,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dfdc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bg1     
#bjbb,mr4 ,tillis 7for himself and ,mr4 
,hagerty7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to conduct a study of the      
collection of biometric information by  
,state law enforcement agencies1 to     
establish a grant program to assist     
,state1 tribal1 and local law           
enforcement agencies to implement best  
practices1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,biometric ,collection ,improvement 
,act4  #b4 ,state practices for         
collecting biometric information  7a7   
,study ,the ,director of the ,bureau of 
,justice ,statistics1 in consultation   
with the ,director of the ,federal      
,bureau of ,investigation1 shall conduct
 a study to determine how ,state law    
enforcement agencies collect biometric  
information in the administration of the

 criminal justice system4  7b7 ,report  
,after completing the study required    
under subsection 7a71 the ,director of  
the ,bureau of ,justice ,statistics     
shall submit a report containing the    
results of such study to-- 7#a7 the     
,committee on the ,judiciary of the     
,senate2  7#b7 the ,committee on the    
,judiciary of the ,house of             
,representatives2 and  7#c7 the         
,attorney ,general4  7c7                
,recommendations ,the ,attorney         
,general1 in consultation with the      
,director of the ,bureau of ,justice    
,statistics and the ,director of the    
,federal ,bureau of ,investigation1     
shall provide recommendations to the    
chief law enforcement officer in each   
,state that contain best practices for  
improving the collection of biometric   
information in the administration of the
 criminal justice system1 including any 
legislative reform needed to implement  
such improvements4  7d7 ,funding ,the   
study1 report1 and recommendations      

required under this section shall be    
carried out with existing funding4  #c4 
,biometric grant program  7a7           
,establishment ,the ,assistant ,attorney
 ,general of the ,office of ,justice    
,programs1 working through the          
appropriate administrative agency in    
each ,state1 shall award competitive    
grants to ,state1 tribal1 and local law 
enforcement agencies to assist such     
agencies to implement the best practices
 referred to in section #b7;c74  7b7    
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated        
#e1jjj1jjj for each of the fiscal year  
#bjbc through #bjbg for grants          
authorized under subsection 7a74