Title: Biometric Collection Improvement Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Biometric Collection Improvement Act
This bill requires the Department of Justice to (1) study and recommend ways to improve the collection of biometric information by state law enforcement agencies, and (2) award grants to help law enforcement agencies implement the recommendations.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4643 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4643

To conduct a study of the collection of biometric information by State 
law enforcement agencies, to establish a grant program to assist State, 
tribal, and local law enforcement agencies to implement best practices, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2022

Mr. Tillis (for himself and Mr. Hagerty) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To conduct a study of the collection of biometric information by State 
law enforcement agencies, to establish a grant program to assist State, 
tribal, and local law enforcement agencies to implement best practices, 
                        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 ``Biometric Collection Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE PRACTICES FOR COLLECTING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION.

    (a) Study.--The Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 
consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
shall conduct a study to determine how State law enforcement agencies 
collect biometric information in the administration of the criminal 
justice system.
    (b) Report.--After completing the study required under subsection 
(a), the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics shall submit a 
report containing the results of such study to--
            (1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
            (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            (3) the Attorney General.
    (c) Recommendations.--The Attorney General, in consultation with 
the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall provide recommendations to 
the chief law enforcement officer in each State that contain best 
practices for improving the collection of biometric information in the 
administration of the criminal justice system, including any 
legislative reform needed to implement such improvements.
    (d) Funding.--The study, report, and recommendations required under 
this section shall be carried out with existing funding.

SEC. 3. BIOMETRIC GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Assistant Attorney General of the Office of 
Justice Programs, working through the appropriate administrative agency 
in each State, shall award competitive grants to State, tribal, and 
local law enforcement agencies to assist such agencies to implement the 
best practices referred to in section 2(c).
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal year 2023 through 2027 
for grants authorized under subsection (a).
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