[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4049 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4049

To provide that the head of a Federal agency may not prohibit State or 
  local uniformed law enforcement officers from wearing or using body 
cameras on joint operations with Federal law enforcement officers, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2019

 Ms. Norton (for herself and Mr. Beyer) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that the head of a Federal agency may not prohibit State or 
  local uniformed law enforcement officers from wearing or using body 
cameras on joint operations with Federal law enforcement officers, 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 ``Allowing Body Cameras in Joint Task 
Forces Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. USE OF BODY CAMERAS IN JOINT LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS 
              PERMITTED.

    The head of a Federal agency may not--
            (1) prohibit State or local uniformed law enforcement 
        officers from wearing or using body cameras on joint operations 
        with Federal law enforcement officers; or
            (2) otherwise condition participation in such a joint 
        operation on State or local uniformed law enforcement officers 
        refraining from wearing or using body cameras.
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