,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aj1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,capuano introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe  
,streets ,act of #aifh to prohibit      
funding under the ,edward ,byrne        
,memorial ,justice ,assistance grant    
program and the ,public ,safety and     
,community ,policing grant program to be
 provided to law enforcement agencies   
that use license plate readers unless   
certain conditions are met4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,reasonable ,policies on ,automated     
,license ,plate ,readers ,act4  #b4     
,funding under ,edward ,byrne ,memorial 
,justice ,assistance grant program and  
,public ,safety and ,community ,policing
 grant program prohibited for use by law
 enforcement agencies that use license  
plate readers unless certain conditions 
met  7a7 ,restriction under ,edward     

,byrne ,memorial ,justice ,assistance   
,grant ,program ,section #eja7;d7 of the
 ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe     
,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#cgea7;d77 is amended by adding at the  
end the following new paragraph3  7#c7  
,any funds or other assistance to a law 
enforcement agency that uses an         
automated license plate reader1 unless  
such law enforcement agency has         
developed written and binding policies  
for the use of the reader that ensure   
data collected by the reader--  7,a7 is 
not stored for a period exceeding #cj   
days unless the data is being used in an
 active law enforcement investigation2  
7,b7 is not stored in a statewide       
database or other database that         
consolidates data from such readers2 and
  7,c7 is shared with an entity other   
than the law enforcement agency that    
operates the reader only if--  7i7 the  
entity is another law enforcement       
agency2  7ii7 the data is to be used in 
an active law enforcement investigation2

 and  7iii7 the data is provided in     
response to a specific request for the  
data4  4  7b7 ,restriction under ,public
 ,safety and ,community ,policing grant 
program ,section #agja of the ,omnibus  
,crime ,control and ,safe ,streets ,act 
of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cgif;dd7 is    
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7b71 by   
striking ,the purposes and inserting    
,subject to subsection 7l71 the         
purposes2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end
 the following new subsection3  7l7     
,prohibited use ,notwithstanding any    
other provision of this ,act1 no funds  
provided under this part may be provided
 to or used1 directly or indirectly1 by 
a law enforcement agency that uses an   
automated license plate reader1 unless  
such law enforcement agency has         
developed written and binding policies  
for the use of the reader that ensure   
data collected by the reader--  7#a7 is 
not stored for a period exceeding #cj   
days unless the data is being used in an
 active law enforcement investigation2  

7#b7 is not stored in a statewide       
database or other database that         
consolidates data from such readers2 and
  7#c7 is shared with an entity other   
than the law enforcement agency that    
operates the reader only if--  7,a7 the 
entity is another law enforcement       
agency2  7,b7 the data is to be used in 
an active law enforcement investigation2
 and  7,c7 the data is provided in      
response to a specific request for the  
data4  4  7c7 ,effective date ,the      
amendments made by this section shall   
apply with respect to funds provided for
 grant periods beginning on or after the
 date that is #ij days after the date of
 the enactment of this ,act4