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Union Calendar No. 410 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7581 

[Report No. 118–494] 

To require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks 

against law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2024 

Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina (for himself, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. 

COSTA, Ms. FOXX, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. BANKS, and 

Mr. MILLER of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on the Judiciary 

MAY 8, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. WILLIAMS of New York, Mr. 

BALDERSON, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mrs. BICE, Mr. LAWLER, Ms. 

LETLOW, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. 

BILIRAKIS, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Mr. 

FITZPATRICK, Mr. NORMAN, and Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida 

MAY 8, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 7, 2024] 


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A BILL 

To require the Attorney General to develop reports relating 

to violent attacks against law enforcement officers, and 

for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Improving Law Enforce5 ment Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act of 

6 2024’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) There has been a rise in anti-police rhetoric 

10 and a corresponding rise in violence against law en11 forcement officers. 

12 (2) In 2022, a total of 60 police officers were fe13 loniously killed in the line of duty. 

14 (3) Nearly 30 percent of police officer killings in 

15 2022 were caused by unprovoked attacks or ambushes 

16 on officers. 

17 (4) Law enforcement officers bravely put them18 selves at risk for the betterment of society. 

19 (5) A data collection that represents the full cir20 cumstances surrounding violent attacks and ambush 

21 attacks on law enforcement officers is vital for the 

22 provision of needed Federal resources to Federal, 

23 State, and local law enforcement officers. 

24 (6) Police suffer assaults and other offenses that 

25 do not rise to the level of Law Enforcement Officers 


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1 Killed and Assaulted or National Incident-Based Re2 porting System reporting due to the frequency of such 

3 incidents, lower risk to officers, and minimal admin4 istrative resources to report such frequent events. 

5 (7) The mental health of law enforcement officers 

6 has suffered due to overwork, recruitment issues, and 

7 the general stress of their work. 

8 (8) The people of the United States will always 

9 remember the victims of these hateful attacks against 

10 law enforcement officers and stand in solidarity with 

11 individuals affected by these senseless tragedies and 

12 incidents of hate that have affected law enforcement 

13 communities and their families. 

14 (9) The United States must demonstrate to its 

15 brave law enforcement officers that they are impor16 tant, valued, and respected. 

17 (10) Congress has made a commitment to help18 ing communities protect the lives of their police offi19 cers, as evidenced by the Bulletproof Vest Partnership 

20 Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public 

21 Law 114–155; 130 Stat. 389) and other laws. 

22 (11) Subsection (c) of the Uniform Federal 

23 Crime Reporting Act of 1988 (34 U.S.C. 41303(c)) re24 quires the Attorney General to ‘‘acquire, collect, clas25 sify, and preserve national data on Federal criminal 


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1 offenses as part of the Uniform Crime Reports’’ and 

2 requires all Federal departments and agencies that 

3 investigate criminal activity to ‘‘report details about 

4 crime within their respective jurisdiction to the Attor5 ney General in a uniform matter and on a form pre6 scribed by the Attorney General’’. 

7 SEC. 3. ATTACKS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS RE8 PORTING REQUIREMENT. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 

10 date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in con11 sultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves12 tigation, the Director of the National Institute of Justice, 

13 and the Director of the Criminal Justice Information Serv14 ices Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall 

15 submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 

16 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa17 tives a report that includes— 

18 (1) the number of offenders that intentionally 

19 target law enforcement officers because of their status 

20 as law enforcement officers; 

21 (2) the number of incidents reported to the Law 

22 Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted Data Col23 lection that occur through the coordinated actions of 

24 2 or more parties; 


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1 (3) a description of the Federal response to am2 bushes and violent attacks on Federal law enforcement 

3 officers; 

4 (4) a detailed survey of what State and local re5 sponses are to ambushes and violent attacks on State 

6 and local law enforcement officers; 

7 (5) recommendations for improving State, local, 

8 and Federal responses to ambushes and violent at9 tacks on law enforcement officers; 

10 (6) a detailed survey of Federal and State-based 

11 training programs that law enforcement officers re12 ceive in preparation for violent attacks, including 

13 ambush attacks; 

14 (7) an analysis of the effectiveness of the pro15 grams described in paragraph (6) in preparing law 

16 enforcement officers for violent attacks, including am17 bush attacks; 

18 (8) recommendations on how to improve State, 

19 local, and Federal training programs for law enforce20 ment officers relating to ambush attacks; 

21 (9) an analysis of, with respect to the Patrick 

22 Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership under part Y of 

23 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

24 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10530 et seq.)— 


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1 (A) the efficacy of the Partnership in dis2 tributing protective gear to law enforcement offi3 cers across the United States, including any lo4 cation-specific limitations to the distribution 

5 under such Partnership; and 

6 (B) the general limitations of the Partner7 ship, including any location-specific limitations 

8 to the distributions under the Partnership, con9 sidering the fact that law enforcement officers 

10 are suffering from ambush attacks; 

11 (10) an analysis of the ability of the Department 

12 of Justice to combine the Law Enforcement Officers 

13 Killed and Assaulted Data Collection and a 09C Jus14 tifiable Homicide report for officer-involved shooting 

15 reports and any roadblocks to producing a clear re16 port with such information; 

17 (11) an analysis of the ability of the Criminal 

18 Justice Information Services of the Federal Bureau of 

19 Investigation to expand data collection to include a 

20 suspect offender’s level of injury at the time of a re21 ported Law Enforcement Officers Killed and As22 saulted Data Collection incident; 

23 (12) an analysis of the existence and extent of, 

24 and reasons for, disparities in the availability and 

25 reporting of data between— 


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1 (A) data relating to ambush attacks against 

2 law enforcement officers; and 

3 (B) other types of violent crime data; and 

4 (13) an analysis of any additional legislative 

5 tools or authorities that may be helpful or necessary 

6 to assist in deterring ambush attacks against law en7 forcement officers. 

8 (b) DEVELOPMENT.—In developing the report required 

9 under subsection (a), the Attorney General, the Director of 

10 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of the Na11 tional Institute of Justice, and the Director of the Criminal 

12 Justice Information Services Division of the Federal Bu13 reau of Investigation, shall consult relevant stakeholders, in14 cluding— 

15 (1) Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforce16 ment agencies; and 

17 (2) nongovernmental organizations, inter18 national organizations, academies, or other entities. 

19 SEC. 4. AGGRESSION AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI20 CERS REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in con23 sultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves24 tigation and the Director of the National Institute of Jus25 tice, shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 


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1 Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 

2 of Representatives a report on— 

3 (1) an analysis of the ability to implement a 

4 new category in the Uniform Crime Reporting Sys5 tem and the National Incident-Based Reporting Sys6 tem on aggressive actions, conduct, or other trauma7 inducing incidents against law enforcement officers 

8 that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, are not 

9 reported in such systems; 

10 (2) the level of detail the category described in 

11 paragraph (1) would include and the standard of evi12 dence that would be used for any reported incidents; 

13 (3) an analysis of how to engage State and local 

14 law enforcement agencies in reporting the data de15 scribed in paragraph (1), despite the fact that such 

16 data is beyond the standard crime-based reporting to 

17 the systems described in paragraph (1); 

18 (4) an analysis of potential uses by the Depart19 ment of Justice and any component agencies of the 

20 Department of Justice of the data described in para21 graph (1); 

22 (5) an analysis of the existence and extent of, 

23 and reasons for, disparities in the availability and 

24 reporting of data between— 


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1 (A) data relating to aggressive actions or 

2 other trauma-inducing incidents against law en3 forcement officers that do not rise to the level of 

4 crimes; and 

5 (B) other types of violent crime data; and 

6 (6) an analysis of additional legislative tools or 

7 authorities that may be helpful or necessary to assist 

8 in deterring aggressive actions, conduct, or other 

9 trauma-inducing incidents against law enforcement 

10 officers. 

11 (b) DEVELOPMENT.—In developing the report under 

12 subsection (a), the Attorney General, the Director of the 

13 Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of the 

14 National Institute of Justice shall consult relevant stake15 holders, including— 

16 (1) Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforce17 ment agencies; and 

18 (2) nongovernmental organizations, inter19 national organizations, academies, or other entities. 

20 SEC. 5. MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS REPORTING RE21 QUIREMENT. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 

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1 tice, shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

2 Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 

3 of Representatives a report on— 

4 (1) the types, frequency, and severity of mental 

5 health and stress-related responses of law enforcement 

6 officers to aggressive actions or other trauma-induc7 ing incidents against law enforcement officers; 

8 (2) mental health and stress-related resources or 

9 programs that are available to law enforcement offi10 cers at the Federal, State, and local levels, especially 

11 peer-to-peer programs; 

12 (3) the extent to which law enforcement officers 

13 use the resources or programs described in paragraph 

14 (2); 

15 (4) the availability of, or need for, mental health 

16 screening within Federal, State, and local law en17 forcement agencies; and 

18 (5) additional legislative tools or authorities that 

19 may be helpful or necessary to assist in assessing, 

20 monitoring, and improving the mental health and 

21 wellness of Federal, State, and local law enforcement 

22 officers. 

23 (b) DEVELOPMENT.—In developing the report required 

24 under subsection (a), the Attorney General, the Director of 

25 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of 


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1 the National Institute of Justice shall consult relevant 

2 stakeholders, including— 

3 (1) Federal, State, Tribal and local law enforce4 ment agencies; and 

5 (2) nongovernmental organizations, inter6 national organizations, academies, or other entities. 


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Union Calendar No. 410 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7581 

[Report No. 118–494] 

A BILL 

To require the Attorney General to develop reports 

ment officers, and for other purposes. relating to violent attacks against law enforceMAY 8, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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