H.R. 3544 114th Congress House

Safer Officers and Safer Citizens Act of 2015

Official title: To help keep law enforcement officers and communities safer by making grants to purchase body worn cameras for use by State, local, and tribal law enforcement officers.

Introduced: September 17, 2015 See on congress.gov

Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory proceduresEmployee leaveGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementLaw enforcement administration and funding

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Law enforcement officersOffice of Personnel Management (OPM)Performance measurementPhotography and imagingViolent crime

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Oct 5, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Sep 17, 2015

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

Sep 17, 2015

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1313)

Sep 17, 2015

Introduced in House

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Latest action October 5, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safer Officers and Safer Citizens Act of 2015

This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to award matching grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to purchase body-worn cameras.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance must give preference to grant applications from jurisdictions that: (1) have comprehensive policies and procedures related to implementation of a body-worn camera program, (2) have high percentages of officers without access to body-worn cameras, (3) have violent crime rates above the national average, and (4) agree to submit metrics on the use of body-worn cameras.

To offset the cost, it requires the Office of Personnel Management to issue regulations to limit administrative leave for federal employees to 20 days per year, unless approved individually by the agency head. The Office of Management and Budget must ensure each agency adjusts the number of authorized full-time equivalent employees to reflect lower personnel requirements due to increased available work hours per employee.

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Committees of jurisdiction 3

Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 1

Foster, Bill

Illinois · Sep 17, 2015

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