Definitions

In this Act: (1) Automatic license plate reader The term automatic license plate reader means a system that— (A) uses cameras, sensors, software, databases, or a combination of technologies to capture, record, analyze, and store vehicle license plate information; (B) identifies, locates, and tracks a vehicle through the license plate or other persistent visual identifier of the vehicle; or (C) compares license plate numbers against databases to generate alerts and create records of vehicle activity. (2) Captured plate data The term captured plate data means— (A) any plate number, image, date, time, location, direction of travel, vehicle characteristics, confidence score, associated photographs or video, and any information derived from those records; and (B) data produced by or derived from fixed cameras, mobile readers, police vehicles, trailers, drones, tolling infrastructure, parking systems, private security networks, homeowners’ associations, commercial parking operators, and data brokers. (3) Federal agency The term Federal agency has the meaning given the term agency in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. (4) Federal funds The term Federal funds means amounts made available by the Federal Government through an appropriation, grant, subgrant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, subaward, reimbursement, transfer, allocation, or other form of Federal financial assistance, including amounts provided through a pass-through entity. (5) Federal official The term Federal official means any officer, employee, agent, contractor, or subcontractor of the Federal Government. (6) In the United States The term in the United States means all areas within the external boundary of the United States, its territories and possessions, including airports, ports of entry, and border zones. (7) State The term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.