US Congress House Bill 1124 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Readiness Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

CAM TIP Act of 2015 Camera Accountability Maintenance and Transparency in Policing Act of 2015 Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make matching grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes for the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers. Requires a grantee's body camera program to: establish policies and procedures for when law enforcement officers should wear, activate, and deactivate such cameras; ensure the protection of civil liberties of members of the general public; limit the use of recordings of such cameras to monitor the conduct of law enforcement officers outside of their official interactions with the public; develop standards regarding the effective body placement of such cameras; describe best practices for receiving an accurate narrative from recordings; establish procedures for collecting and storing recordings; establish policies governing the availability of such recordings to the general public, to victims of crimes, and for internal use by law enforcement; and have guidelines and training for law enforcement officers on the proper management and use of such cameras. Requires grants to be awarded first to qualifying local governments with fewer than 100,000 residents, with any remaining funds awarded to other applicants on a pro rata basis. Directs the Attorney General to study the cost to state and local law enforcement agencies of purchasing and using body-worn or similar cameras. Establishes in the Department of Justice a task force to: (1) provide recommendations on community policing, (2) study the impact that citizen review boards could have on investigating cases of alleged police misconduct, and (3) conduct a survey to determine best practices and the effectiveness of the body camera requirement policy. Directs the Government Accountability Office to report on the Department of Defense Excess Personal Property Program.

CAM TIP Act of 2015 Camera Accountability Maintenance and Transparency in Policing Act of 2015

Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-08-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
2015-03-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-02-26	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2015-02-26	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-02-26	House	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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-02-26	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1124/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1124/BILLS-114hr1124ih.pdf