I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6302 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
prohibit funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance 
grant program and the Public Safety and Community Policing grant 
program to be provided to law enforcement agencies that use license 
plate readers unless certain conditions are met. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2012 
Mr. CAPUANO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to prohibit funding under the Edward Byrne 
Memorial Justice Assistance grant program and the Pub-
lic Safety and Community Policing grant program to 
be provided to law enforcement agencies that use license 
plate readers unless certain conditions are met. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reasonable Policies 
on Automated License Plate Readers Act’’. 
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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 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 
30 days 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 
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 30 
days 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. 
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