,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddfh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #af1 #bjbe,mr4 
,tiffany 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,nehls1 and 
,mr4 ,cline7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to require interviews conducted by     
officers and employees of ,federal law  
enforcement agencies to be recorded4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,federal ,interviews ,reform    
,act4  #b4 ,audio recording of          
interviews conducted by certain ,federal
 law enforcement officers  7a7 ,in      
general ,the ,attorney ,general shall   
require the recording1 using an         
electronic audio or video recording     
technology1 of each interview of any    
person who is suspected of having       
committed a criminal offense conducted  
by an officer or employee of the        
,department of ,justice in connection   
with an investigation of a ,federal     
offense or an investigation with respect

 to which the ,department is assisting a
 ,state1 local1 or tribal law           
enforcement agency4  7b7 ,application   
7#a7 ,custodial and non-custodial       
interviews ,the requirements under this 
section apply with respect to any       
custodial and non-custodial interview1  
but do not apply with respect to        
communication with a confidential       
informant4  7#b7 ,extraterritorial      
application ,the requirements under this
 section apply with respect to any      
interview of a ,united ,states citizen  
outside of the ,united ,states conducted
 by an officer or employee of the       
,department of ,justice4  7c7           
,notification1 consent not required ,an 
officer or employee of the ,department  
of ,justice may record an interview     
described in this section without       
providing notice to or obtaining consent
 from the interviewee4  7d7             
,inadmissibility ,a statement or        
information obtained during an interview
 that is not recorded in accordance with

 this section may not be offered as     
evidence by the ,government in ,federal 
court4  7e7 ,retention  7#a7 ,in general
 ,except as provided in paragraph 7#b71 
a recording of an interview described in
 this section shall be retained for a   
period of #aj years beginning on the    
date on which the applicable            
investigation or any related judicial   
procedures is finally concluded1        
whichever is later4  7#b7 ,exception ,a 
recording of an interview described in  
this section shall be retained          
indefinitely if the content of the      
recording is related to a judicial      
proceeding that involves a ,federal     
capital offense or a ,state capital     
offense with respect to which the       
,federal law enforcement officer was    
assisting the law enforcement agency of 
the jurisdiction in which the offense   
occurred4  7f7 ,rules ,the ,attorney    
,general shall finalize rules to carry  
out this section not later than #ahj    
days after the date of enactment of this

 ,act4