SEC. 2. FUNDING UNDER EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUS-
TICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM AND 
PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING 
GRANT PROGRAM PROHIBITED FOR USE BY 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT USE LI-
CENSE PLATE READERS UNLESS CERTAIN 
CONDITIONS MET. 
(a) RESTRICTION UNDER EDWARD BYRNE MEMO-
RIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 
501(d) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3751(d)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) Any funds or other assistance to a law en-
forcement agency that uses an automated license 
plate reader, unless such law enforcement agency 
has developed written and binding policies for the 
use of the reader that ensure data collected by the 
reader— 
‘‘(A) is not stored for a period exceeding 
48 hours unless the data is being used in an ac-
tive law enforcement investigation; 
‘‘(B) is not stored in a statewide database 
or other database that consolidates data from 
such readers; and 
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‘‘(C) is shared with an entity other than 
the law enforcement agency that operates the 
reader only if— 
‘‘(i) the entity is another law enforce-
ment agency; 
‘‘(ii) the data is to be used in an ac-
tive law enforcement investigation; and 
‘‘(iii) the data is provided in response 
to a specific request for the data.’’. 
(b) RESTRICTION UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY AND COM-
MUNITY POLICING GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 1701 of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘The pur-
poses’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (l), the 
purposes’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l) PROHIBITED USE.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, no funds provided under this part 
may be provided to or used, directly or indirectly, by a 
law enforcement agency that uses an automated license 
plate reader, unless such law enforcement agency has de-
veloped written and binding policies for the use of the 
reader that ensure data collected by the reader— 
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‘‘(1) is not stored for a period exceeding 48 
hours unless the data is being used in an active law 
enforcement investigation; 
‘‘(2) is not stored in a statewide database or 
other database that consolidates data from such 
readers; and 
‘‘(3) is shared with an entity other than the law 
enforcement agency that operates the reader only 
if— 
‘‘(A) the entity is another law enforcement 
agency; 
‘‘(B) the data is to be used in an active 
law enforcement investigation; and 
‘‘(C) the data is provided in response to a 
specific request for the data.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to funds provided for 
grant periods beginning on or after the date that is 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), no Federal law enforcement agency may use an auto-
mated license plate reader, unless such law enforcement 
agency has developed written and binding policies for the 
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use of the reader that ensure data collected by the read-
er— 
(1) is not stored for a period exceeding 48 
hours unless the data is being used in an active law 
enforcement investigation; 
(2) is not stored in a statewide database or 
other database that consolidates data from such 
readers; and 
(3) is shared with an entity other than the law 
enforcement agency that operates the reader only 
if— 
(A) the entity is another law enforcement 
agency; 
(B) the data is to be used in an active law 
enforcement investigation; and 
(C) the data is provided in response to a 
specific request for the data. 
(b) EXCEPTION
FOR PHYSICAL BORDER CROSS-
ING.—Any data collected by the reader at a international 
border crossing of the United States. 
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