TIP Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5407
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2014-09-08
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Congressional oversight

Department of Justice

Government studies and investigations

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

Photography and imaging
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Transparency in Policing Act of 2014 or the TIP Act of 2014 - Directs the Attorney General to conduct a study on the cost to state and local law enforcement agencies of purchasing and using body cameras.</p> <p>Conditions the receipt by a state or local law enforcement agency of federal funds from a grant program carried out by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the purchase of body cameras for use by the law enforcement officers employed by that agency. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive such requirement upon determining that compliance would create a hardship for such agency.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5407 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 8, 2014 Mr. Al Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the cost of the purchase and use of body cameras by State and local law enforcement agencies, and to require law enforcement agencies to purchase and use body cameras as a condition on the receipt of Federal funding, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparency in Policing Act of 2014 or the TIP Act of 2014 . 2. Study on the cost of the purchase and use of body cameras by law enforcement agencies (a) Study The Attorney General shall conduct a study on the cost to State and local law enforcement agencies of purchasing and using body cameras. (b) Report Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report that contains the results of the study conducted under subsection (a). 3. Requirement for law enforcement agencies to purchase and use body cameras (a) In general Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a State or local law enforcement agency that receives Federal funds from a grant program carried out by the Department of Justice shall, as a condition of receipt of such funds, purchase body cameras for use by the law enforcement officers employed by that law enforcement agency. (b) Rulemaking authority The Attorney General shall make rules to implement the requirement under subsection (a). (c) Waiver The Attorney General may waive the requirement under subsection (a) for a law enforcement agency if the Attorney General determines that compliance with such requirement would create a hardship for the law enforcement agency.