United States S 3909: Law Enforcement Identification Act

Bill Text

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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION S. 3909
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 8, 2020
Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr.
SANDERS, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. REED, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. HARRIS, Mr.
BLUMENTHAL, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. WARREN,
Mr. UDALL, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. KLO-
BUCHAR, Mr. MERKLEY, and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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
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•S 3909 IS
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
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•S 3909 IS
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
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