ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act
Latest action · Mar 22, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act
This bill requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents and officers to wear body cameras when engaged in official operations.
Such agents and officers shall turn on their cameras for the duration of each shift. The footage shall be available to each party in any administrative proceeding, civil action, or criminal proceeding where such footage is pertinent.
An agent or officer whose camera does not record footage during a shift shall be subject to furlough, reduction in pay or grade, or suspension. When a camera does not record during a shift, the Department of Homeland Security may not determine that the camera malfunctioned unless the agent or officer submits evidence to establish that a malfunction occurred.
ICE and CBP shall establish policies and procedures regarding use of the cameras and for carrying out adverse actions related to a failure to record footage.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2019 to Jan 17, 2020; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Feb 6, 2019 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Feb 6, 2019 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Feb 6, 2019 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Feb 6, 2019 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Feb 6, 2019 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Feb 22, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Feb 22, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 22, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 25, 2019 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2019 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Feb 25, 2019 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2019 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 22, 2019 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2019 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Feb 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
- Feb 6, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2019Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 23, February 6, 2019, page H1392.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 531 | ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 29, 2021 |
| HR 1608 | ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act | Reintroduction of | Mar 31, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require agents and officers of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to wear body cameras, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative remedies
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Civil actions and liability
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Homeland Security
- Employee performance
- Evidence and witnesses
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Photography and imaging
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
