 as appropriate, shall promptly take possession of the 

16 body camera, and shall maintain such camera, and 

17 any data on such camera, in accordance with the ap18 plicable rules governing the preservation of evidence; 

19 (2) a copy of the data on such body camera 

20 shall be made in accordance with prevailing forensic 

21 standards for data collection and reproduction; and 

22 (3) such copied data shall be made available to 

23 the public in accordance with subsection (l). 

24 (u) LIMITATION ON USE OF FOOTAGE AS EVI25 DENCE.—Any body camera video footage recorded by a 


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1 Federal law enforcement officer that violates this Act or 

2 any other applicable law may not be offered as evidence 

3 by any government entity, agency, department, prosecu4 torial office, or any other subdivision thereof in any crimi5 nal or civil action or proceeding against any member of 

6 the public. 

7 (v) PUBLICATION OF AGENCY POLICIES.—Any Fed8 eral law enforcement agency policy or other guidance re9 garding body cameras, their use, or the video footage 

10 therefrom that is adopted by a Federal agency or depart11 ment, shall be made publicly available on that agency’s 

12 website. 

13 (w) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

14 shall be construed to preempt any laws governing the 

15 maintenance, production, and destruction of evidence in 

16 criminal investigations and prosecutions. 

17 SEC. 3. PATROL VEHICLES WITH IN-CAR VIDEO RECORDING 

18 CAMERAS. 

19 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) AUDIO RECORDING.—The term ‘‘audio re21 cording’’ means the recorded conversation between a 

22 Federal law enforcement officer and a second party. 

23 (2) EMERGENCY LIGHTS.—The term ‘‘emer24 gency lights’’ means oscillating, rotating, or flashing 

25 lights on patrol vehicles. 


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1 (3) ENFORCEMENT OR INVESTIGATIVE STOP.— 

2 The term ‘‘enforcement or investigative stop’’ means 

3 an action by a Federal law enforcement officer in re4 lation to enforcement and investigation duties, in5 cluding traffic stops, pedestrian stops, abandoned 

6 vehicle contacts, motorist assists, commercial motor 

7 vehicle stops, roadside safety checks, requests for 

8 identification, or responses to requests for emer9 gency assistance. 

10 (4) IN-CAR VIDEO CAMERA.—The term ‘‘in-car 

11 video camera’’ means a video camera located in a 

12 patrol vehicle. 

13 (5) IN-CAR VIDEO CAMERA RECORDING EQUIP14 MENT.—The term ‘‘in-car video camera recording 

15 equipment’’ means a video camera recording system 

16 located in a patrol vehicle consisting of a camera as17 sembly, recording mechanism, and an in-car video 

18 recording medium. 

19 (6) RECORDING.—The term ‘‘recording’’ means 

20 the process of capturing data or information stored 

21 on a recording medium as required under this sec22 tion. 

23 (7) RECORDING MEDIUM.—The term ‘‘record24 ing medium’’ means any recording medium for the 

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1 including VHS, DVD, hard drive, solid state, digital, 

2 or flash memory technology. 

3 (8) WIRELESS MICROPHONE.—The term ‘‘wire4 less microphone’’ means a device worn by a Federal 

5 law enforcement officer or any other equipment used 

6 to record conversations between the officer and a 

7 second party and transmitted to the recording equip8 ment. 

9 (b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal law enforce11 ment agency shall install in-car video camera record12 ing equipment in all patrol vehicles with a recording 

13 medium capable of recording for a period of 10 

14 hours or more and capable of making audio record15 ings with the assistance of a wireless microphone. 

16 (2) RECORDING EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS.— 

17 In-car video camera recording equipment with a re18 cording medium capable of recording for a period of 

19 10 hours or more shall record activities— 

20 (A) whenever a patrol vehicle is assigned 

21 to patrol duty; 

22 (B) outside a patrol vehicle whenever— 

23 (i) a Federal law enforcement officer 

24 assigned that patrol vehicle is conducting 

25 an enforcement or investigative stop; 


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1 (ii) patrol vehicle emergency lights are 

2 activated or would otherwise be activated if 

3 not for the need to conceal the presence of 

4 law enforcement; or 

5 (iii) an officer reasonably believes re6 cording may assist with prosecution, en7 hance safety, or for any other lawful pur8 pose; and 

9 (C) inside the vehicle when transporting an 

10 arrestee or when an officer reasonably believes 

11 recording may assist with prosecution, enhance 

12 safety, or for any other lawful purpose. 

13 (3) REQUIREMENTS FOR RECORDING.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—A Federal law enforce15 ment officer shall begin recording for an en16 forcement or investigative stop when the officer 

17 determines an enforcement stop is necessary 

18 and shall continue until the enforcement action 

19 has been completed and the subject of the en20 forcement or investigative stop or the officer 

21 has left the scene. 

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1 vated if not for the need to conceal the presence 

2 of law enforcement, and shall continue until the 

3 reason for the activation ceases to exist, regard4 less of whether the emergency lights are no 

5 longer activated. 

6 (C) PERMISSIBLE RECORDING.—A Federal 

7 law enforcement officer may begin recording if 

8 the officer reasonably believes recording may 

9 assist with prosecution, enhance safety, or for 

10 any other lawful purpose; and shall continue 

11 until the reason for recording ceases to exist. 

12 (4) ENFORCEMENT OR INVESTIGATIVE

13 STOPS.—A Federal law enforcement officer shall 

14 record any enforcement or investigative stop. Audio 

15 recording shall terminate upon release of the violator 

16 and prior to initiating a separate criminal investiga17 tion. 

18 (c) RETENTION OF RECORDINGS.—Recordings made 

19 on in-car video camera recording medium shall be retained 

20 for a storage period of at least 90 days. Under no cir21 cumstances shall any recording made on in-car video cam22 era recording medium be altered or erased prior to the 

23 expiration of the designated storage period. Upon comple24 tion of the storage period, the recording medium may be 

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1 ordered or if designated for evidentiary or training pur2 poses. 

3 (d) ACCESSIBILITY OF RECORDINGS.—Audio or video 

4 recordings made pursuant to this section shall be available 

5 under the applicable provisions of section 552a of title 5, 

6 United States Code. Only recorded portions of the audio 

7 recording or video recording medium applicable to the re8 quest will be available for inspection or copying. 

9 (e) MAINTENANCE REQUIRED.—The agency shall en10 sure proper care and maintenance of in-car video camera 

11 recording equipment and recording medium. An officer op12 erating a patrol vehicle must immediately document and 

13 notify the appropriate person of any technical difficulties, 

14 failures, or problems with the in-car video camera record15 ing equipment or recording medium. Upon receiving no16 tice, every reasonable effort shall be made to correct and 

17 repair any of the in-car video camera recording equipment 

18 or recording medium and determine if it is in the public 

19 interest to permit the use of the patrol vehicle. 

20 SEC. 4. FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY. 

21 No camera or recording device authorized or required 

22 to be used under this Act may employ facial recognition 

23 or other biometric surveillance technology. ‘‘Used’’ for 

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1 time or on a recording, or making a request or entering 

2 into an agreement for another law enforcement agency or 

3 other third party to use a facial recognition or other bio4 metric surveillance system on behalf of the requesting offi5 cer or agency. 

6 SEC. 5. GAO STUDY. 

7 Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

8 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

9 shall conduct a study on Federal law enforcement officer 

10 training, vehicle pursuits, use of force, and interaction 

11 with citizens, and submit a report on such study to— 

12 (1) the Committees on the Judiciary of the 

13 House of Representatives and of the Senate; 

14 (2) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of 

15 the House of Representatives; and 

16 (3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 

17 Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

18 SEC. 6. REGULATIONS. 

19 Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact20 ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue such 

21 final regulations as are necessary to carry out this Act. 


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1 SEC. 7. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

2 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impose any 

3 requirement on a Federal law enforcement officer outside 

4 of the course of carrying out that officer’s duty. 

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