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-
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. 
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‘‘(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 
‘‘(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; 
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‘‘(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, 2021, $500,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.’’. 
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— 
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(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, 
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.— 
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(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 
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 
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