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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4798 

To require the submission of reports when an individual is injured or killed 

by a law enforcement officer in the course of the officer’s employment, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 22, 2019 

Mr. VEASEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require the submission of reports when an individual 

is injured or killed by a law enforcement officer in the 

course of the officer’s employment, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Police Protection Act 

5 of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIRING REPORTS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI2 CERS IN THE EVENT OF AN INJURY OR FA3 TALITY. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in fiscal year 2021 and 

5 each fiscal year thereafter, the Attorney General shall re6 duce by 10 percent the amount that a State or unit of 

7 local government would otherwise receive under a grant 

8 program described in subsection (b), if the State or unit 

9 of local government does not have in place a law requiring 

10 the submission of reports by State and local law enforce11 ment officers that is substantially similar to the reporting 

12 requirement under section 3. 

13 (b) GRANT PROGRAMS DESCRIBED.—The grant pro14 grams described in this subsection are the following: 

15 (1) The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice As16 sistance Grant Program under subpart 1 of part E 

17 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

18 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.). 

19 (2) The ‘‘Cops on the Beat’’ grant program 

20 under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con21 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381 

22 et seq.). 

23 (c) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under a 

24 program described in subsection (b) to a State or unit of 

25 local government for failure to comply with this section 

26 shall be reallocated under that program to States and 


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1 units of local government that are in compliance with this 

2 section. 

3 SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL LAW EN4 FORCEMENT OFFICERS. 

5 (a) REQUIREMENT.—In the case that an individual 

6 is injured or killed by a Federal law enforcement officer 

7 while in the custody or control of the officer, or otherwise 

8 in the course of the law enforcement officer’s employ9 ment— 

10 (1) not later than 24 hours after such injury or 

11 death occurs, such law enforcement officer shall sub12 mit to the Attorney General a report, which de13 scribes, in detail, the facts and circumstances sur14 rounding such injury or death; 

15 (2) any Federal law enforcement officer who is 

16 present at the time of the injury or death, or is in17 volved during the 12-hour period following the injury 

18 or death in the transportation or care of the indi19 vidual, or any administrative procedures relating to 

20 the individual, shall, not later than 24 hours after 

21 the conclusion of such involvement, submit to the 

22 Attorney General a report, which describes, in detail, 

23 the facts and circumstances surrounding such in24 volvement; and 


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1 (3) the Inspector General of the Department of 

2 Justice shall investigate the facts and circumstances 

3 surrounding such injury or death, and submit a re4 port to the Attorney General not later than 60 days 

5 after such injury or death. 

6 (b) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Whoever, being a Federal 

7 law enforcement officer required to submit a report under 

8 subsection (a), knowingly— 

9 (1) fails to submit such a report; or 

10 (2) submits a report containing false or mis11 leading information, 

12 shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, impris13 oned not more than 5 years, or both. 

14 (c) DEFINITION.—In this Act, the term ‘‘Federal law 

15 enforcement officer’’ has the meaning given the term in 

16 section 115 of title 18, United States Code. 

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