Title: Badge Transparency Act of 2020
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Badge Transparency Act of 2020
This bill establishes a framework to require law enforcement officers to visibly display their identification while on duty.
Specifically, it requires federal law enforcement agencies to enact policies requiring on-duty officers to visibly display identification. State and local law enforcement agencies must implement a substantially similar policy as a condition of receiving funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program and the Community Oriented Policing Services program.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7711 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7711

   To require the display of certain identification for certain law 
             enforcement officers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2020

 Ms. Ocasio-Cortez (for herself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Tlaib, 
  Mr. Huffman, and Ms. Omar) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the display of certain identification for certain law 
             enforcement officers, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Badge Transparency Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO DISPLAY CERTAIN 
              IDENTIFICATION.

    (a) Identification of Federal Law Enforcement Officers.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this section the head of each Federal law 
        enforcement agency shall implement a policy requiring that a 
        Federal law enforcement officer (in uniform or plain clothes), 
        employed by a Federal law enforcement agency, make visible the 
        following identification while on-duty or serving the public as 
        a Federal law enforcement officer:
                    (A) The first and last name of such Federal law 
                enforcement officer.
                    (B) The name of the Federal law enforcement agency 
                the Federal law enforcement officer is employed.
                    (C) A badge number or other identification number 
                from the Federal law enforcement agency employing such 
                Federal law enforcement officer pursuant to 
                subparagraph (B).
            (2) Enforcement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this section the head of each Federal law 
        enforcement agency shall implement a policy with respect to the 
        enforcement of the policy under subsection (a).
            (3) Data collection on compliance.--Beginning not later 
        than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, 
        the head of each Federal law enforcement agency shall collect 
        and submit to the Attorney General, on an annual basis, a 
        report on the--
                    (A) number of instances in which a Federal law 
                enforcement officer did not comply with the requirement 
                under subsection (a); and
                    (B) Federal law enforcement agency that has 
                employed such officer.
    (b) Policy Requirement for State and Local Law Enforcement.--
Beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after the date of the 
enactment of this section, to be eligible to receive funds under 
subpart 1 of part E of title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) and part Q of title I of 
such Act (34 U.S.C. 10381 et seq.), a State or unit of local government 
shall have in place a law or policy substantially similar to the policy 
under subsection (a) and shall be in substantial compliance with such 
law or policy.
    (c) Inspector General Oversight.--The Inspector General of the 
Department of Justice shall conduct audits to ensure compliance with 
the policy and data collection requirements pursuant to subsection (a), 
and shall, on an annual basis, report the findings of such audits to 
the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of 
the Senate.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Federal Law Enforcement Officer.--The term ``Federal law 
enforcement officer''--
            (1) means a Federal employee--
                    (A) who has statutory authority to make arrests or 
                apprehensions;
                    (B) who is authorized by the Federal law 
                enforcement agency of the employee to carry firearms; 
                and
                    (C) whose duties are primarily--
                            (i) engagement in or supervision of the 
                        prevention, detection, investigation, or 
                        prosecution of, or the incarceration of any 
                        person for, any violation of law; or
                            (ii) the protection of Federal, State, 
                        local, or foreign government officials against 
                        threats to personal safety; and
            (2) includes a law enforcement officer employed by the 
        Amtrak Police Department or Federal Reserve.
    (b) Federal Law Enforcement Agency.--The term ``Federal law 
enforcement agency'' means any agency of the United States authorized 
to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or 
prosecution of any violation of Federal criminal law.
    (c) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given such term in 
section 901 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10251).
    (d) Unit of Local Government.--The term ``unit of local 
government'' has the meaning given such term in section 901 of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251).
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