,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gijf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ca1 #bjbj,mr4 
,de,fazio 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,thompson  
of ,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 and  
,ms4 ,bonamici7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
include certain requirements for        
officers protecting ,federal property1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,prevent ,federal ,law ,enforcement     
,abuse in the ,protection of ,federal   
,property ,act4  #b4 ,law enforcement   
authority of ,secretary of ,homeland    
,security for protection of public      
property ,section #acae of title #dj1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subsection 7b77#a7-- 7,a7 by        
striking of the ,department of ,homeland
 ,security1 including employees         
transferred to the ,department and      

insert transferred to the ,department of
 ,homeland ,security2 and  7,b7 by      
striking #bjjb1 and inserting #bjjb2    
7#b7 in subsection 7b77#b7-- 7,a7 by    
striking ,while engaged in the          
performance of official duties1 and     
inserting ,to the extent necessary to   
protect the property described in       
subsection 7a7 and persons on such      
property12  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b7 by
 striking firearms and inserting a      
firearm2  7,c7 in subparagraph 7,c7 by  
striking if the officer or agent has    
reasonable grounds to believe that the  
person to be arrested has committed or  
is committing a felony2 and inserting   
the following3 if-- 7i7 the officer or  
agent has probable cause to believe that
 the person to be arrested has          
committed1 is committing1 or is about to
 commit a felony on or related to       
property owned or occupied by the       
,federal ,government2  7ii7 the arrest--
 7,i7 occurs on the ,federal property or
 an area in the immediate vicinity of   

the property and does not extend beyond 
any adjacent sidewalk1 public street1 or
 other adjacent areas2  7,,ii7 in the   
case of an agreement under subsection   
7e71 occurs in an area in which arrests 
are permitted under the parameters      
established in such agreement2 or       
7,,iii7 is carried out in an area not   
covered under subclause 7,i7 or 7,,ii7  
only if-- 7aa7 the officer or agent is  
in active pursuit of a person who is    
otherwise subject to arrest under this  
subparagraph2 and  7bb7 such person     
exits the area covered by subclause 7,i7
 or 7,,ii71 as applicable1 during such  
pursuit2 and  7iii7 there are specific  
and articulable facts to support a      
reasonable belief that the person may-- 
7,i7 escape before a warrant can be     
obtained for his or her arrest2  7,,ii7 
destroy evidence2 or  7,,iii7 continue  
the commission of a felony on or related
 to property owned or occupied by the   
,federal ,government2  2  7,d7 in       
subparagraph 7,e7 by striking 2 and and 

inserting 1 except that such            
investigations and any associated       
surveillance are restricted solely to   
offenses that may have been committed   
against property owned or occupied by   
the ,federal ,government2 and2 and  7,e7
 by striking subparagraph 7,f7 and      
inserting the following3  7,f7 carry out
 such other activities necessary to     
protect the property described in       
subsection 7a7 and persons on such      
property as the ,secretary may          
prescribe4  2  7#c7 in subsection 7e7-- 
7,a7 by striking the ,secretary may     
enter into agreements and inserting the 
,secretary shall enter into agreements1 
including memoranda of understanding12  
and  7,b7 by adding at the end the      
following3 ,any agreement1 including    
memoranda of understanding1 entered into
 under this subsection shall include a  
requirement that all officers and agents
 designated under this subsection and   
subject to such agreement wear body     
cameras while on duty42  7#d7 by        

redesignating subsections 7f7 and 7g7 as
 subsections 7h7 and 7i71 respectively2 
and  7#e7 by inserting after subsection 
7e7 the following3  7f7 ,identification 
as ,federal officer ,an officer or agent
 designated under this subsection shall1
 while engaged in the performance of    
official duties1 display-- 7#a7         
appropriate insignia identifying the    
department or agency of the ,department 
of ,homeland ,security from which such  
officer or agent has been designated2   
and  7#b7 the full name of the officer  
or agent4  7g7 ,limitation on arrests   
,with respect to any arrest carried out 
under subsection 7b77#b77;,c71 the      
officer or agent shall-- 7#a7 identify  
himself or herself and the department or
 agency in which such officer or agent  
is employed2  7#b7 inform the individual
 being arrested of the cause for such   
arrest2  7#c7 in the case of an arrest  
carried out pursuant to an agreement    
under subsection 7e71 notify any ,state 
or local government that is party to    

such agreement of the arrest2 and  7#d7 
document the details of the arrest and  
the cause for such arrest4  4