Sec. 543.
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None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, or by any other Act making appropriations or any other funds available, to the Department of Justice for any fiscal year may be made available for the salary or expenses of any Federal employee (including any contract or subcontract employee) who is responding, pursuant to any Federal authority, to a mass gathering or public protest in any area under the jurisdiction of a State, local, Tribal, or territorial government unless— such employee wears a uniform that clearly identifies the Federal agency affiliation of the employee; if the employee is responding in a civilian capacity, wears clothing that is not similar to a combat-style uniform worn by a member of the United States Armed Forces; any vehicle used by such employee in the course of performing official functions identifies the Federal agency affiliation of the employee; the Department of Justice publishes a notice on its public-facing website that includes the total numbers and agency affiliations of employees, contractors, or subcontractors responding to a mass gathering or public protest, the specific legal authority under which they are acting, and a precise statement of their mission; a policy is in force at the employee’s agency that prohibits the use, at a mass gathering or public protest, of deadly force or less-lethal force, including but not limited to rubber bullets and similar projectiles, stun grenades, flash bangs, and tear gas, unless the employee has a reasonable belief that the subject of such force poses an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to the employee or to another person; a policy is in force at the employee’s agency that prohibits conducting surveillance of, or collecting intelligence on, persons present at a mass gathering or public protest, unless such persons are the subject of a predicated criminal investigation based on a reasonable suspicion that they are engaged in or preparing to engage in criminal activity; and the Department of Justice maintains a complete record of any law enforcement activities conducted in connection with the mass gathering or public protest, including any arrests, detentions, searches, seizures, or uses of force, and those records are provided to Congress at 48-hour intervals following the initial deployment of employees to the mass gathering or protest.