I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7153 
To require Federal law enforcement officers, including contract employees, 
and members of the armed forces engaged in crowd control, riot control, 
or arrest or detainment of individuals engaged in civil disobedience, 
demonstrations, protests, or riots to visibly display identifying informa-
tion. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2020 
Mr. BEYER (for himself, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. 
CONNOLLY, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, and 
Ms. WEXTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require Federal law enforcement officers, including con-
tract employees, and members of the armed forces en-
gaged in crowd control, riot control, or arrest or detain-
ment of individuals engaged in civil disobedience, dem-
onstrations, protests, or riots to visibly display identi-
fying information. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement 
Identification Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FOR FEDERAL LAW EN-
FORCEMENT 
OFFICERS, 
INCLUDING 
CON-
TRACT EMPLOYEES, AND MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES ENGAGED IN CROWD CON-
TROL, RIOT CONTROL, OR ARREST OR DE-
TAINMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Federal law enforcement officer’’ 
means— 
(A) an employee or officer in a position in 
the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of 
the Federal Government who is authorized by 
law to engage in or supervise a law enforcement 
function; or 
(B) an employee or officer of a contractor 
or subcontractor (at any tier) of an agency in 
the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of 
the Federal Government who is authorized by 
law or under the contract with the agency to 
engage in or supervise a law enforcement func-
tion; 
(2) the term ‘‘law enforcement function’’ means 
the prevention, detection, or investigation of, or the 
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prosecution or incarceration of any person for, any 
violation of law; and 
(3) the term ‘‘member of an armed force’’ 
means a member of any of the armed forces, as de-
fined in section 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States 
Code, or a member of the National Guard, as de-
fined in section 101(3) of title 32, United States 
Code. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—Each Federal law enforcement 
officer or member of an armed force who is engaged in 
any form of crowd control, riot control, or arrest or detain-
ment of individuals engaged in an act of civil disobedience, 
demonstration, protest, or riot in the United States shall 
at all times display identifying information in a clearly 
visible fashion, which shall include the Federal agency, 
last name, and badge number of the Federal law enforce-
ment officer or the armed force, last name, and rank of 
the member of an armed force, respectively. 
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