3.0.0 1897 2023-01-11T13:30:01Z 2023-01-11T13:30:01Z Senate S 2015-07-29 114 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-07-29T22:27:26Z Safer Officers and Safer Citizens Act of 2015 114 3544 HR 2015-10-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Identical bill CRS 2015-07-29 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2015-07-29 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2015-07-29 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-08-04 False Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory procedures Employee leave Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Performance measurement Photography and imaging Violent crime Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2015-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-16T16:05:14Z Safer Officers and Safer Citizens Act of 2015

This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to award matching grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to purchase body-worn cameras.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance must give preference to grant applications from jurisdictions that: (1) have comprehensive policies and procedures related to implementation of a body-worn camera program, (2) have high percentages of officers without access to body-worn cameras, (3) have violent crime rates above the national average, and (4) agree to submit metrics on the use of body-worn cameras.

To offset the cost, it requires the Office of Personnel Management to issue regulations to limit administrative leave for federal employees to 20 days per year, unless approved individually by the agency head. The Office of Management and Budget must ensure each agency adjusts the number of authorized full-time equivalent employees to reflect lower personnel requirements due to increased available work hours per employee.

]]> Safer Officers and Safer Citizens Act of 2015 Display Title Safer Officers and Safer Citizens Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to help keep law enforcement officers and communities safer by making grants to purchase body worn cameras for use by State, local, and tribal law enforcement officers. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Safer Officers and Safer Citizens Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1897is/xml/BILLS-114s1897is.xml 2015-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.