I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1124 
To establish a grant program providing for the acquisition, operation, and 
maintenance of body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2015 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself and Mr. CLEAVER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a grant program providing for the acquisition, 
operation, and maintenance of body-worn cameras for 
law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Camera Accountability 
Maintenance and Transparency in Policing Act of 2015’’ 
or the ‘‘CAM TIP Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. BODY-WORN CAMERA GRANTS. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART MM—BODY-WORN CAMERA GRANTS 
‘‘SEC. 3031. IN GENERAL. 
‘‘From amounts made available to carry out this part, 
the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance may 
make grants to States, units of local government, and In-
dian tribes for the acquisition, operation, and maintenance 
of body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers. In 
making such grants, the Director shall assess the program 
proposed by the applicant for the elements described in 
section 3033. 
‘‘SEC. 3032. USES OF FUNDS. 
‘‘Grants awarded under this section shall be— 
‘‘(1) distributed directly to the State, unit of 
local government, or Indian tribe; and 
‘‘(2) used for the program described under sec-
tion 3033. 
‘‘SEC. 3033. PROGRAM DESCRIBED. 
‘‘The program described in this section is any pro-
gram implemented by a grantee requiring the use of body- 
worn cameras by law enforcement officers in that jurisdic-
tion, which— 
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‘‘(8) has in place guidelines and training 
courses for law enforcement officers relating to the 
proper management and use of body-worn cameras. 
‘‘SEC. 3034. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 
‘‘Funds available under this part shall be awarded to 
each qualifying unit of local government with fewer than 
100,000 residents. Any remaining funds available under 
this part shall be awarded to other qualifying applicants 
on a pro rata basis. 
‘‘SEC. 3035. MATCHING REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL SHARE.—The portion of the costs of 
a program provided by a grant under subsection (a) may 
not exceed 50 percent. Any funds appropriated by Con-
gress for the activities of any agency of an Indian tribal 
government or the Bureau of Indian Affairs performing 
law enforcement functions on any Indian lands may be 
used to provide the non-Federal share of a matching re-
quirement funded under this subsection. 
‘‘(b) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share 
of payments made under this part may be made in cash 
or in-kind fairly evaluated, including planned equipment 
or services.’’. 
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SEC. 3. STUDY ON THE COST OF THE PURCHASE AND USE 
OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS BY LAW ENFORCE-
MENT AGENCIES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Attorney General shall conduct a 
study on the cost to State and local law enforcement agen-
cies of purchasing and using body-worn cameras or other 
similar cameras, including gun-mounted cameras. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
submit to Congress a report that contains the results of 
the study conducted under subsection (a). 
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE ON COMMUNITY 
POLICING AND BODY CAMERA ACCOUNT-
ABILITY. 
There shall be established in the Department of Jus-
tice a task force to do the following: 
(1) The task force shall be created to provide 
recommendations on community policing, including 
best practices for creating accountability and trans-
parency. 
(2) Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the task force shall pro-
vide a report to the Congress, which shall include 
the recommendations under paragraph (1). 
(3) Membership shall include representatives of 
civil rights organizations, Federal, State, and local 
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law enforcement personnel, and community policing 
experts. 
(4) The task force shall develop proper body- 
worn camera training protocol. 
(5) The task force shall study the impact that 
citizen review boards could have on investigating 
cases of alleged police misconduct. 
(6) Not later than 1 year after implementation 
of the body camera requirement policy under section 
3033 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 
1968, the task force shall conduct a survey to deter-
mine best practices and effectiveness of the policy 
with findings to be reported back to the Congress. 
SEC. 5. GAO REPORT ON PENTAGON’S 1033 PROGRAM. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Congress a report on the Department 
of Defense Excess Personal Property Program established 
pursuant to section 1033 the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201), that 
includes information on— 
(1) which jurisdictions equipment is sent to; 
(2) the value of equipment sent to each jurisdic-
tion; 
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(3) the level of training provided to officers; 
and 
(4) how the equipment is used in the jurisdic-
tion. 
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