(13) The Department of Defense categorizes 
equipment eligible for transfer under the 1033 pro-
gram as ‘‘controlled’’ and ‘‘un-controlled’’ equipment. 
‘‘Controlled equipment’’ includes weapons, explosives 
such as flash-bang grenades, mine-resistant ambush- 
protected vehicles, long-range acoustic devices, aircraft 
capable of being modified to carry armament that are 
combat coded, and silencers, among other military 
grade items. 
(b) LIMITATION ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TRANS-
FER OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 2576a of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
‘‘counterdrug, counterterrorism, and border 
security activities’’ and inserting ‘‘counter-
terrorism’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, 
the Director of National Drug Control Pol-
icy,’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (5), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking the 
period and inserting a semicolon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs: 
‘‘(7) the recipient submits to the Department of 
Defense a description of how the recipient expects to 
use the property; 
‘‘(8) the recipient certifies to the Department of 
Defense that if the recipient determines that the prop-
erty is surplus to the needs of the recipient, the recipi-
ent will return the property to the Department of De-
fense; 
‘‘(9) with respect to a recipient that is not a 
Federal agency, the recipient certifies to the Depart-
ment of Defense that the recipient notified the local 
community of the request for personal property under 
this section by— 
‘‘(A) publishing a notice of such request on 
a publicly accessible Internet website; 
‘‘(B) posting such notice at several promi-
nent locations in the jurisdiction of the recipient; 
and 
‘‘(C) ensuring that such notices were avail-
able to the local community for a period of not 
less than 30 days; and 
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‘‘(10) the recipient has received the approval of 
the city council or other local governing body to ac-
quire the personal property sought under this sec-
tion.’’; 
(C) by striking subsection (d); 
(D) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) 
as subsections (o) and (p), respectively; and 
(E) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL
CERTIFICATION
ACCOUNTING
FOR 
TRANSFERRED PROPERTY.—(1) For each fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress certification in writing 
that each Federal or State agency to which the Secretary 
has transferred property under this section— 
‘‘(A) has provided to the Secretary documenta-
tion accounting for all controlled property, including 
arms and ammunition, that the Secretary has trans-
ferred to the agency, including any item described in 
subsection (f) so transferred before the date of the en-
actment of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act 
of 2020; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to a non-Federal agency, car-
ried out each of paragraphs (5) through (8) of sub-
section (b). 
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‘‘(2) If the Secretary does not provide a certification 
under paragraph (1) for a Federal or State agency, the Sec-
retary may not transfer additional property to that agency 
under this section. 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT ON EXCESS PROPERTY.—Before 
making any property available for transfer under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall annually submit to Congress a de-
scription of the property to be transferred together with a 
certification that the transfer of the property would not vio-
late this section or any other provision of law. 
‘‘(f) LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFERS.—(1) The Secretary 
may not transfer to Federal, Tribal, State, or local law en-
forcement agencies the following under this section: 
‘‘(A) Controlled firearms, ammunition, bayonets, 
grenade launchers, grenades (including stun and 
flash-bang),and explosives. 
‘‘(B) Controlled vehicles, highly mobile multi- 
wheeled vehicles, mine-resistant ambush-protected ve-
hicles, trucks, truck dump, truck utility, and truck 
carryall. 
‘‘(C) Drones that are armored, weaponized, or 
both. 
‘‘(D) Controlled aircraft that— 
‘‘(i) are combat configured or combat coded; 
or 
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‘‘(ii) have no established commercial flight 
application. 
‘‘(E) Silencers. 
‘‘(F) Long-range acoustic devices. 
‘‘(G) Items in the Federal Supply Class of 
banned items. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not require, as a condition 
of a transfer under this section, that a Federal or State 
agency demonstrate the use of any small arms or ammuni-
tion. 
‘‘(3) The limitations under this subsection shall also 
apply with respect to the transfer of previously transferred 
property of the Department of Defense from one Federal or 
State agency to another such agency. 
‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary may waive the applicability of 
paragraph (1) to a vehicle described in subparagraph (B) 
of such paragraph (other than a mine-resistant ambush- 
protected vehicle), if the Secretary determines that such a 
waiver is necessary for disaster or rescue purposes or for 
another purpose where life and public safety are at risk, 
as demonstrated by the proposed recipient of the vehicle. 
‘‘(B) If the Secretary issues a waiver under subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) submit to Congress notice of the waiver, and 
post such notice on a public Internet website of the 
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Department, by not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the waiver is issued; and 
‘‘(ii) require, as a condition of the waiver, that 
the recipient of the vehicle for which the waiver is 
issued provides public notice of the waiver and the 
transfer, including the type of vehicle and the purpose 
for which it is transferred, in the jurisdiction where 
the recipient is located by not later than 30 days after 
the date on which the waiver is issued. 
‘‘(5) The Secretary may provide for an exemption to 
the limitation under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) 
in the case of parts for aircraft described in such subpara-
graph that are transferred as part of regular maintenance 
of aircraft in an existing fleet. 
‘‘(6) The Secretary shall require, as a condition of any 
transfer of property under this section, that the Federal or 
State agency that receives the property shall return the 
property to the Secretary if the agency— 
‘‘(A) is investigated by the Department of Justice 
for any violation of civil liberties; or 
‘‘(B) is otherwise found to have engaged in wide-
spread abuses of civil liberties. 
‘‘(g) CONDITIONS FOR EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A law enforcement pro-
gram under paragraph (1)(A) may include the 
development of best practices for and the creation 
of local task forces on public safety innovation, 
charged with exploring and developing new 
strategies for public safety, including non-law 
enforcement strategies. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—The term ‘local task 
force on public safety innovation’ means an ad-
ministrative entity, created from partnerships 
between community-based organizations and 
other local stakeholders, that may develop inno-
vative law enforcement and non-law enforcement 
strategies to enhance just and equitable public 
safety, repair breaches of trust between law en-
forcement agencies and the community they 
pledge to serve, and enhance accountability of 
law enforcement officers.’’. 
(b) CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS.—Section 501(c) of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(c)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(3) In the case of crisis intervention teams 
funded under subsection (a)(1)(H), a program assess-
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ment under this subsection shall contain a report on 
best practices for crisis intervention.’’. 
(c) USE OF COPS GRANT PROGRAM TO HIRE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THE 
COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.—Section 1701(b) of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10381(b)), as amended by this Act, is further 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (23) and (24) 
as paragraphs (26) and (27), respectively; 
(2) in paragraph (26), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘(22)’’ and inserting ‘‘(25)’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (22) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(23) to recruit, hire, incentivize, retain, develop, 
and train new, additional career law enforcement of-
ficers or current law enforcement officers who are 
willing to relocate to communities— 
‘‘(A) where there are poor or fragmented re-
lationships between police and residents of the 
community, or where there are high incidents of 
crime; and 
‘‘(B) that are the communities that the law 
enforcement officers serve, or that are in close 
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proximity to the communities that the law en-
forcement officers serve; 
‘‘(24) to collect data on the number of law en-
forcement officers who are willing to relocate to the 
communities where they serve, and whether such law 
enforcement officer relocations have impacted crime 
in such communities; 
‘‘(25) to develop and publicly report strategies 
and timelines to recruit, hire, promote, retain, de-
velop, and train a diverse and inclusive law enforce-
ment workforce, consistent with merit system prin-
ciples and applicable law;’’. 
Subtitle C—Law Enforcement Body 
Cameras 
PART 1—FEDERAL POLICE CAMERA AND 
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 
SEC. 371. SHORT TITLE. 
This part may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Police Camera 
and Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 372. REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT OFFICERS REGARDING THE USE OF 
BODY CAMERAS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means any indi-
vidual under 18 years of age. 
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(2) SUBJECT
OF
THE
VIDEO
FOOTAGE.—The 
term ‘‘subject of the video footage’’— 
(A) means any identifiable Federal law en-
forcement officer or any identifiable suspect, vic-
tim, detainee, conversant, injured party, or other 
similarly situated person who appears on the 
body camera recording; and 
(B) does not include people who only inci-
dentally appear on the recording. 
(3) VIDEO FOOTAGE.—The term ‘‘video footage’’ 
means any images or audio recorded by a body cam-
era. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO WEAR BODY CAMERA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Federal law enforcement offi-
cers shall wear a body camera. 
(2) REQUIREMENT FOR BODY CAMERA.—A body 
camera required under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) have a field of view at least as broad as 
the officer’s vision; and 
(B) be worn in a manner that maximizes 
the camera’s ability to capture video footage of 
the officer’s activities. 
(c) REQUIREMENT TO ACTIVATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Both the video and audio re-
cording functions of the body camera shall be acti-
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vated whenever a Federal law enforcement officer is 
responding to a call for service or at the initiation of 
any other law enforcement or investigative stop (as 
such term is defined in section 373) between a Fed-
eral law enforcement officer and a member of the pub-
lic, except that when an immediate threat to the offi-
cer’s life or safety makes activating the camera im-
possible or dangerous, the officer shall activate the 
camera at the first reasonable opportunity to do so. 
(2) ALLOWABLE DEACTIVATION.—The body cam-
era shall not be deactivated until the stop has fully 
concluded and the Federal law enforcement officer 
leaves the scene. 
(d) NOTIFICATION OF SUBJECT OF RECORDING.—A 
Federal law enforcement officer who is wearing a body cam-
era shall notify any subject of the recording that he or she 
is being recorded by a body camera as close to the inception 
of the stop as is reasonably possible. 
(e) REQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding subsection (c), 
the following shall apply to the use of a body camera: 
(1) Prior to entering a private residence without 
a warrant or in non-exigent circumstances, a Federal 
law enforcement officer shall ask the occupant if the 
occupant wants the officer to discontinue use of the of-
ficer’s body camera. If the occupant responds affirma-
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tively, the Federal law enforcement officer shall imme-
diately discontinue use of the body camera. 
(2) When interacting with an apparent crime 
victim, a Federal law enforcement officer shall, as 
soon as practicable, ask the apparent crime victim if 
the apparent crime victim wants the officer to dis-
continue use of the officer’s body camera. If the ap-
parent crime victim responds affirmatively, the Fed-
eral law enforcement officer shall immediately dis-
continue use of the body camera. 
(3) When interacting with a person seeking to 
anonymously report a crime or assist in an ongoing 
law enforcement investigation, a Federal law enforce-
ment officer shall, as soon as practicable, ask the per-
son seeking to remain anonymous, if the person seek-
ing to remain anonymous wants the officer to dis-
continue use of the officer’s body camera. If the person 
seeking to remain anonymous responds affirmatively, 
the Federal law enforcement officer shall immediately 
discontinue use of the body camera. 
(f) RECORDING OF OFFERS TO DISCONTINUE USE OF 
BODY CAMERA.—Each offer of a Federal law enforcement 
officer to discontinue the use of a body camera made pursu-
ant to subsection (e), and the responses thereto, shall be re-
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corded by the body camera prior to discontinuing use of 
the body camera. 
(g) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF BODY CAMERA.—Body 
cameras shall not be used to gather intelligence information 
based on First Amendment protected speech, associations, 
or religion, or to record activity that is unrelated to a re-
sponse to a call for service or a law enforcement or inves-
tigative stop between a law enforcement officer and a mem-
ber of the public, and shall not be equipped with or employ 
any real time facial recognition technologies. 
(h) EXCEPTIONS.—Federal law enforcement officers— 
(1) shall not be required to use body cameras 
during investigative or enforcement stops with the 
public in the case that— 
(A) recording would risk the safety of a con-
fidential informant, citizen informant, or under-
cover officer; 
(B) recording would pose a serious risk to 
national security; or 
(C) the officer is a military police officer, a 
member of the United States Army Criminal In-
vestigation Command, or a protective detail as-
signed to a Federal or foreign official while per-
forming his or her duties; and 
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(2) shall not activate a body camera while on the 
grounds of any public, private or parochial elemen-
tary or secondary school, except when responding to 
an imminent threat to life or health. 
(i) RETENTION OF FOOTAGE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Body camera video footage 
shall be retained by the law enforcement agency that 
employs the officer whose camera captured the footage, 
or an authorized agent thereof, for 6 months after the 
date it was recorded, after which time such footage 
shall be permanently deleted. 
(2) RIGHT TO INSPECT.—During the 6-month re-
tention period described in paragraph (1), the fol-
lowing persons shall have the right to inspect the body 
camera footage: 
(A) Any person who is a subject of body 
camera video footage, and their designated legal 
counsel. 
(B) A parent or legal guardian of a minor 
subject of body camera video footage, and their 
designated legal counsel. 
(C) The spouse, next of kin, or legally au-
thorized designee of a deceased subject of body 
camera video footage, and their designated legal 
counsel. 
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(D) A Federal law enforcement officer whose 
body camera recorded the video footage, and 
their designated legal counsel, subject to the limi-
tations and restrictions in this part. 
(E) The superior officer of a Federal law 
enforcement officer whose body camera recorded 
the video footage, subject to the limitations and 
restrictions in this part. 
(F) Any defense counsel who claims, pursu-
ant to a written affidavit, to have a reasonable 
basis for believing a video may contain evidence 
that exculpates a client. 
(3) LIMITATION.—The right to inspect subject to 
subsection (j)(1) shall not include the right to possess 
a copy of the body camera video footage, unless the 
release of the body camera footage is otherwise author-
ized by this part or by another applicable law. When 
a body camera fails to capture some or all of the 
audio or video of an incident due to malfunction, dis-
placement of camera, or any other cause, any audio 
or video footage that is captured shall be treated the 
same as any other body camera audio or video footage 
under this part. 
(j) ADDITIONAL RETENTION REQUIREMENTS.—Not-
withstanding the retention and deletion requirements in 
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subsection (i), the following shall apply to body camera 
video footage under this part: 
(1) Body camera video footage shall be automati-
cally retained for not less than 3 years if the video 
footage captures an interaction or event involving— 
(A) any use of force; or 
(B) an stop about which a complaint has 
been registered by a subject of the video footage. 
(2) Body camera video footage shall be retained 
for not less than 3 years if a longer retention period 
is voluntarily requested by— 
(A) the Federal law enforcement officer 
whose body camera recorded the video footage, if 
that officer reasonably asserts the video footage 
has evidentiary or exculpatory value in an ongo-
ing investigation; 
(B) any Federal law enforcement officer 
who is a subject of the video footage, if that offi-
cer reasonably asserts the video footage has evi-
dentiary or exculpatory value; 
(C) any superior officer of a Federal law 
enforcement officer whose body camera recorded 
the video footage or who is a subject of the video 
footage, if that superior officer reasonably asserts 
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the video footage has evidentiary or exculpatory 
value; 
(D) any Federal law enforcement officer, if 
the video footage is being retained solely and ex-
clusively for police training purposes; 
(E) any member of the public who is a sub-
ject of the video footage; 
(F) any parent or legal guardian of a 
minor who is a subject of the video footage; or 
(G) a deceased subject’s spouse, next of kin, 
or legally authorized designee. 
(k) PUBLIC REVIEW.—For purposes of subparagraphs 
(E), (F), and (G) of subsection (j)(2), any member of the 
public who is a subject of video footage, the parent or legal 
guardian of a minor who is a subject of the video footage, 
or a deceased subject’s next of kin or legally authorized des-
ignee, shall be permitted to review the specific video footage 
in question in order to make a determination as to whether 
they will voluntarily request it be subjected to a minimum 
3-year retention period. 
(l) DISCLOSURE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), all video footage of an interaction or event 
captured by a body camera, if that interaction or 
event is identified with reasonable specificity and re-
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quested by a member of the public, shall be provided 
to the person or entity making the request in accord-
ance with the procedures for requesting and providing 
government records set forth in the section 552a of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The following categories of 
video footage shall not be released to the public in the 
absence of express written permission from the non- 
law enforcement subjects of the video footage: 
(A) Video footage not subject to a minimum 
3-year retention period pursuant to subsection 
(j). 
(B) Video footage that is subject to a min-
imum 3-year retention period solely and exclu-
sively pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) or (2) of 
subsection (j). 
(3) PRIORITY OF REQUESTS.—Notwithstanding 
any time periods established for acknowledging and 
responding to records requests in section 552a of title 
5, United States Code, responses to requests for video 
footage that is subject to a minimum 3-year retention 
period pursuant to subsection (j)(1)(A), where a sub-
ject of the video footage is recorded being killed, shot 
by a firearm, or grievously injured, shall be 
prioritized and, if approved, the requested video foot-
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age shall be provided as expeditiously as possible, but 
in no circumstances later than 5 days following re-
ceipt of the request. 
(4) USE OF REDACTION TECHNOLOGY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Whenever doing so is 
necessary to protect personal privacy, the right 
to a fair trial, the identity of a confidential 
source or crime victim, or the life or physical 
safety of any person appearing in video footage, 
redaction technology may be used to obscure the 
face and other personally identifying characteris-
tics of that person, including the tone of the per-
son’s voice, provided the redaction does not inter-
fere with a viewer’s ability to fully, completely, 
and accurately comprehend the events captured 
on the video footage. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The following re-
quirements shall apply to redactions under sub-
paragraph (A): 
(i) When redaction is performed on 
video footage pursuant to this paragraph, 
an unedited, original version of the video 
footage shall be retained pursuant to the re-
quirements of subsections (i) and (j). 
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(ii) Except pursuant to the rules for 
the redaction of video footage set forth in 
this subsection or where it is otherwise ex-
pressly authorized by this Act, no other ed-
iting or alteration of video footage, includ-
ing a reduction of the video footage’s resolu-
tion, shall be permitted. 
(m) PROHIBITED WITHHOLDING OF FOOTAGE.—Body 
camera video footage may not be withheld from the public 
on the basis that it is an investigatory record or was com-
piled for law enforcement purposes where any person under 
investigation or whose conduct is under review is a police 
officer or other law enforcement employee and the video foot-
age relates to that person’s conduct in their official capac-
ity. 
(n) ADMISSIBILITY.—Any video footage retained be-
yond 6 months solely and exclusively pursuant to subsection 
(j)(2)(D) shall not be admissible as evidence in any crimi-
nal or civil legal or administrative proceeding. 
(o) CONFIDENTIALITY.—No government agency or offi-
cial, or law enforcement agency, officer, or official may pub-
licly disclose, release, or share body camera video footage 
unless— 
(1) doing so is expressly authorized pursuant to 
this part or another applicable law; or 
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(2) the video footage is subject to public release 
pursuant to subsection (l), and not exempted from 
public release pursuant to subsection (l)(1). 
(p) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OF-
FICER VIEWING OF BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE.—No Federal 
law enforcement officer shall review or receive an account-
ing of any body camera video footage that is subject to a 
minimum 3-year retention period pursuant to subsection 
(j)(1) prior to completing any required initial reports, 
statements, and interviews regarding the recorded event, 
unless doing so is necessary, while in the field, to address 
an immediate threat to life or safety. 
(q) ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS.—Video footage may not 
be— 
(1) in the case of footage that is not subject to 
a minimum 3-year retention period, viewed by any 
superior officer of a Federal law enforcement officer 
whose body camera recorded the footage absent a spe-
cific allegation of misconduct; or 
(2) divulged or used by any law enforcement 
agency for any commercial or other non-law enforce-
ment purpose. 
(r) THIRD PARTY MAINTENANCE
OF FOOTAGE.— 
Where a law enforcement agency authorizes a third party 
to act as its agent in maintaining body camera footage, 
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the agent shall not be permitted to independently access, 
view, or alter any video footage, except to delete videos as 
required by law or agency retention policies. 
(s) ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If any Federal law enforce-
ment officer, or any employee or agent of a Federal 
law enforcement agency fails to adhere to the record-
ing or retention requirements contained in this part, 
intentionally interferes with a body camera’s ability 
to accurately capture video footage, or otherwise ma-
nipulates the video footage captured by a body cam-
era during or after its operation— 
(A) appropriate disciplinary action shall be 
taken against the individual officer, employee, or 
agent; 
(B) a rebuttable evidentiary presumption 
shall be adopted in favor of a criminal defendant 
who reasonably asserts that exculpatory evidence 
was destroyed or not captured; and 
(C) a rebuttable evidentiary presumption 
shall be adopted on behalf of a civil plaintiff 
suing the Government, a Federal law enforce-
ment agency, or a Federal law enforcement offi-
cer for damages based on misconduct who rea-
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sonably asserts that evidence supporting their 
claim was destroyed or not captured. 
(2) PROOF COMPLIANCE WAS IMPOSSIBLE.—The 
disciplinary action requirement and rebuttable pre-
sumptions described in paragraph (1) may be over-
come by contrary evidence or proof of exigent cir-
cumstances that made compliance impossible. 
(t) USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATIONS.—In the case that 
a Federal law enforcement officer equipped with a body 
camera is involved in, a witness to, or within viewable sight 
range of either the use of force by another law enforcement 
officer that results in a death, the use of force by another 
law enforcement officer, during which the discharge of a 
firearm results in an injury, or the conduct of another law 
enforcement officer that becomes the subject of a criminal 
investigation— 
(1) the law enforcement agency that employs the 
law enforcement officer, or the agency or department 
conducting the related criminal investigation, as ap-
propriate, shall promptly take possession of the body 
camera, and shall maintain such camera, and any 
data on such camera, in accordance with the applica-
ble rules governing the preservation of evidence; 
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(2) a copy of the data on such body camera shall 
be made in accordance with prevailing forensic stand-
ards for data collection and reproduction; and 
(3) such copied data shall be made available to 
the public in accordance with subsection (l). 
(u) LIMITATION ON USE OF FOOTAGE AS EVIDENCE.— 
Any body camera video footage recorded by a Federal law 
enforcement officer that violates this part or any other ap-
plicable law may not be offered as evidence by any govern-
ment entity, agency, department, prosecutorial office, or 
any other subdivision thereof in any criminal or civil ac-
tion or proceeding against any member of the public. 
(v) PUBLICATION OF AGENCY POLICIES.—Any Federal 
law enforcement agency policy or other guidance regarding 
body cameras, their use, or the video footage therefrom that 
is adopted by a Federal agency or department, shall be 
made publicly available on that agency’s website. 
(w) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this part 
shall be construed to preempt any laws governing the main-
tenance, production, and destruction of evidence in crimi-
nal investigations and prosecutions. 
SEC. 373. PATROL VEHICLES WITH IN-CAR VIDEO RECORD-
ING CAMERAS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) AUDIO
RECORDING.—The term ‘‘audio re-
cording’’ means the recorded conversation between a 
Federal law enforcement officer and a second party. 
(2) EMERGENCY LIGHTS.—The term ‘‘emergency 
lights’’ means oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights 
on patrol vehicles. 
(3) ENFORCEMENT OR INVESTIGATIVE STOP.— 
The term ‘‘enforcement or investigative stop’’ means 
an action by a Federal law enforcement officer in re-
lation to enforcement and investigation duties, in-
cluding traffic stops, pedestrian stops, abandoned ve-
hicle contacts, motorist assists, commercial motor ve-
hicle stops, roadside safety checks, requests for identi-
fication, or responses to requests for emergency assist-
ance. 
(4) IN-CAR VIDEO CAMERA.—The term ‘‘in-car 
video camera’’ means a video camera located in a pa-
trol vehicle. 
(5) IN-CAR VIDEO CAMERA RECORDING EQUIP-
MENT.—The term ‘‘in-car video camera recording 
equipment’’ means a video camera recording system 
located in a patrol vehicle consisting of a camera as-
sembly, recording mechanism, and an in-car video re-
cording medium. 
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(6) RECORDING.—The term ‘‘recording’’ means 
the process of capturing data or information stored 
on a recording medium as required under this sec-
tion. 
(7) RECORDING MEDIUM.—The term ‘‘recording 
medium’’ means any recording medium for the reten-
tion and playback of recorded audio and video in-
cluding VHS, DVD, hard drive, solid state, digital, or 
flash memory technology. 
(8) WIRELESS MICROPHONE.—The term ‘‘wire-
less microphone’’ means a device worn by a Federal 
law enforcement officer or any other equipment used 
to record conversations between the officer and a sec-
ond party and transmitted to the recording equip-
ment. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal law enforcement 
agency shall install in-car video camera recording 
equipment in all patrol vehicles with a recording me-
dium capable of recording for a period of 10 hours or 
more and capable of making audio recordings with 
the assistance of a wireless microphone. 
(2) RECORDING EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS.— 
In-car video camera recording equipment with a re-
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cording medium capable of recording for a period of 
10 hours or more shall record activities— 
(A) whenever a patrol vehicle is assigned to 
patrol duty; 
(B) outside a patrol vehicle whenever— 
(i) a Federal law enforcement officer 
assigned that patrol vehicle is conducting 
an enforcement or investigative stop; 
(ii) patrol vehicle emergency lights are 
activated or would otherwise be activated if 
not for the need to conceal the presence of 
law enforcement; or 
(iii) an officer reasonably believes re-
cording may assist with prosecution, en-
hance safety, or for any other lawful pur-
pose; and 
(C) inside the vehicle when transporting an 
arrestee or when an officer reasonably believes 
recording may assist with prosecution, enhance 
safety, or for any other lawful purpose. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR RECORDING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A Federal law enforce-
ment officer shall begin recording for an enforce-
ment or investigative stop when the officer deter-
mines an enforcement stop is necessary and shall 
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continue until the enforcement action has been 
completed and the subject of the enforcement or 
investigative stop or the officer has left the scene. 
(B) ACTIVATION WITH LIGHTS.—A Federal 
law enforcement officer shall begin recording 
when patrol vehicle emergency lights are acti-
vated or when they would otherwise be activated 
if not for the need to conceal the presence of law 
enforcement, and shall continue until the reason 
for the activation ceases to exist, regardless of 
whether the emergency lights are no longer acti-
vated. 
(C) PERMISSIBLE RECORDING.—A Federal 
law enforcement officer may begin recording if 
the officer reasonably believes recording may as-
sist with prosecution, enhance safety, or for any 
other lawful purpose; and shall continue until 
the reason for recording ceases to exist. 
(4) ENFORCEMENT OR INVESTIGATIVE STOPS.—A 
Federal law enforcement officer shall record any en-
forcement or investigative stop. Audio recording shall 
terminate upon release of the violator and prior to 
initiating a separate criminal investigation. 
(c) RETENTION OF RECORDINGS.—Recordings made 
on in-car video camera recording medium shall be retained 
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for a storage period of at least 90 days. Under no cir-
cumstances shall any recording made on in-car video cam-
era recording medium be altered or erased prior to the expi-
ration of the designated storage period. Upon completion 
of the storage period, the recording medium may be erased 
and reissued for operational use unless otherwise ordered 
or if designated for evidentiary or training purposes. 
(d) ACCESSIBILITY OF RECORDINGS.—Audio or video 
recordings made pursuant to this section shall be available 
under the applicable provisions of section 552a of title 5, 
United States Code. Only recorded portions of the audio 
recording or video recording medium applicable to the re-
quest will be available for inspection or copying. 
(e) MAINTENANCE REQUIRED.—The agency shall en-
sure proper care and maintenance of in-car video camera 
recording equipment and recording medium. An officer op-
erating a patrol vehicle must immediately document and 
notify the appropriate person of any technical difficulties, 
failures, or problems with the in-car video camera recording 
equipment or recording medium. Upon receiving notice, 
every reasonable effort shall be made to correct and repair 
any of the in-car video camera recording equipment or re-
cording medium and determine if it is in the public interest 
to permit the use of the patrol vehicle. 
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SEC. 374. FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY. 
No camera or recording device authorized or required 
to be used under this part may be equipped with or employ 
real time facial recognition technology, and footage from 
such a camera or recording device may not be subjected to 
facial recognition technology. 
SEC. 375. GAO STUDY. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study on Federal law enforcement officer train-
ing, vehicle pursuits, use of force, and interaction with citi-
zens, 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 enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue such final regu-
lations 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. 
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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 2020’’ or the ‘‘Police CAMERA Act of 2020’’. 
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 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 cov-
ered 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 protocols 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 para-
graph (10) of section 502(a) of this title— 
‘‘(1) shall be used— 
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‘‘(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 implementa-
tion of a body-worn camera program in order to 
deter excessive force, improve accountability and 
transparency of use of force by law enforcement 
officers, assist in responding to complaints 
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 cam-
eras; 
‘‘(2) adopt recorded data collection and retention 
protocols as described in subsection (d) before law en-
forcement officers use of body-worn cameras; 
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‘‘(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 re-
corded 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— 
‘‘(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 officers 
of the court in accordance with subparagraph 
(E); and 
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‘‘(2) conduct periodic evaluations of the security 
of the storage and handling of the body-worn camera 
data. 
‘‘(d) RECORDED DATA COLLECTION AND RETENTION 
PROTOCOL.—The recorded data collection and retention 
protocol described in this paragraph is a protocol that— 
‘‘(1) requires— 
‘‘(A) a law enforcement officer who is wear-
ing a body-worn camera to provide an expla-
nation if an activity that is required to be re-
corded by the body-worn camera is not recorded; 
‘‘(B) a law enforcement officer who is wear-
ing 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 view-
ing, modification, or deletion of stored recorded 
data and to prevent, to the greatest extent prac-
ticable, the unauthorized access or disclosure of 
stored recorded data; 
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‘‘(E) any law enforcement officer be prohib-
ited from accessing the stored data without an 
authorized purpose; and 
‘‘(F) the law enforcement agency to collect 
and report statistical data on— 
‘‘(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 foot-
age is used for evidence collection in inves-
tigations 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 estab-
lished by the Director. 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(f) USE OR TRANSFER OF RECORDED DATA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Recorded data collected by 
an entity receiving a grant under a grant under sub-
part 1 of part E of this title from a body-worn cam-
era shall be used only in internal and external inves-
tigations of misconduct by a law enforcement agency 
or officer, if there is reasonable suspicion that a re-
cording contains evidence of a crime, or for limited 
training purposes. The Director shall establish rules 
to ensure that the recorded data is used only for the 
purposes described in this paragraph. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION
ON
TRANSFER.—Except as 
provided in paragraph (3), an entity receiving a 
grant under subpart 1 of part E of this title may not 
transfer any recorded data collected by the entity 
from a body-worn camera to another law enforcement 
or intelligence agency. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.— 
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‘‘(A) CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.—An entity 
receiving a grant under subpart 1 of part E of 
this title may transfer recorded data collected by 
the entity from a body-worn camera to another 
law enforcement agency or intelligence agency 
for use in a criminal investigation if the request-
ing law enforcement or intelligence agency has 
reasonable suspicion that the requested data con-
tains evidence relating to the crime being inves-
tigated. 
‘‘(B) CIVIL RIGHTS CLAIMS.—An entity re-
ceiving a grant under subpart 1 of part E of this 
title may transfer recorded data collected by the 
law enforcement agency from a body-worn cam-
era to another law enforcement agency for use in 
an investigation of the violation of any right, 
privilege, or immunity secured or protected by 
the Constitution or laws of the United States. 
‘‘(g) AUDIT AND ASSESSMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this part, the Director of the 
Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management shall 
perform an assessment of the use of funds under this 
section and the policies and protocols of the grantees. 
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‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Not later than September 1 of 
each year, beginning 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of this part, each recipient of a grant under 
subpart 1 of part E of this title shall submit to the 
Director of the Office of Audit, Assessment, and Man-
agement a report that— 
‘‘(A) describes the progress of the body-worn 
camera program; and 
‘‘(B) contains recommendations on ways in 
which the Federal Government, States, and units 
of local government can further support the im-
plementation of the program. 
‘‘(3) REVIEW.—The Director of the Office of 
Audit, Assessment, and Management shall evaluate 
the policies and protocols of the grantees and take 
such steps as the Director of the Office of Audit, As-
sessment, and Management determines necessary to 
ensure compliance with the program. 
‘‘SEC. 3052. BODY-WORN CAMERA TRAINING TOOLKIT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish and 
maintain a body-worn camera training toolkit for law en-
forcement agencies, academia, and other relevant entities to 
provide training and technical assistance, including best 
practices for implementation, model policies and proce-
dures, and research materials. 
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‘‘(b) MECHANISM.—In establishing the toolkit required 
to under subsection (a), the Director may consolidate re-
search, practices, templates, and tools that been developed 
by expert and law enforcement agencies across the country. 
‘‘SEC. 3053. STUDY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of the Police CAMERA Act of 2020, the 
Director shall conduct a study on— 
‘‘(1) the efficacy of body-worn cameras in deter-
ring excessive force by law enforcement officers; 
‘‘(2) the impact of body-worn cameras on the ac-
countability and transparency of the use of force by 
law enforcement officers; 
‘‘(3) the impact of body-worn cameras on re-
sponses to and adjudications of complaints of exces-
sive force; 
‘‘(4) the effect of the use of body-worn cameras 
on the safety of law enforcement officers on patrol; 
‘‘(5) the effect of the use of body-worn cameras 
on public safety; 
‘‘(6) the impact of body-worn cameras on evi-
dence collection for criminal investigations; 
‘‘(7) issues relating to the secure storage and 
handling of recorded data from the body-worn cam-
eras; 
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‘‘(8) issues relating to the privacy of individuals 
and officers recorded on body-worn cameras; 
‘‘(9) issues relating to the constitutional rights of 
individuals on whom facial recognition technology is 
used; 
‘‘(10) issues relating to limitations on the use of 
facial recognition technology; 
‘‘(11) issues relating to the public’s access to 
body-worn camera footage; 
‘‘(12) the need for proper training of law en-
forcement officers that use body-worn cameras; 
‘‘(13) best practices in the development of proto-
cols for the safe and effective use of body-worn cam-
eras; 
‘‘(14) a review of law enforcement agencies that 
found body-worn cameras to be unhelpful in the oper-
ations of the agencies; and 
‘‘(15) any other factors that the Director deter-
mines are relevant in evaluating the efficacy of body- 
worn cameras. 
‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
on which the study required under subsection (a) is com-
pleted, the Director shall submit to Congress a report on 
the study, which shall include any policy recommendations 
that the Director considers appropriate.’’. 
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TITLE IV—JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS 
OF LYNCHING ACT 
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Emmett Till Anti- 
Lynching Act’’. 
SEC. 402. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The crime of lynching succeeded slavery as 
the ultimate expression of racism in the United States 
following Reconstruction. 
(2) Lynching was a widely acknowledged prac-
tice in the United States until the middle of the 20th 
century. 
(3) Lynching was a crime that occurred through-
out the United States, with documented incidents in 
all but 4 States. 
(4) At least 4,742 people, predominantly African 
Americans, were reported lynched in the United 
States between 1882 and 1968. 
(5) Ninety-nine percent of all perpetrators of 
lynching escaped from punishment by State or local 
officials. 
(6) Lynching prompted African Americans to 
form the National Association for the Advancement of 
Colored People (referred to in this section as the 
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‘‘NAACP’’) and prompted members of B’nai B’rith to 
found the Anti-Defamation League. 
(7) Mr. Walter White, as a member of the 
NAACP and later as the executive secretary of the 
NAACP from 1931 to 1955, meticulously investigated 
lynchings in the United States and worked tirelessly 
to end segregation and racialized terror. 
(8) Nearly 200 anti-lynching bills were intro-
duced in Congress during the first half of the 20th 
century. 
(9) Between 1890 and 1952, 7 Presidents peti-
tioned Congress to end lynching. 
(10) Between 1920 and 1940, the House of Rep-
resentatives passed 3 strong anti-lynching measures. 
(11) Protection against lynching was the min-
imum and most basic of Federal responsibilities, and 
the Senate considered but failed to enact anti-lynch-
ing legislation despite repeated requests by civil rights 
groups, Presidents, and the House of Representatives 
to do so. 
(12) The publication of ‘‘Without Sanctuary: 
Lynching Photography in America’’ helped bring 
greater awareness and proper recognition of the vic-
tims of lynching. 
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(13) Only by coming to terms with history can 
the United States effectively champion human rights 
abroad. 
(14) An apology offered in the spirit of true re-
pentance moves the United States toward reconcili-
ation and may become central to a new under-
standing, on which improved racial relations can be 
forged. 
(15) Having concluded that a reckoning with our 
own history is the only way the country can effec-
tively champion human rights abroad, 90 Members of 
the United States Senate agreed to Senate Resolution 
39, 109th Congress, on June 13, 2005, to apologize to 
the victims of lynching and the descendants of those 
victims for the failure of the Senate to enact anti- 
lynching legislation. 
(16) The National Memorial for Peace and Jus-
tice, which opened to the public in Montgomery, Ala-
bama, on April 26, 2018, is the Nation’s first memo-
rial dedicated to the legacy of enslaved Black people, 
people terrorized by lynching, African Americans hu-
miliated by racial segregation and Jim Crow, and 
people of color burdened with contemporary presump-
tions of guilt and police violence. 
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(17) Notwithstanding the Senate’s apology and 
the heightened awareness and education about the Na-
tion’s legacy with lynching, it is wholly necessary and 
appropriate for the Congress to enact legislation, after 
100 years of unsuccessful legislative efforts, finally to 
make lynching a Federal crime. 
(18) Further, it is the sense of Congress that 
criminal action by a group increases the likelihood 
that the criminal object of that group will be success-
fully attained and decreases the probability that the 
individuals involved will depart from their path of 
criminality. Therefore, it is appropriate to specify 
criminal penalties for the crime of lynching, or any 
attempt or conspiracy to commit lynching. 
(19) The United States Senate agreed to unani-
mously Senate Resolution 118, 115th Congress, on 
April 5, 2017, ‘‘[c]ondemning hate crime and any 
other form of racism, religious or ethnic bias, dis-
crimination, incitement to violence, or animus tar-
geting a minority in the United States’’ and taking 
notice specifically of Federal Bureau of Investigation 
statistics demonstrating that ‘‘among single-bias hate 
crime incidents in the United States, 59.2 percent of 
victims were targeted due to racial, ethnic, or ances-
tral bias, and among those victims, 52.2 percent were 
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victims of crimes motivated by the offenders’ anti- 
Black or anti-African American bias’’. 
(20) On September 14, 2017, President Donald 
J. Trump signed into law Senate Joint Resolution 49 
(Public Law 115–58; 131 Stat. 1149), wherein Con-
gress ‘‘condemn[ed] the racist violence and domestic 
terrorist attack that took place between August 11 and 
August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia’’ and 
‘‘urg[ed] the President and his administration to 
speak out against hate groups that espouse racism, ex-
tremism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and White su-
premacy; and use all resources available to the Presi-
dent and the President’s Cabinet to address the grow-
ing prevalence of those hate groups in the United 
States’’. 
(21) Senate Joint Resolution 49 (Public Law 
115–58; 131 Stat. 1149) specifically took notice of 
‘‘hundreds of torch-bearing White nationalists, White 
supremacists, 
Klansmen, 
and 
neo-Nazis 
[who] 
chanted racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-immigrant slo-
gans and violently engaged with counter-demonstra-
tors on and around the grounds of the University of 
Virginia in Charlottesville’’ and that these groups 
‘‘reportedly are organizing similar events in other cit-
ies in the United States and communities everywhere 
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are concerned about the growing and open display of 
hate and violence being perpetrated by those groups’’. 
(22) Lynching was a pernicious and pervasive 
tool that was used to interfere with multiple aspects 
of life—including the exercise of federally protected 
rights, as enumerated in section 245 of title 18, 
United States Code, housing rights, as enumerated in 
section 901 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3631), and the free exercise of religion, as enumerated 
in section 247 of title 18, United States Code. Inter-
ference with these rights was often effectuated by mul-
tiple offenders and groups, rather than isolated indi-
viduals. Therefore, prohibiting conspiracies to violate 
each of these rights recognizes the history of lynching 
in the United States and serves to prohibit its use in 
the future. 
SEC. 403. LYNCHING. 
(a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 13 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 250. Lynching 
‘‘Whoever conspires with another person to violate sec-
tion 245, 247, or 249 of this title or section 901 of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3631) shall be punished in 
the same manner as a completed violation of such section, 
except that if the maximum term of imprisonment for such 
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completed violation is less than 10 years, the person may 
be imprisoned for not more than 10 years.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections for chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 249 
the following: 
‘‘250. Lynching.’’. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, or the application of such 
a provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be 
unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act and the applica-
tion of the remaining provisions of this Act to any person 
or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 502. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed— 
(1) to limit legal or administrative remedies 
under section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the 
United States (42 U.S.C. 1983), section 210401 of the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12601), title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10101 et seq.), or title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.); 
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(2) to affect any Federal, State, or Tribal law 
that applies to an Indian Tribe because of the polit-
ical status of the Tribe; or 
(3) to waive the sovereign immunity of an In-
dian Tribe without the consent of the Tribe. 
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Union Calendar No. 348 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7120 
[Report No. 116–434, Part I] 
A BILL 
To hold law enforcement accountable for mis-
conduct in court, improve transparency through 
data collection, and reform police training and 
policies. 
JUNE 19, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an 
amendment 
JUNE 19, 2020 
Committees on Armed Services and Energy and Com-
merce discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 
to be printed 
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