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training, vehicle pursuits, use of force, and interaction 
with citizens, and submit a report on such study to— 
(1) the Committees on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and of the Senate; 
(2) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
SEC. 376. REGULATIONS. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue such 
final regulations as are necessary to carry out this part. 
SEC. 377. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this part shall be construed to impose any 
requirement on a Federal law enforcement officer outside 
of the course of carrying out that officer’s duty. 
PART 2—POLICE CAMERA ACT 
SEC. 381. SHORT TITLE. 
This part may be cited as the ‘‘Police Creating Ac-
countability by Making Effective Recording Available Act 
of 2021’’ or the ‘‘Police CAMERA Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 382. LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY-WORN CAMERA RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
(a) USE OF FUNDS REQUIREMENT.—Section 502(a) 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
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Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10153(a)), as amended by section 
334, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 
covered by an application, the applicant will use not 
less than 5 percent of the total amount of the grant 
award for the fiscal year to develop policies and pro-
tocols in compliance with part OO.’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART OO—LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY-WORN 
CAMERAS AND RECORDED DATA 
‘‘SEC. 3051. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Grant amounts described in 
paragraph (10) of section 502(a) of this title— 
‘‘(1) shall be used— 
‘‘(A) to purchase or lease body-worn cam-
eras for use by State, local, and tribal law en-
forcement officers (as defined in section 2503); 
‘‘(B) for expenses related to the implemen-
tation of a body-worn camera program in order 
to deter excessive force, improve accountability 
and transparency of use of force by law enforce-
ment officers, assist in responding to com-
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plaints against law enforcement officers, and 
improve evidence collection; and 
‘‘(C) to implement policies or procedures to 
comply with the requirements described in sub-
section (b); and 
‘‘(2) may not be used for expenses related to fa-
cial recognition technology. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A recipient of a grant under 
subpart 1 of part E of this title shall— 
‘‘(1) establish policies and procedures in accord-
ance with the requirements described in subsection 
(c) before law enforcement officers use of body-worn 
cameras; 
‘‘(2) adopt recorded data collection and reten-
tion protocols as described in subsection (d) before 
law enforcement officers use of body-worn cameras; 
‘‘(3) make the policies and protocols described 
in paragraphs (1) and (2) available to the public; 
and 
‘‘(4) comply with the requirements for use of 
recorded data under subsection (f). 
‘‘(c) REQUIRED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—A re-
cipient of a grant under subpart 1 of part E of this title 
shall— 
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‘‘(1) develop with community input and publish 
for public view policies and protocols for— 
‘‘(A) the safe and effective use of body- 
worn cameras; 
‘‘(B) the secure storage, handling, and de-
struction of recorded data collected by body- 
worn cameras; 
‘‘(C) protecting the privacy rights of any 
individual who may be recorded by a body-worn 
camera; 
‘‘(D) the release of any recorded data col-
lected by a body-worn camera in accordance 
with the open records laws, if any, of the State; 
and 
‘‘(E) making recorded data available to 
prosecutors, defense attorneys, and other offi-
cers of the court in accordance with subpara-
graph (E); and 
‘‘(2) conduct periodic evaluations of the security 
of the storage and handling of the body-worn camera 
data. 
‘‘(d) RECORDED DATA COLLECTION AND RETEN-
TION PROTOCOL.—The recorded data collection and reten-
tion protocol described in this paragraph is a protocol 
that— 
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‘‘(1) requires— 
‘‘(A) a law enforcement officer who is 
wearing a body-worn camera to provide an ex-
planation if an activity that is required to be re-
corded by the body-worn camera is not re-
corded; 
‘‘(B) a law enforcement officer who is 
wearing a body-worn camera to obtain consent 
to be recorded from a crime victim or witness 
before interviewing the victim or witness; 
‘‘(C) the collection of recorded data unre-
lated to a legitimate law enforcement purpose 
be minimized to the greatest extent practicable; 
‘‘(D) the system used to store recorded 
data collected by body-worn cameras to log all 
viewing, modification, or deletion of stored re-
corded data and to prevent, to the greatest ex-
tent practicable, the unauthorized access or dis-
closure of stored recorded data; 
‘‘(E) any law enforcement officer be pro-
hibited from accessing the stored data without 
an authorized purpose; and 
‘‘(F) the law enforcement agency to collect 
and report statistical data on— 
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‘‘(i) incidences of use of force, 
disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, 
and age of the victim; 
‘‘(ii) the number of complaints filed 
against law enforcement officers; 
‘‘(iii) the disposition of complaints 
filed against law enforcement officers; 
‘‘(iv) the number of times camera 
footage is used for evidence collection in 
investigations of crimes; and 
‘‘(v) any other additional statistical 
data that the Director determines should 
be collected and reported; 
‘‘(2) allows an individual to file a complaint 
with a law enforcement agency relating to the im-
proper use of body-worn cameras; and 
‘‘(3) complies with any other requirements es-
tablished by the Director. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING.—Statistical data required to be col-
lected under subsection (d)(1)(D) shall be reported to the 
Director, who shall— 
‘‘(1) establish a standardized reporting system 
for statistical data collected under this program; and 
‘‘(2) establish a national database of statistical 
data recorded under this program. 
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