‘‘(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. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—For a covered government 
to be eligible to receive a grant under this section, 
the chief executive officer of the covered government 
shall submit to the Director an application in such 
form and containing such information as the Direc-
tor may require. 
‘‘(2) 
POLICIES
AND
PROCEDURES
ASSUR-
ANCES.—The application under paragraph (1) shall, 
as required by the Director, provide assurances that 
the covered government will establish policies and 
procedures in accordance with subsection (d). 
‘‘(d) REQUIRED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered government re-
ceiving a grant under this section shall develop poli-
cies and procedures related to the use of body-worn 
cameras that— 
‘‘(A) are developed with community input, 
including from prosecutors and organizations 
representing crime victims, in accordance with 
recognized best practices; 
‘‘(B) require that a body-worn camera be 
activated when a law enforcement officer ar-
rests or detains any person in the course of the 
official duties of the officer, with consideration 
to sensitive cases; 
‘‘(C) apply discipline to any law enforce-
ment officer who intentionally fails to ensure 
that a body-worn camera is engaged, functional, 
and properly secured at all times during which 
the camera is required to be worn; 
‘‘(D) require training for— 
‘‘(i) the proper use of body-worn cam-
eras; and 
‘‘(ii) the handling and use of the ob-
tained video and audio recordings; 
‘‘(E) provide clear standards for privacy, 
data retention, and use for evidentiary purposes 
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in a criminal proceeding, including in the case 
of an assault on a law enforcement officer; and 
‘‘(F) make footage available to the public 
in response to a valid request under an applica-
ble freedom of information law if the footage 
can be made available— 
‘‘(i) without compromising an ongoing 
investigation or revealing the identity of 
third parties, including victims, inform-
ants, or witnesses; and 
‘‘(ii) with consideration given to the 
rights of victims and surviving family 
members. 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—A covered government re-
ceiving a grant under this section shall make all 
policies and procedures regarding body-worn cam-
eras available on a public website. 
‘‘(3) GUIDANCE.—The Director shall issue 
guidance to covered governments related to the re-
quirements under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(e) GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) MINIMUM AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each fiscal year, un-
less the Director has awarded a fully funded 
grant for each eligible application submitted by 
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a State and any units of local government with-
in the State under this section for the fiscal 
year, the Director shall allocate to the State 
and units of local government within the State 
for grants under this section an aggregate 
amount that is not less than 0.5 percent of the 
total amount appropriated for the fiscal year 
for grants under this section. 
‘‘(B) CERTAIN
TERRITORIES.—For pur-
poses of the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, 
Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands, sub-
paragraph (A) shall be applied by substituting 
‘0.25 percent’ for ‘0.5 percent’. 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(A) AMOUNT
PER
COVERED
GOVERN-
MENT.—A covered government may not receive 
a grant under this section for a fiscal year in 
an amount that is greater than 5 percent of the 
total amount appropriated for grants under this 
section for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) AGGREGATE AMOUNT PER STATE.—A 
State and each covered government within the 
State may not receive grants under this section 
for a fiscal year in an aggregate amount that 
is more than 20 percent of the total amount ap-
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propriated for grants under this section for the 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(f) MATCHING FUNDS.—The portion of the costs of 
a body-worn camera program provided by a grant under 
this section— 
‘‘(1) may not exceed 50 percent; and 
‘‘(2) subject to subsection (e)(2), shall equal 50 
percent if the grant is to a unit of local government 
with fewer than 100,000 residents. 
‘‘(g) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 
available under this section shall not be used to supplant 
covered government funds, but shall be used to increase 
the amount of funds that would, in the absence of Federal 
funds, be made available from covered government sources 
for the purposes of this section. 
‘‘(h) REPORTS TO THE DIRECTOR.—A covered gov-
ernment that receives a grant under this section shall sub-
mit to the Director, for each year in which funds from 
a grant received under this section are expended, a report 
at such time and in such manner as the Director may rea-
sonably require, that contains— 
‘‘(1) a summary of the activities carried out 
under the grant and an assessment of whether the 
activities are meeting the needs identified in the 
grant application; and 
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‘‘(2) such other information as the Director 
may require. 
‘‘(i) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 
days after the end of a fiscal year for which grants are 
made under this section, the Director shall submit to Con-
gress a report that includes— 
‘‘(1) the aggregate amount of grants made 
under this section to each covered government for 
the fiscal year; 
‘‘(2) a summary of the information provided by 
covered governments receiving grants under this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(3) a description of the priorities and plan for 
awarding grants among eligible covered govern-
ments, and how the plan will ensure the effective use 
of body-worn cameras to protect public safety. 
‘‘(j) DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of 
making grants under this section there is authorized to 
be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of amounts 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2020, $500,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.’’. 
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SEC. 202. PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO USE BODY-WORN 
CAMERAS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 
provision’’ means— 
(1) section 509 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by 
section 201; and 
(2) any other provision of law that makes funds 
available for the purchase of body-worn cameras. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) STATES.—A State that receives funds under 
a covered provision shall— 
(A) have a policy in place to apply dis-
cipline to any law enforcement officer who in-
tentionally fails to ensure that a body-worn 
camera purchased using those funds is engaged, 
functional, and properly secured at all times 
during which the camera is required to be worn; 
and 
(B) ensure that any entity to which the 
State awards a subgrant under the covered pro-
vision has a policy in place to apply discipline 
to any law enforcement officer who intentionally 
fails to ensure that a body-worn camera pur-
chased using those funds is engaged, functional, 
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and properly secured at all times during which 
the camera is required to be worn. 
(2) OTHER ENTITIES.—An entity other than a 
State that receives funds under a covered provision 
shall have a policy in place to apply discipline to any 
law enforcement officer who intentionally fails to en-
sure that a body-worn camera purchased using those 
funds is engaged, functional, and properly secured at 
all times during which the camera is required to be 
worn. 
(c) COMPLIANCE.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.— 
(A) FIRST FISCAL YEAR.— 
(i) STATES.—For the first fiscal year 
beginning after the date of enactment of 
this Act in which a State fails to comply 
with subsection (b)(1), the State shall be 
subject to a 20-percent reduction of the 
funds that would otherwise be provided to 
the State under the applicable covered pro-
vision for that fiscal year. 
(ii) OTHER ENTITIES.—For the first 
fiscal year beginning after the date of en-
actment of this Act in which an entity 
other than a State fails to comply with 
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subsection (b)(2), the entity shall be sub-
ject to a 20-percent reduction of the funds 
that would otherwise be allocated to the 
entity under the applicable covered provi-
sion for that fiscal year. 
(B) SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.— 
(i) STATES.—Beginning in the first 
fiscal year beginning after the first fiscal 
year described in subparagraph (A)(i) in 
which a State fails to comply with sub-
section (b), the percentage by which the 
funds described in subparagraph (A)(i) are 
reduced shall be increased by 5 percent 
each fiscal year the State fails to comply 
with subsection (b), except that such re-
duction shall not exceed 25 percent in any 
fiscal year. 
(ii) OTHER ENTITIES.—Beginning in 
the first fiscal year beginning after the 
first fiscal year described in subparagraph 
(A)(i) in which a an entity other than a 
State fails to comply with subsection (b), 
the percentage by which the funds de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(ii) are re-
duced shall be increased by 5 percent each 
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fiscal year the entity fails to comply with 
subsection (b), except that such reduction 
shall not exceed 25 percent in any fiscal 
year. 
(2) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated 
under covered provision to a State or other entity 
for failure to comply with subsection (b) shall be re-
allocated under the covered provision to States or 
other entities that have complied with subsection (b). 
TITLE III—LAW ENFORCEMENT 
RECORDS RETENTION 
SEC. 301. LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS RETENTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— Part E of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Acts of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Subpart 4—Law Enforcement Records Retention 
‘‘SEC. 531. LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS RETENTION. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘applicable covered system’, with 
respect to a law enforcement agency, means the cov-
ered system of the covered government of which the 
law enforcement agency is part; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘covered government’ means a 
State or unit of local government; 
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‘‘(3) the term ‘covered system’ means a system 
maintained by a covered government under sub-
section (b); and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘disciplinary record’— 
‘‘(A) means any written document regard-
ing an allegation of misconduct by a law en-
forcement officer that— 
‘‘(i) is substantiated and is adju-
dicated by a government agency or court; 
and 
‘‘(ii) results in— 
‘‘(I) adverse action by the em-
ploying law enforcement agency; or 
‘‘(II) criminal charges; and 
‘‘(B) does not include a written document 
regarding an allegation described in subpara-
graph (A) if the adjudication described in 
clause (i) of that subparagraph has been over-
turned on appeal. 
‘‘(b) RECORDS RETENTION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) RECORDS RETENTION SYSTEM.—A covered 
government that receives funds under this part shall 
maintain a system for sharing disciplinary records of 
law enforcement officers that meets the require-
ments under paragraph (2). 
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‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In administering a cov-
ered system, a covered government shall— 
‘‘(A) retain each disciplinary record or in-
ternal investigation record regarding a law en-
forcement officer that is prepared by a law en-
forcement agency of the covered government; 
‘‘(B) retain a record of each award or com-
mendation regarding a law enforcement officer 
that is prepared by a law enforcement agency 
of the covered government; 
‘‘(C) establish a policy that ensures that 
each record included in the covered system is 
retained and accessible for not less than 30 
years; 
‘‘(D) allow a law enforcement officer, coun-
sel for a law enforcement officer, or the rep-
resentative organization of a law enforcement 
officer to— 
‘‘(i) submit information to the covered 
system relating to a disciplinary record or 
internal investigation record regarding the 
law enforcement officer that is retained 
under subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(ii) obtain access to the covered sys-
tem in order to review a disciplinary record 
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