(3) REQUIREMENT.—The head of each Federal 
law enforcement agency shall implement the policy 
developed under paragraph (2). 
SEC. 106. FALSIFYING POLICE INCIDENT REPORTS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) when a law enforcement officer commits an 
offense that deprives a citizen of their rights, privi-
leges, and immunities protected under the Constitu-
tion and laws of the United States, that behavior is 
penalized to punish those involved and to deter fu-
ture conduct; 
(2) where serious bodily injury or death results 
from the acts described in paragraph (1), punish-
ment must be severe; 
(3) a law enforcement officer who intentionally 
submits a false police report in connection with an 
act described in paragraph (1) should also be pun-
ished severely; 
(4) false reporting described in paragraph (3) 
not only serves to conceal potential criminal conduct 
and obstruct the administration of justice, false re-
porting also undermines the trust and confidence 
that communities place in law enforcement agencies; 
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(5) obstruction of justice is intolerable in any 
form, particularly in the form described in this sub-
section; 
(6) the deterioration of trust and confidence be-
tween law enforcement agencies and communities 
must be abated; and 
(7) severe penalties must be imposed for indi-
viduals who create false police reports in connection 
with criminal civil rights violations resulting in seri-
ous bodily injury or death. 
(b) OFFENSE.—Chapter 47 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1041. FALSE REPORTING. 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—It shall be unlawful for any person 
to knowingly and willfully falsify a police report in a mate-
rial way with the intent to falsify, conceal, or cover up 
a material fact, in furtherance of the deprivation of any 
rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by 
the Constitution or laws of the United States where death 
or serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365) oc-
curs. 
‘‘(b) PENALTY.—Any person who violates subsection 
(a) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more 
than 20 years, or both.’’. 
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(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 47 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 1040 the following: 
‘‘1041. False reporting.’’. 
(d) SENTENCING ENHANCEMENT
FOR FALSIFICA-
TION OF POLICE REPORTS.—Pursuant to its authority 
under section 994 of title 28, United States Code, the 
United States Sentencing Commission shall review and 
amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to ensure that 
the guidelines provide an additional penalty increase of not 
fewer than 4 offense levels if the defendant knowingly and 
willfully falsifies a report in a material way with the intent 
to falsify, conceal, or cover up a material fact, in further-
ance of the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immu-
nities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of 
the United States where death or serious bodily injury oc-
curs. 
TITLE II—BODY-WORN CAMERAS 
SEC. 201. BODY-WORN CAMERA PARTNERSHIP GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
Subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 509. BODY-WORN CAMERA PARTNERSHIP GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘covered government’ means a 
State, unit of local government, or Indian Tribe; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of 
the Bureau of Justice Assistance; and 
‘‘(3) the term ‘unit of local government’, not-
withstanding section 901, does not include an Indian 
Tribe. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF GRANTS.—The Director 
may make grants to eligible covered governments for use 
by the covered government for— 
‘‘(1) the purchase of body-worn cameras; 
‘‘(2) necessary initial supportive technological 
infrastructure for body-worn cameras for law en-
forcement officers in the jurisdiction of the grantee; 
‘‘(3) the development of policies and procedures 
relating to the use of body-worn cameras; 
‘‘(4) training on the use of body-worn cameras; 
‘‘(5) the storage, retention, viewing, auditing, 
and release of footage from body-worn cameras; and 
‘‘(6) personnel, including law enforcement, 
prosecution, and criminal defense personnel, to sup-
port the administration of the body-worn camera 
program of the covered government. 
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