,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #f1        
#bjai,mr4 ,espaillat 7for himself1 ,ms4 
,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1
 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 and ,mr4     
,beyer7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,homeland ,security1 and in addition to 
the ,committees on the ,judiciary1 and  
,ways and ,means1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require agents and       
officers of ,u4,s4 ,immigration and     
,customs ,enforcement and ,u4,s4        
,customs and ,border ,protection to wear
 body cameras1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,,ice and ,,cbp ,body ,camera   
,accountability ,act4  #b4 ,use of body 
cameras by agents and officers of ,u4,s4
 ,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement 

and ,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border         
,protection  7a7 ,in general ,not later 
than the date that the rule under       
subsection 7e7 is finalized1 the        
,director of ,u4,s4 ,immigration and    
,customs ,enforcement 7,,ice7 and the   
,commissioner of ,u4,s4 ,customs and    
,border ,protection 7,,cbp7 shall ensure
 that agents and officers of ,,ice and  
,,cbp1 as the case may be1 wear body    
cameras when such agents and officers   
are engaged in official operations4  7b7
 ,implementation ,to carry out this     
section1 the ,director of ,,ice and the 
,commissioner of ,,cbp shall establish--
 7#a7 policies1 procedures1 and best    
practices for the use of body cameras by
 agents and officers of ,,ice and ,,cbp1
 including training relating to the use 
of such cameras2 and  7#b7 policies and 
procedures for carrying out adverse     
actions under subsection 7f74  7c7      
,always-,on ,body cameras worn by agents
 and officers of ,,ice and ,,cbp shall  
be turned on at the beginning of the    

shift of such agents and officers and   
shall remain on for the duration of such
 shifts4  7d7 ,availability of body     
camera footage ,footage collected by    
such a body camera shall be made        
available to each party to any          
administrative proceeding1 civil action1
 or criminal prosecution to which such  
footage pertains in accordance with such
 requirements as the ,secretary of      
,homeland ,security shall by rule       
require under subsection 7e74 ,if such  
footage is not made available1 such a   
party may notify the ,director of ,,ice 
or the ,commissioner of ,,cbp1 as the   
case may be1 in writing for purposes of 
instigating an adverse action described 
in subsection 7f74  7e7 ,rule making    
,not later than #fj days after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the          
,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall 
commence a rule making regarding the use
 of body cameras and the provision of   
footage in accordance with subsection   
7d7 that is consistent with the ,civil  

,rights ,principles for ,body ,worn     
,cameras of the ,leadership ,conference 
on ,civil and ,human ,rights1 ,may      
#bjae4 ,the proposed rule shall include 
a comparison with the ,american ,civil  
,liberties ,union's ,january #bjag      
,model ,act for ,regulating the ,use of 
,wearable ,body ,cameras by ,law        
,enforcement and ,an ,act ,relative to  
,body-,worn ,cameras for ,law           
,enforcement ,officers1 #bjaf ,n4,h4    
,legis4 ,serv4 #cbb 7codified at ,n4,h4 
,,rev4 ,,stat4 ,,ann4  #aje-;,d         
7#bjaf774  7f7 ,adverse actions for     
absence of body camera footage ,an agent
 or officer of ,,ice or ,,cbp whose body
 camera does not record footage because 
of a violation of subsection 7c7 shall  
be subject to furlough1 reduction in pay
 or grade1 or a suspension of up to #cj 
days under subchapter ,,ii of chapter   
#ge of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 
as the ,director of ,,ice or the        
,commissioner of ,,cbp 7as the case may 
be7 determines appropriate4 ,if a body  

camera does not record at a time when   
the camera is required to be active1 the
 ,secretary of ,homeland ,security may  
not determine that the camera suffered a
 malfunction unless the agent or officer
 submits evidence sufficient to         
establish that a malfunction occurred4  
7g7 ,prohibition on new funding ,no     
additional funding is authorized to be  
appropriated to carry out this ,act4    
,this ,act shall be carried out using   
amounts otherwise made available for    
such purposes4