US Congress House Bill 1608 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-0)
Status: Introduced on March 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act This bill directs U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to ensure that ICE and CBP agents and officers wear body cameras when engaged in official operations. ICE and CBP must establish: (1) policies for the use of such cameras, and (2) procedures for carrying out adverse actions for noncompliance with such policies. Such cameras must be on for an agent's or officer's entire shift. Footage collected by such a body camera shall be made available to each party to any administrative proceeding, civil action, or criminal prosecution to which it pertains. If such footage is not made available, such a party may notify ICE or CBP in writing for purposes of instigating an adverse action for noncompliance. DHS shall commence a rulemaking regarding the use of body cameras and the provision of footage that is consistent with the "Civil Rights Principles for Body Worn Cameras" of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, May 2015. An ICE or CBP agent or officer whose body camera does not record footage in violation of this bill shall be subject to furlough, reduction in pay or grade, or a suspension of up to 30 days. If a body camera does not record at a time when the camera is required to be active, DHS may not determine that the camera suffered a malfunction unless the agent or officer submits evidence sufficient to establish that a malfunction occurred.

ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act

Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2017-03-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
2017-03-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-03-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-03-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-03-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-03-17	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1608/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1608/BILLS-115hr1608ih.pdf