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116th Congress(2019-2020)
Law Enforcement Identification Act
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S. 3909 (Introduced-in-Senate)


116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3909


To require Federal law enforcement officers, including contract employees, and members of the armed forces engaged in crowd control, riot control, or arrest or detainment of individuals engaged in civil disobedience, demonstrations, protests, or riots to visibly display identifying information.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 8, 2020

Mr. Murphy (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Reed, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Harris, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Warren, Mr. Udall, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Booker, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To require Federal law enforcement officers, including contract employees, and members of the armed forces engaged in crowd control, riot control, or arrest or detainment of individuals engaged in civil disobedience, demonstrations, protests, or riots to visibly display identifying information.

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 “Law Enforcement Identification Act”.

SEC. 2. Identifying information for Federal law enforcement officers, including contract employees, and members of the armed forces engaged in crowd control, riot control, or arrest or detainment.

(a) Definitions.—In this section—

(1) the term “Federal law enforcement officer” means—

(A) an employee or officer in a position in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Federal Government who is authorized by law to engage in or supervise a law enforcement function; or

(B) an employee or officer of a contractor or subcontractor (at any tier) of an agency in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Federal Government who is authorized by law or under the contract with the agency to engage in or supervise a law enforcement function;

(2) the term “law enforcement function” means the prevention, detection, or investigation of, or the prosecution or incarceration of any person for, any violation of law; and

(3) the term “member of an armed force” means a member of any of the armed forces, as defined in section 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code, or a member of the National Guard, as defined in section 101(3) of title 32, United States Code.

(b) Requirement.—Each Federal law enforcement officer or member of an armed force who is engaged in any form of crowd control, riot control, or arrest or detainment of individuals engaged in an act of civil disobedience, demonstration, protest, or riot in the United States shall at all times display identifying information in a clearly visible fashion, which shall include the Federal agency, last name, and badge number of the Federal law enforcement officer or the armed force, last name, and rank of the member of an armed force, respectively.