ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act
Latest action · Jan 29, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
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.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2021
- 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 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2021 to Feb 8, 2021, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 8, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 29, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
- Jan 28, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 28, 2021Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
- Jan 28, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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.
- Jan 28, 2021Introduced in House
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