Law Enforcement Identification Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7153 To require Federal law enforcement officers, including contract employees, and members of the armed forces engaged in crowd control, riot control, or arrest or detainment of individuals engaged in civil disobedience, demonstrations, protests, or riots to visibly display identifying informa- tion. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 11, 2020 Mr. BEYER (for himself, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, and Ms. WEXTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- tion of the committee concerned A BILL To require Federal law enforcement officers, including con- tract employees, and members of the armed forces en- gaged in crowd control, riot control, or arrest or detain- ment of individuals engaged in civil disobedience, dem- onstrations, protests, or riots to visibly display identi- fying information. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:11 Jun 28, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7153.IH H7153 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7153 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement 2 Identification Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FOR FEDERAL LAW EN- 4 FORCEMENT OFFICERS, INCLUDING CON- 5 TRACT EMPLOYEES, AND MEMBERS OF THE 6 ARMED FORCES ENGAGED IN CROWD CON- 7 TROL, RIOT CONTROL, OR ARREST OR DE- 8 TAINMENT. 9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 10 (1) the term ‘‘Federal law enforcement officer’’ 11 means— 12 (A) an employee or officer in a position in 13 the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of 14 the Federal Government who is authorized by 15 law to engage in or supervise a law enforcement 16 function; or 17 (B) an employee or officer of a contractor 18 or subcontractor (at any tier) of an agency in 19 the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of 20 the Federal Government who is authorized by 21 law or under the contract with the agency to 22 engage in or supervise a law enforcement func- 23 tion; 24 (2) the term ‘‘law enforcement function’’ means 25 the prevention, detection, or investigation of, or the 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:11 Jun 28, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7153.IH H7153 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7153 IH prosecution or incarceration of any person for, any 1 violation of law; and 2 (3) the term ‘‘member of an armed force’’ 3 means a member of any of the armed forces, as de- 4 fined in section 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States 5 Code, or a member of the National Guard, as de- 6 fined in section 101(3) of title 32, United States 7 Code. 8 (b) REQUIREMENT.—Each Federal law enforcement 9 officer or member of an armed force who is engaged in 10 any form of crowd control, riot control, or arrest or detain- 11 ment of individuals engaged in an act of civil disobedience, 12 demonstration, protest, or riot in the United States shall 13 at all times display identifying information in a clearly 14 visible fashion, which shall include the Federal agency, 15 last name, and badge number of the Federal law enforce- 16 ment officer or the armed force, last name, and rank of 17 the member of an armed force, respectively. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:11 Jun 28, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7153.IH H7153 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS