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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4991 

To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve 

transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 1, 2024 

Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. WARNOCK, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. 

MARKEY, Ms. BUTLER, Ms. DUCKWORTH, and Ms. HIRONO) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, 

improve transparency through data collection, and reform 

police training and policies. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2024’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 


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TITLE I—POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY 

Subtitle A—Holding Police Accountable in the Courts 

Sec. 101. Deprivation of rights under color of law. 

Sec. 102. Qualified immunity reform. 

Sec. 103. Pattern and practice investigations. 

Sec. 104. Independent investigations. 

Subtitle B—Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act 

Sec. 111. Short title. 

Sec. 112. Definitions. 

Sec. 113. Accreditation of law enforcement agencies. 

Sec. 114. Law enforcement grants. 

Sec. 115. Attorney General to conduct study. 

Sec. 116. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 117. National Task Force on Law Enforcement Oversight. 

Sec. 118. Federal data collection on law enforcement practices. 

TITLE II—POLICING TRANSPARENCY THROUGH DATA 

Subtitle A—National Police Misconduct Registry 

Sec. 201. Misconduct and decertification reporting. 

Sec. 202. Certification requirements for hiring of law enforcement officers. 

Sec. 203. Law enforcement hiring accountability. 

Subtitle B—PRIDE Act 

Sec. 221. Short title. 

Sec. 222. Definitions. 

Sec. 223. Use of force reporting. 

Sec. 224. Use of force data reporting. 

Sec. 225. Compliance with reporting requirements. 

Sec. 226. Federal law enforcement reporting. 

Sec. 227. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE III—IMPROVING POLICE TRAINING AND POLICIES 

Subtitle A—End Racial and Religious Profiling Act 

Sec. 301. Short title. 

Sec. 302. Definitions. 

PART I—PROHIBITION OF RACIAL PROFILING

Sec. 311. Prohibition. 

Sec. 312. Enforcement. 

PART II—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING BY FEDERAL LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

Sec. 321. Policies to eliminate racial profiling. 

PART III—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING BY STATE AND

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

Sec. 331. Policies required for grants. 


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Sec. 332. Involvement of Attorney General. 

Sec. 333. Data collection demonstration project. 

Sec. 334. Development of best practices. 

Sec. 335. Authorization of appropriations. 

PART IV—DATA COLLECTION

Sec. 341. Attorney General to issue regulations. 

Sec. 342. Publication of data. 

Sec. 343. Limitations on publication of data. 

PART V—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REGULATIONS AND REPORTS ON RACIAL

PROFILING IN THE UNITED STATES

Sec. 351. Attorney General to issue regulations and reports. 

Subtitle B—Additional Reforms 

Sec. 361. Training on racial bias and duty to intervene. 

Sec. 362. Ban on no-knock warrants in drug cases. 

Sec. 363. Incentivizing banning of chokeholds and carotid holds. 

Sec. 364. PEACE Act. 

Sec. 365. Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act. 

Sec. 366. Public safety innovation grants. 

Subtitle C—Law Enforcement Body Cameras 

PART I—FEDERAL POLICE CAMERA AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

Sec. 371. Short title. 

Sec. 372. Requirements for Federal law enforcement officers regarding the use 

of body cameras. 

Sec. 373. Patrol vehicles with in-car video recording cameras. 

Sec. 374. Facial recognition technology. 

Sec. 375. GAO study. 

Sec. 376. Regulations. 

Sec. 377. Rule of construction. 

PART II—POLICE CAMERA ACT

Sec. 381. Short title. 

Sec. 382. Law enforcement body-worn camera requirements. 

TITLE IV—CLOSING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSENT 

LOOPHOLE 

Sec. 401. Short title. 

Sec. 402. Prohibition on engaging in sexual acts while acting under color of 

law. 

Sec. 403. Enactment of laws penalizing engaging in sexual acts while acting 

under color of law. 

Sec. 404. Reports to Congress. 

Sec. 405. Definition. 

TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 501. Severability. 

Sec. 502. Savings clause. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) BYRNE GRANT PROGRAM.—The term 

4 ‘‘Byrne grant program’’ means any grant program 

5 under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 

6 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

7 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.), without regard to whether 

8 the funds are characterized as being made available 

9 under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local 

10 Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, the Local 

11 Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Pro12 gram, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assist13 ance Grant Program, or otherwise. 

14 (2) COPS GRANT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘COPS 

15 grant program’’ means the grant program author16 ized under section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus 

17 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

18 U.S.C. 10381). 

19 (3) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.— 

20 The term ‘‘Federal law enforcement agency’’ means 

21 any agency of the United States authorized to en22 gage in or supervise the prevention, detection, inves23 tigation, or prosecution of any violation of Federal 

24 criminal law. 

25 (4) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.— 

26 The term ‘‘Federal law enforcement officer’’ has the 


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1 meaning given the term in section 115 of title 18, 

2 United States Code. 

3 (5) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

4 has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in 

5 section 901 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

6 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251). 

7 (6) LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The 

8 term ‘‘local law enforcement officer’’ means any offi9 cer, agent, or employee of a State or unit of local 

10 government authorized by law or by a government 

11 agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, de12 tection, or investigation of any violation of criminal 

13 law. 

14 (7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean15 ing given the term in section 901 of title I of the 

16 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

17 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251). 

18 (8) TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.— 

19 The term ‘‘Tribal law enforcement officer’’ means 

20 any officer, agent, or employee of an Indian Tribe, 

21 or the Bureau of Indian Affairs, authorized by law 

22 or by a government agency to engage in or supervise 

23 the prevention, detection, or investigation of any vio24 lation of criminal law. 


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1 (9) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term 

2 ‘‘unit of local government’’ has the meaning given 

3 the term in section 901 of title I of the Omnibus 

4 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

5 U.S.C. 10251). 

6 (10) DEADLY FORCE.—The term ‘‘deadly 

7 force’’ means that force which a reasonable person 

8 would consider likely to cause death or serious bodily 

9 harm, including— 

10 (A) the discharge of a firearm; 

11 (B) a maneuver that restricts blood or oxy12 gen flow to the brain, including chokeholds, 

13 strangleholds, neck restraints, neckholds, and 

14 carotid artery restraints; and 

15 (C) multiple discharges of an electronic 

16 control weapon. 

17 (11) USE OF FORCE.—The term ‘‘use of force’’ 

18 includes— 

19 (A) the use of a firearm, electronic control 

20 weapon, explosive device, chemical agent (such 

21 as pepper spray), baton, impact projectile, blunt 

22 instrument, hand, fist, foot, canine, or vehicle 

23 against an individual; 

24 (B) the use of a weapon, including a per25 sonal body weapon, chemical agent, impact 


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1 weapon, extended range impact weapon, sonic 

2 weapon, sensory weapon, conducted energy de3 vice, or firearm, against an individual; or 

4 (C) any intentional pointing of a firearm 

5 at an individual. 

6 (12) LESS LETHAL FORCE.—The term ‘‘less le7 thal force’’ means any degree of force that is not 

8 likely to cause death or serious bodily injury. 

9 (13) FACIAL RECOGNITION.—The term ‘‘facial 

10 recognition’’ means an automated or semiautomated 

11 process that analyzes biometric data of an individual 

12 from video footage to identify or assist in identifying 

13 an individual. 

14 TITLE I—POLICE 

15 ACCOUNTABILITY 

16 Subtitle A—Holding Police 

17 Accountable in the Courts 

18 SEC. 101. DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS UNDER COLOR OF LAW. 

19 Section 242 of title 18, United States Code, is 

20 amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘willfully’’ and inserting ‘‘know22 ingly or recklessly’’; 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘, or may be sentenced to 

24 death’’; and 


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1 (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For 

2 purposes of this section, an act shall be considered 

3 to have resulted in death if the act was a substantial 

4 factor contributing to the death of the person.’’. 

5 SEC. 102. QUALIFIED IMMUNITY REFORM. 

6 Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United 

7 States (42 U.S.C. 1983) is amended by adding at the end 

8 the following: ‘‘It shall not be a defense or immunity in 

9 any action brought under this section against a local law 

10 enforcement officer (as such term is defined in section 2 

11 of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2024), or 

12 in any action under any source of law against a Federal 

13 investigative or law enforcement officer (as such term is 

14 defined in section 2680(h) of title 28, United States 

15 Code), that— 

16 ‘‘(1) the defendant was acting in good faith, or 

17 that the defendant believed, reasonably or otherwise, 

18 that his or her conduct was lawful at the time when 

19 the conduct was committed; or 

20 ‘‘(2) the rights, privileges, or immunities se21 cured by the Constitution and laws were not clearly 

22 established at the time of their deprivation by the 

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1 sonably have been expected to know whether his or 

2 her conduct was lawful.’’. 

3 SEC. 103. PATTERN AND PRACTICE INVESTIGATIONS. 

4 (a) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.—Section 210401 of the 

5 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 

6 (34 U.S.C. 12601) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, by pros8 ecutors,’’ after ‘‘conduct by law enforcement offi9 cers’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

11 (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(c) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.—In carrying out the 

14 authority in subsection (b), the Attorney General may re15 quire by subpoena the production of all information, docu16 ments, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, and 

17 other data in any medium (including electronically stored 

18 information), as well as any tangible thing and documen19 tary evidence, and the attendance and testimony of wit20 nesses necessary in the performance of the Attorney Gen21 eral under subsection (b). Such a subpoena, in the case 

22 of contumacy or refusal to obey, shall be enforceable by 

23 order of any appropriate district court of the United 

24 States.’’. 

25 (b) GRANT PROGRAM.— 


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1 (1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney Gen2 eral may award a grant to a State to assist the 

3 State in conducting pattern and practice investiga4 tions at the State level. 

5 (2) APPLICATION.—A State seeking a grant 

6 under paragraph (1) shall submit an application in 

7 such form, at such time, and containing such infor8 mation as the Attorney General may require. 

9 (3) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be ap10 propriated $100,000,000 to the Attorney General for 

11 each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027 to carry out 

12 this subsection. 

13 SEC. 104. INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

15 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

16 (A) INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.—The 

17 term ‘‘independent investigation’’ means a 

18 criminal investigation or prosecution of a law 

19 enforcement officer’s use of deadly force, in20 cluding one or more of the following: 

21 (i) Using an agency or civilian review 

22 board that investigates and independently 

23 reviews all allegations of use of deadly 

24 force made against law enforcement offi25 cers in the jurisdiction. 


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1 (ii) Assigning of the attorney general 

2 of the State in which the alleged use of 

3 deadly force was committed to conduct the 

4 criminal investigation and prosecution. 

5 (iii) Adopting a procedure under 

6 which an independent prosecutor is as7 signed to investigate and prosecute the 

8 case, including a procedure under which an 

9 automatic referral is made to an inde10 pendent prosecutor appointed and overseen 

11 by the attorney general of the State in 

12 which the alleged use of deadly force was 

13 committed. 

14 (iv) Adopting a procedure under 

15 which an independent prosecutor is as16 signed to investigate and prosecute the 

17 case. 

18 (v) Having law enforcement agencies 

19 agree to and implement memoranda of un20 derstanding with other law enforcement 

21 agencies under which the other law en22 forcement agencies— 

23 (I) shall conduct the criminal in24 vestigation into the alleged use of 

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1 (II) upon conclusion of the crimi2 nal investigation, shall file a report 

3 with the attorney general of the State 

4 containing a determination regarding 

5 whether— 

6 (aa) the use of deadly force 

7 was appropriate; and 

8 (bb) any action should be 

9 taken by the attorney general of 

10 the State. 

11 (vi) Any substantially similar proce12 dure to ensure impartiality in the inves13 tigation or prosecution. 

14 (B) INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF

15 LAW ENFORCEMENT STATUTE.—The term 

16 ‘‘independent investigation of law enforcement 

17 statute’’ means a statute requiring an inde18 pendent investigation in a criminal matter in 

19 which— 

20 (i) a law enforcement officer was in21 volved; 

22 (ii) one or more of the alleged offenses 

23 involves the law enforcement officer’s use 

24 of deadly force in the course of carrying 

25 out that officer’s duty; and 


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1 (iii) the non-Federal law enforcement 

2 officer’s use of deadly force resulted in a 

3 death or injury. 

4 (C) INDEPENDENT PROSECUTOR.—The 

5 term ‘‘independent prosecutor’’ means, with re6 spect to a criminal investigation or prosecution 

7 of a law enforcement officer’s use of deadly 

8 force, a prosecutor who— 

9 (i) does not oversee or regularly rely 

10 on the law enforcement agency by which 

11 the law enforcement officer under inves12 tigation is employed; and 

13 (ii) would not be involved in the pros14 ecution in the ordinary course of that pros15 ecutor’s duties. 

16 (2) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Attorney General 

17 may award grants to eligible States and Indian 

18 Tribes to assist in implementing an independent in19 vestigation of law enforcement statute. 

20 (3) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant 

21 under this subsection, a State, Indian Tribe, or unit 

22 of local law enforcement shall have in effect an inde23 pendent investigation of law enforcement statute. 

24 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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1 torney General $750,000,000 for fiscal years 2025 

2 through 2027 to carry out this subsection. 

3 (b) COPS GRANT PROGRAM USED FOR CIVILIAN RE4 VIEW BOARDS.—Part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

5 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381 

6 et seq.) is amended— 

7 (1) in section 1701(b) (34 U.S.C. 10381(b))— 

8 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (23) and 

9 (24) as paragraphs (24) and (25), respectively; 

10 (B) in paragraph (24), as so redesignated, 

11 by striking ‘‘(22)’’ and inserting ‘‘(23)’’; and 

12 (C) by inserting after paragraph (22) the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(23) to develop best practices for and to create 

15 civilian review boards;’’; and 

16 (2) in section 1709 (34 U.S.C. 10389), by add17 ing at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(8) ‘civilian review board’ means an adminis19 trative entity that investigates civilian complaints 

20 against law enforcement officers and— 

21 ‘‘(A) is independent and adequately fund22 ed; 

23 ‘‘(B) has investigatory authority and sub24 poena power; 


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1 ‘‘(C) has representative community diver2 sity; 

3 ‘‘(D) has policy making authority; 

4 ‘‘(E) provides advocates for civilian com5 plainants; 

6 ‘‘(F) may conduct hearings; and 

7 ‘‘(G) conducts statistical studies on pre8 vailing complaint trends.’’. 

9 Subtitle B—Law Enforcement 

10 Trust and Integrity Act 

11 SEC. 111. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement 

13 Trust and Integrity Act of 2024’’. 

14 SEC. 112. DEFINITIONS. 

15 In this subtitle: 

16 (1) CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION.—The term 

17 ‘‘civil rights organization’’ means an organization 

18 that monitors the equitable enforcement of and 

19 treatment under the law and that has a national 

20 presence and membership, such as the National As21 sociation for the Advancement of Colored People 

22 (NAACP), the American Civil Liberties Union 

23 (ACLU), UnidosUS, the National Urban League, 

24 the National Congress of American Indians, or the 


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1 National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium 

2 (NAPALC). 

3 (2) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—The 

4 term ‘‘community-based organization’’ means an or5 ganization that monitors the equitable enforcement 

6 of and treatment under the law and that has a local 

7 presence and membership. 

8 (3) LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION ORGA9 NIZATION.—The term ‘‘law enforcement accredita10 tion organization’’ means a professional law enforce11 ment organization involved in the development of 

12 standards of accreditation for law enforcement agen13 cies at the national, State, regional, or Tribal level, 

14 such as the Commission on Accreditation for Law 

15 Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), the International 

16 Association of Campus Law Enforcement Adminis17 trators (IACLEA), the North American Wildlife 

18 Law Enforcement Accreditation (NAWLEA), the 

19 State Peace Officer Standards and Training 

20 (POST), or other State-based accreditation pro21 grams. 

22 (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term 

23 ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means a State, local, In24 dian Tribal, or campus public agency engaged in the 


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1 prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution, or 

2 adjudication of violations of criminal laws. 

3 (5) PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSO4 CIATION.—The term ‘‘professional law enforcement 

5 association’’ means a law enforcement membership 

6 association that works for the needs of Federal, 

7 State, local, or Indian Tribal law enforcement agen8 cies and with the civilian community on matters of 

9 common interest, such as the Hispanic American 

10 Police Command Officers Association (HAPCOA), 

11 the National Asian Pacific Officers Association 

12 (NAPOA), the National Black Police Association 

13 (NBPA), the National Latino Peace Officers Asso14 ciation (NLPOA), the National Organization of 

15 Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), 

16 Women in Law Enforcement, the Native American 

17 Law Enforcement Association (NALEA), the Inter18 national Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the 

19 National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA), the Fraternal 

20 Order of Police (FOP), or the National Association 

21 of School Resource Officers. 

22 (6) PROFESSIONAL CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT ORGA23 NIZATION.—The term ‘‘professional civilian oversight 

24 organization’’ means a membership organization 

25 formed to address and advance civilian oversight of 


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1 law enforcement and whose members are from Fed2 eral, State, regional, local, or Tribal organizations 

3 that review issues or complaints against law enforce4 ment agencies or officers, such as the National Asso5 ciation for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement 

6 (NACOLE). 

7 SEC. 113. ACCREDITATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN8 CIES. 

9 (a) ACCREDITATION PROCESS.—The Attorney Gen10 eral shall adopt policies and procedures to partner with 

11 law enforcement accreditation organizations, professional 

12 law enforcement associations, labor organizations, commu13 nity-based organizations, and professional civilian over14 sight organizations to— 

15 (1) continue the development of accreditation 

16 standards for the National Standards for Inde17 pendent Credentialing Bodies established under sec18 tion 19 of Executive Order 14074 (87 Fed. Reg. 

19 14074; relating to advancing effective, accountable 

20 policing and criminal justice practices to enhance 

21 public trust and public safety); and 

22 (2) encourage the pursuit of accreditation of 

23 Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforcement 

24 agencies by certified law enforcement accreditation 

25 organizations. 


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1 (b) USE OF FUNDS REQUIREMENTS.—Section 

2 502(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

3 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10153(a)) is amended by 

4 adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(7) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 

6 covered by an application, the applicant will use not 

7 less than 5 percent of the total amount of the grant 

8 award for the fiscal year to assist law enforcement 

9 agencies of the applicant, including campus public 

10 safety departments, gain or maintain accreditation 

11 from certified law enforcement accreditation organi12 zations in accordance with section 113 of the Law 

13 Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2024.’’. 

14 (c) ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN GRANT FUNDS.—The 

15 Attorney General shall, as appropriate and consistent with 

16 applicable law, allocate Department of Justice discre17 tionary grant funding only to States or units of local gov18 ernment that require law enforcement agencies of that 

19 State or unit of local government to gain and maintain 

20 accreditation from certified law enforcement accreditation 

21 organizations in accordance with this section. 

22 SEC. 114. LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. 

23 (a) USE OF FUNDS REQUIREMENTS.—Section 502(a) 

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1 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10153(a)), as amended by section 

2 113, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(8) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 

4 covered by an application, the applicant will use not 

5 less than 5 percent of the total amount of the grant 

6 award for the fiscal year to study and implement ef7 fective management, training, recruiting, hiring, and 

8 oversight standards and programs to promote effec9 tive community and problem solving strategies for 

10 law enforcement agencies in accordance with section 

11 114 of the Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity 

12 Act of 2024.’’. 

13 (b) GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZA14 TIONS.—The Attorney General may make grants to com15 munity-based organizations to study and implement— 

16 (1) effective management, training, recruiting, 

17 hiring, and oversight standards and programs to 

18 promote effective community and problem solving 

19 strategies for law enforcement agencies; or 

20 (2) effective strategies and solutions to public 

21 safety, including strategies that do not rely on Fed22 eral and local law enforcement agency responses. 

23 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant amounts described in 

24 paragraph (8) of section 502(a) of title I of the Omnibus 

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1 10153(a)), as added by subsection (a) of this section, and 

2 grant amounts awarded under subsection (b) shall be used 

3 to— 

4 (1) study management and operations stand5 ards for law enforcement agencies, including stand6 ards relating to administrative due process, resi7 dency requirements, compensation and benefits, use 

8 of force, racial profiling, early warning and interven9 tion systems, youth justice, school safety, civilian re10 view boards or analogous procedures, or research 

11 into the effectiveness of existing programs, projects, 

12 or other activities designed to address misconduct; 

13 (2) create community violence interruption and 

14 restorative justice programs; and 

15 (3) develop pilot programs and implement effec16 tive standards and programs in the areas of train17 ing, hiring and recruitment, and oversight that are 

18 designed to improve management and address mis19 conduct by law enforcement officers. 

20 (d) COMPONENTS OF PILOT PROGRAM.—A pilot pro21 gram developed under subsection (c)(2) shall include im22 plementation of the following: 

23 (1) TRAINING.—The implementation of policies, 

24 practices, and procedures addressing training and 


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1 instruction to comply with accreditation standards in 

2 the areas of— 

3 (A) the use of deadly force, less lethal 

4 force, and de-escalation tactics and techniques; 

5 (B) investigation of officer misconduct and 

6 practices and procedures for referring to pros7 ecuting authorities allegations of officer use of 

8 excessive force or racial profiling; 

9 (C) disproportionate contact by law en10 forcement with minority communities; 

11 (D) tactical and defensive strategy; 

12 (E) arrests, searches, and restraint; 

13 (F) professional verbal communications 

14 with civilians; 

15 (G) interactions with— 

16 (i) youth; 

17 (ii) individuals with disabilities; 

18 (iii) individuals with limited English 

19 proficiency; and 

20 (iv) multi-cultural communities; 

21 (H) proper traffic, pedestrian, and other 

22 enforcement stops; and 

23 (I) community relations and bias aware24 ness. 


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1 (2) RECRUITMENT, HIRING, RETENTION, AND

2 PROMOTION OF DIVERSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI3 CERS.—Policies, procedures, and practices for— 

4 (A) the hiring and recruitment of diverse 

5 law enforcement officers who are traditionally 

6 underrepresented in the law enforcement pro7 fession and representative of the communities 

8 they serve; 

9 (B) the development of selection, pro10 motion, educational, background, and psycho11 logical standards that comport with title VII of 

12 the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 

13 et seq.); and 

14 (C) initiatives to encourage residency in 

15 the jurisdiction served by the law enforcement 

16 agency and continuing education. 

17 (3) OVERSIGHT.—Complaint procedures, in18 cluding the establishment of civilian review boards or 

19 analogous procedures for jurisdictions across a range 

20 of sizes and agency configurations, complaint proce21 dures by community-based organizations, early 

22 warning systems and related intervention programs, 

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1 quirements inherent to complaint procedures for 

2 members of the public and law enforcement. 

3 (4) YOUTH JUSTICE AND SCHOOL SAFETY.— 

4 Uniform standards on youth justice and school safe5 ty that include best practices for law enforcement 

6 interaction and communication with children and 

7 youth in non-school settings and that foster the de8 velopment of non-police services and programs for 

9 children and youth in school, including programs 

10 run by school counselors, nurses, psychologists, so11 cial workers, and mediators, taking into consider12 ation adolescent development and any disability, in13 cluding— 

14 (A) the right to effective and timely notifi15 cation of a parent or legal guardian of any law 

16 enforcement interaction, regardless of the immi17 gration status of the individuals involved; and 

18 (B) the creation of positive school climates 

19 by improving school conditions for learning 

20 by— 

21 (i) eliminating school-based arrests 

22 and referrals to law enforcement; 

23 (ii) using evidence-based preventative 

24 measures and alternatives to school-based 

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1 such as restorative justice and healing 

2 practices; and 

3 (iii) using school-wide positive behav4 ioral interventions and supports. 

5 (5) VICTIM SERVICES.—Counseling services, in6 cluding psychological counseling, for individuals and 

7 communities impacted by law enforcement mis8 conduct. 

9 (e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 

11 provide technical assistance to law enforcement 

12 agencies of States and units of local government, 

13 civil rights organizations, and community-based or14 ganizations in furtherance of the purposes of this 

15 section. 

16 (2) MODELS FOR REDUCTION OF LAW EN17 FORCEMENT MISCONDUCT.—The technical assistance 

18 provided by the Attorney General may include the 

19 development of models for States and community20 based organizations to reduce law enforcement offi21 cer misconduct. Any development of such models 

22 shall be in consultation with community-based orga23 nizations. 


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1 (f) USE OF COMPONENTS.—The Attorney General 

2 may use any component or components of the Department 

3 of Justice in carrying out this section. 

4 (g) APPLICATIONS.—An application for a grant 

5 under subsection (b) shall be submitted in such form, and 

6 contain such information, as the Attorney General may 

7 prescribe by rule. 

8 (h) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.— 

9 (1) MONITORING COMPONENTS.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each program, project, 

11 or activity funded under this section shall con12 tain a monitoring component, which shall be de13 veloped pursuant to rules made by the Attorney 

14 General. 

15 (B) REQUIREMENT.—Each monitoring 

16 component required under subparagraph (A) 

17 shall include systematic identification and col18 lection of data about activities, accomplish19 ments, and programs throughout the duration 

20 of the program, project, or activity and presen21 tation of such data in a usable form. 

22 (2) EVALUATION COMPONENTS.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—Selected grant recipi24 ents shall be evaluated on the local level or as 


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1 part of a national evaluation, pursuant to rules 

2 made by the Attorney General. 

3 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—An evaluation con4 ducted under subparagraph (A) may include 

5 independent audits of police behavior and other 

6 assessments of individual program implementa7 tions. For civil rights organizations and com8 munity-based organizations in selected jurisdic9 tions that are able to support outcome evalua10 tions, the effectiveness of funded programs, 

11 projects, and activities may be required. 

12 (3) PERIODIC REVIEW AND REPORTS.—The At13 torney General may require a grant recipient to sub14 mit every 180 days to the Attorney General the re15 sults of the monitoring and evaluations required 

16 under paragraphs (1) and (2) and such other data 

17 and information as the Attorney General determines 

18 to be necessary. 

19 (i) REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF FUNDING.—If 

20 the Attorney General determines, as a result of monitoring 

21 under subsection (h) or otherwise, that a grant recipient 

22 under the Byrne grant program or under subsection (b) 

23 is not in substantial compliance with the requirements of 

24 this section, the Attorney General may revoke or suspend 

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1 (j) CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD DEFINED.—In this sec2 tion, the term ‘‘civilian review board’’ means an adminis3 trative entity that investigates civilian complaints against 

4 law enforcement officers and— 

5 (1) is independent and adequately funded; 

6 (2) has investigatory authority and subpoena 

7 power; 

8 (3) has representative community diversity; 

9 (4) has policy making authority; 

10 (5) provides advocates for civilian complainants; 

11 (6) may conduct hearings; and 

12 (7) conducts statistical studies on prevailing 

13 complaint trends. 

14 (k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

15 are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 

16 $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 to carry out the grant 

17 program authorized under subsection (b). 

18 SEC. 115. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONDUCT STUDY. 

19 (a) STUDY.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

21 conduct a nationwide study of the prevalence and ef22 fect of any law, rule, or procedure that allows a law 

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1 ecution of law enforcement misconduct, including 

2 pre-interview warnings and termination policies. 

3 (2) INITIAL ANALYSIS.—The Attorney General 

4 shall perform an initial analysis of existing State 

5 laws, rules, and procedures to determine whether, at 

6 a threshold level, the effect of the type of law, rule, 

7 or procedure that raises material investigatory issues 

8 that could impair or hinder a prompt and thorough 

9 investigation of possible misconduct, including crimi10 nal conduct. 

11 (3) DATA COLLECTION.—After completion of 

12 the initial analysis under paragraph (2), and consid13 ering material investigatory issues, the Attorney 

14 General shall gather additional data nationwide on 

15 similar laws, rules, and procedures from a represent16 ative and statistically significant sample of jurisdic17 tions, to determine whether such laws, rules, and 

18 procedures raise such material investigatory issues. 

19 (b) REPORTING.— 

20 (1) INITIAL ANALYSIS.—Not later than 120 

21 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

22 Attorney General shall— 

23 (A) submit to Congress a report containing 

24 the results of the initial analysis conducted 

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1 (B) make the report submitted under sub2 paragraph (A) available to the public; and 

3 (C) identify the jurisdictions for which the 

4 study described in subsection (a)(3) is to be 

5 conducted. 

6 (2) DATA COLLECTED.—Not later than 2 years 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the At8 torney General shall submit to Congress a report 

9 containing the results of the data collected under 

10 this section and publish the report in the Federal 

11 Register. 

12 SEC. 116. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

14 year 2025, in addition to any other sums authorized to 

15 be appropriated— 

16 (1) $25,000,000 for additional expenses relat17 ing to the enforcement of section 210401 of the Vio18 lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 

19 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12601), criminal enforcement 

20 under sections 241 and 242 of title 18, United 

21 States Code, and administrative enforcement by the 

22 Department of Justice of such sections, including 

23 compliance with consent decrees or judgments en24 tered into under such section 210401; and 


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1 (2) $3,300,000 for additional expenses related 

2 to conflict resolution by the Department of Justice’s 

3 Community Relations Service. 

4 SEC. 117. NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT 

5 OVERSIGHT. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

7 the Department of Justice a task force to be known as 

8 the Task Force on Law Enforcement Oversight (herein9 after in this section referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 

10 (b) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall be com11 posed of individuals appointed by the Attorney General, 

12 who shall appoint not less than 1 individual from each of 

13 the following: 

14 (1) The Special Litigation Section of the Civil 

15 Rights Division. 

16 (2) The Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Di17 vision. 

18 (3) The Federal Coordination and Compliance 

19 Section of the Civil Rights Division. 

20 (4) The Employment Litigation Section of the 

21 Civil Rights Division. 

22 (5) The Disability Rights Section of the Civil 

23 Rights Division. 

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1 (7) The Office of Community Oriented Policing 

2 Services (COPS). 

3 (8) The Corruption/Civil Rights Section of the 

4 Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

5 (9) The Community Relations Service. 

6 (10) The Office of Tribal Justice. 

7 (11) The unit within the Department of Justice 

8 assigned as a liaison for civilian review boards. 

9 (c) POWERS AND DUTIES.—The Task Force shall 

10 consult with professional law enforcement associations, 

11 labor organizations, and community-based organizations 

12 to coordinate the process of the detection and referral of 

13 complaints regarding incidents of alleged law enforcement 

14 misconduct. 

15 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each fis17 cal year to carry out this section. 

18 SEC. 118. FEDERAL DATA COLLECTION ON LAW ENFORCE19 MENT PRACTICES. 

20 (a) AGENCIES TO REPORT.—Each Federal, State, 

21 Tribal, and local law enforcement agency shall report data 

22 of the practices enumerated in subsection (c) of that agen23 cy to the Attorney General. 

24 (b) BREAKDOWN OF INFORMATION BY RACE, ETH25 NICITY, AND GENDER.—For each practice enumerated in 


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1 subsection (c), the reporting law enforcement agency shall 

2 provide a breakdown of the numbers of incidents of that 

3 practice— 

4 (1) by race, ethnicity, age, and gender of the of5 ficers of the agency; 

6 (2) by race, ethnicity, age, and gender of the in7 dividual subject to the investigatory practices enu8 merated in (c); and 

9 (3) if known, by whether the individual subject 

10 to the investigatory practices enumerated in (c)— 

11 (A) had a known or apparent impairment, 

12 such as a mental health condition or being 

13 under the influence of drugs or alcohol; 

14 (B) was experiencing homelessness; and 

15 (C) was English language proficient. 

16 (c) PRACTICES TO BE REPORTED ON.—The prac17 tices to be reported on are the following: 

18 (1) Traffic violation stops. 

19 (2) Pedestrian stops. 

20 (3) Frisk and body searches, including consent 

21 searches, conducted by the law enforcement agencies 

22 of the State or Tribal government. 

23 (4) Instances where law enforcement officers 

24 used deadly force, including— 


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1 (A) a description of when and where dead2 ly force was used, and whether it resulted in 

3 death; 

4 (B) a description of deadly force directed 

5 against an officer and whether it resulted in in6 jury or death; and 

7 (C) the law enforcement agency’s justifica8 tion for use of deadly force, if the agency deter9 mines it was justified. 

10 (d) RETENTION OF DATA.—Each law enforcement 

11 agency required to report data under this section shall 

12 maintain records relating to any matter reported for not 

13 less than 4 years after those records are created. 

14 (e) PENALTY FOR STATES FAILING TO REPORT AS

15 REQUIRED.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal year, a State 

17 shall not receive any amount that would otherwise 

18 be allocated to that State under section 505(a) of 

19 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

20 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10156(a)), or any 

21 amount from any other law enforcement assistance 

22 program of the Department of Justice, unless the 

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1 forcement agency of the State is in substantial com2 pliance with the requirements of this section. 

3 (2) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated by 

4 reason of this subsection shall be reallocated to 

5 States not disqualified by failure to comply with this 

6 section. 

7 (f) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DATA.—The Attorney 

8 General shall make the data collected under this section 

9 available on a publicly accessible website. 

10 (g) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General shall pre11 scribe regulations to carry out this section. 

12 TITLE II—POLICING TRANS13 PARENCY THROUGH DATA 

14 Subtitle A—National Police 

15 Misconduct Registry 

16 SEC. 201. MISCONDUCT AND DECERTIFICATION REPORT17 ING. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

19 date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 

20 establish guidance for law enforcement agencies to submit 

21 records of certificate or license revocation actions relating 

22 to officer misconduct to the National Decertification Index 

23 and misconduct records to the National Law Enforcement 

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1 (b) FEDERAL AGENCY REPORTING REQUIRE2 MENTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact3 ment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the head 

4 of each Federal law enforcement agency shall submit 

5 records of certificate or license revocation actions relating 

6 to officer misconduct to the National Decertification Index 

7 and misconduct records to the National Law Enforcement 

8 Accountability Database. 

9 (c) STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

10 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Beginning in the first fis11 cal year that begins after the date that is 1 year after 

12 the date of enactment of this Act, and each fiscal year 

13 thereafter, in which a State or law enforcement agency 

14 of a State or unit of local government receives funds under 

15 the Byrne grant program, the State or law enforcement 

16 agency shall, once every 180 days, submit records of cer17 tificate or license revocation actions relating to officer mis18 conduct to the National Decertification Index and mis19 conduct records to the National Law Enforcement Ac20 countability Database. 

21 (d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF MISCONDUCT AND DE22 CERTIFICATION INFORMATION.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

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1 ment Accountability Database available publicly ac2 cessible. 

3 (2) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—Nothing in this 

4 subsection shall be construed to supersede the re5 quirements or limitations under section 552a of title 

6 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 

7 ‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’). 

8 SEC. 202. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR HIRING OF 

9 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first fiscal year 

11 that begins after the date that is one year after the date 

12 of the enactment of this Act, a State or unit of local gov13 ernment, other than an Indian Tribe, may not receive 

14 funds under the Byrne grant program for that fiscal year 

15 if, on the day before the first day of the fiscal year, the 

16 State or unit of local government has not— 

17 (1) submitted to the Attorney General evidence 

18 that the State or unit of local government has a cer19 tification and decertification program for purposes 

20 of employment as a law enforcement officer in that 

21 State or unit of local government that is consistent 

22 with the rules made under subsection (c); and 

23 (2) submitted records to the National Decerti24 fication Index and the National Law Enforcement 

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1 201 demonstrating that all law enforcement officers 

2 of the State or unit of local government have com3 pleted all State certification requirements during the 

4 1-year period preceding the fiscal year. 

5 (b) RULES.—The Attorney General shall make rules 

6 to carry out this section and section 201, including uni7 form reporting standards. 

8 SEC. 203. LAW ENFORCEMENT HIRING ACCOUNTABILITY. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first fiscal year 

10 that begins after the date that is 1 year after the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act, a State or unit of local gov12 ernment, other than an Indian Tribe, may not receive 

13 funds under section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

14 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) 

15 for that fiscal year if, on the day before the first day of 

16 the fiscal year, the State or unit of local government does 

17 not certify compliance with (b). 

18 (b) HIRING ACCOUNTABILITY.—In hiring or rehiring 

19 law enforcement officers, a law enforcement agency de20 scribed in subsection (a) shall check for decertification or 

21 disciplinary actions in— 

22 (1) the National Decertification Index; and 

23 (2) the National Law Enforcement Account24 ability Database. 


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1 (c) REPORTS.—A law enforcement agency described 

2 in subsection (a) shall include in an annual report sub3 mitted to the Attorney General the number of law enforce4 ment officers of the law enforcement agency, if any, hired 

5 or rehired using amounts from that grant against whom 

6 there has been a decertification or other disciplinary ac7 tion. 

8 Subtitle B—PRIDE Act 

9 SEC. 221. SHORT TITLE. 

10 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Police Reporting 

11 Information, Data, and Evidence Act of 2024’’ or the 

12 ‘‘PRIDE Act of 2024’’. 

13 SEC. 222. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this subtitle: 

15 (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

16 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

17 the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec18 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

19 (2) LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The 

20 term ‘‘local law enforcement officer’’ has the mean21 ing given the term in section 2, and includes a 

22 school resource officer. 

23 (3) SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘school’’ means an ele24 mentary school or secondary school (as those terms 

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1 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

2 7801)). 

3 (4) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.—The term 

4 ‘‘school resource officer’’ means a sworn law enforce5 ment officer who is— 

6 (A) assigned by the employing law enforce7 ment agency to a local educational agency or 

8 school; 

9 (B) contracting with a local educational 

10 agency or school; or 

11 (C) employed by a local educational agency 

12 or school. 

13 SEC. 223. USE OF FORCE REPORTING. 

14 (a) REPORTING.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first fiscal 

16 year that begins after the date that is 1 year after 

17 the date of enactment of this Act, and each fiscal 

18 year thereafter, in which a law enforcement agency 

19 of a State, unit of local government, or Indian Tribe 

20 receives funds under the COPS grant program or a 

21 Byrne grant program, the law enforcement agency 

22 shall report use of force data to the Federal Bureau 

23 of Investigation Use of Force database biannually. 

24 (2) INCIDENT DATA COLLECTION.—Not later 

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1 the Attorney General, acting through the Director of 

2 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall expand 

3 the Federal Bureau of Investigation Use of Force 

4 database to include information relating to all deadly 

5 and less lethal use-of-force incidents. 

6 (3) INCIDENTS REPORTED UNDER DEATH IN

7 CUSTODY REPORTING ACT.—A law enforcement 

8 agency of a State, unit of local government, or In9 dian Tribe is not required to include in a report 

10 under paragraph (1) an incident reported by the law 

11 enforcement agency in accordance with section 

12 20104(a)(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

13 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12104(a)(2)). 

14 (4) RETENTION OF DATA.—Each law enforce15 ment agency required to report data under this sec16 tion shall maintain records relating to any matter so 

17 reportable for not less than 4 years after those 

18 records are created. 

19 (5) AUDIT OF USE-OF-FORCE REPORTING.—Not 

20 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

21 Act, and each year thereafter, each law enforcement 

22 agency of a State, unit of local government, or In23 dian Tribe described in paragraph (1) shall— 

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1 (B) submit a report to the Attorney Gen2 eral on the audit conducted under subpara3 graph (A). 

4 (6) COMPLIANCE PROCEDURE.—Prior to sub5 mitting a report under paragraph (1), the law en6 forcement agency of a State, unit of local govern7 ment, or Indian Tribe submitting such report shall 

8 compare information relating to a use of deadly 

9 force by a law enforcement officer to publicly avail10 able sources, and shall revise such report to include 

11 any incident determined to be missing from the re12 port based on such comparison. Failure to comply 

13 with the procedures described in the previous sen14 tence shall be considered a failure to comply with 

15 the requirements of this section. 

16 (b) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal year in which 

18 a law enforcement agency of a State, unit of local 

19 government, or Indian Tribe fails to comply with 

20 this section, the law enforcement agency, at the dis21 cretion of the Attorney General, shall be subject to 

22 not more than a 10-percent reduction of the funds 

23 that would otherwise be allocated for that fiscal year 

24 to the law enforcement agency under a Byrne grant 

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1 (2) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated 

2 under a Byrne grant program in accordance with 

3 paragraph (1) to a State for failure to comply with 

4 this section shall be reallocated under the Byrne 

5 grant program to States that have not failed to com6 ply with this section. 

7 (3) INFORMATION REGARDING SCHOOL RE8 SOURCE OFFICERS.—The State or Indian Tribe shall 

9 ensure that all schools and local educational agencies 

10 within the jurisdiction of the State or Indian Tribe 

11 provide the State or Indian Tribe with the informa12 tion needed regarding school resource officers to 

13 comply with this section. 

14 (c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DATA.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

16 the date of enactment of this Act, and each year 

17 thereafter, the Attorney General shall publish, and 

18 make available to the public, a report containing the 

19 data reported to the Attorney General under this 

20 section. 

21 (2) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—Nothing in this 

22 subsection shall be construed to supersede the re23 quirements or limitations under section 552a of title 

24 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 

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1 (d) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the 

2 date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in 

3 coordination with the Director of the Federal Bureau of 

4 Investigation, shall issue guidance on best practices relat5 ing to establishing standard data collection systems that 

6 capture the information required to be reported under sub7 section (a)(2), which shall include standard and consistent 

8 definitions for terms. 

9 SEC. 224. USE OF FORCE DATA REPORTING. 

10 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS AUTHOR11 IZED.—The Attorney General may make grants to eligible 

12 law enforcement agencies to be used for the activities de13 scribed in subsection (c). 

14 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible to receive 

15 a grant under this section a law enforcement agency 

16 shall— 

17 (1) be a Tribal law enforcement agency or be 

18 located in a State that receives funds under a Byrne 

19 grant program; 

20 (2) employ not more that 100 local or Tribal 

21 law enforcement officers; 

22 (3) demonstrate that the use of force policy for 

23 local law enforcement officers or Tribal law enforce24 ment officers employed by the law enforcement agen25 cy is publicly available; and 


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1 (4) establish and maintain a complaint system 

2 that— 

3 (A) may be used by members of the public 

4 to report incidents of use of force to the law en5 forcement agency; 

6 (B) makes all information collected pub7 licly searchable and available; and 

8 (C) provides information on the status of 

9 an investigation related to a use of force com10 plaint. 

11 (c) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—A grant made under 

12 this section may be used by a law enforcement agency 

13 for— 

14 (1) the cost of assisting the State or Indian 

15 Tribe in which the law enforcement agency is located 

16 in complying with the reporting requirements de17 scribed in section 223; 

18 (2) the cost of establishing necessary systems 

19 required to investigate and report incidents as re20 quired under subsection (b)(4); 

21 (3) public awareness campaigns designed to 

22 gain information from the public on use of force by 

23 or against local and Tribal law enforcement officers, 

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1 (4) use of force training for law enforcement 

2 agencies and personnel, including training on de-es3 calation, implicit bias, crisis intervention techniques, 

4 and adolescent development. 

5 SEC. 225. COMPLIANCE WITH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

7 date of enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, 

8 the Attorney General shall conduct an audit and review 

9 of the information provided under this subtitle to deter10 mine whether each State or Indian Tribe described in sec11 tion 223(a)(1) is in compliance with the requirements of 

12 this subtitle. 

13 (b) CONSISTENCY IN DATA REPORTING.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any data reported under 

15 this subtitle shall be collected and reported— 

16 (A) in a manner consistent with existing 

17 programs of the Department of Justice that 

18 collect data on local law enforcement officer en19 counters with civilians; and 

20 (B) in a manner consistent with civil rights 

21 laws for distribution of information to the pub22 lic. 

23 (2) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 1 year after 

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1 (A) issue guidelines on the reporting re2 quirement under section 223; and 

3 (B) seek public comment before finalizing 

4 the guidelines required under subparagraph 

5 (A). 

6 SEC. 226. FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING. 

7 The head of each Federal law enforcement agency 

8 shall submit to the Attorney General, on a quarterly basis 

9 and pursuant to guidelines established by the Attorney 

10 General, the information required to be reported by a 

11 State or Indian Tribe under section 223. 

12 SEC. 227. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attor14 ney General such sums as are necessary to carry out this 

15 subtitle. 

16 TITLE III—IMPROVING POLICE 

17 TRAINING AND POLICIES 

18 Subtitle A—End Racial and 

19 Religious Profiling Act 

20 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

21 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘End Racial and 

22 Religious Profiling Act of 2024’’ or ‘‘ERRPA’’. 

23 SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 

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1 (1) COVERED PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘covered 

2 program’’ means any program or activity funded in 

3 whole or in part with funds made available under— 

4 (A) a Byrne grant program; and 

5 (B) the COPS grant program, other than 

6 an activity described in section 1701(b)(13) 

7 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

8 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)(13)). 

9 (2) GOVERNMENTAL BODY.—The term ‘‘govern10 mental body’’ means any department, agency, special 

11 purpose district, or other instrumentality of the Fed12 eral Government or a State, local, or Indian Tribal 

13 government. 

14 (3) HIT RATE.—The term ‘‘hit rate’’— 

15 (A) means the percentage of stops and 

16 searches in which a law enforcement agent 

17 finds drugs, a gun, or something else that leads 

18 to an arrest; 

19 (B) is calculated by dividing the total num20 ber of searches by the number of searches that 

21 yield contraband; and 

22 (C) is complementary to the rate of false 

23 stops. 

24 (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term 

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1 State, or local public agency engaged in the preven2 tion, detection, or investigation of violations of crimi3 nal, immigration, or customs laws. 

4 (5) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT.—The term 

5 ‘‘law enforcement agent’’ means any Federal, State, 

6 or local official responsible for enforcing criminal, 

7 immigration, or customs laws, including police offi8 cers and other agents of a law enforcement agency. 

9 (6) PREVAILING PLAINTIFF.—The term ‘‘pre10 vailing plaintiff’’ means a plaintiff that substantially 

11 prevails pursuant to a judicial or administrative 

12 judgment or order or an enforceable written agree13 ment. 

14 (7) RACIAL PROFILING.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘racial 

16 profiling’’ means the practice of a law enforce17 ment agent or agency relying, to any degree, on 

18 actual or perceived race, ethnicity, national ori19 gin, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual 

20 orientation in selecting which individual to sub21 ject to routine or spontaneous investigatory ac22 tivities or in deciding upon the scope and sub23 stance of law enforcement activity following the 

24 initial investigatory procedure, except when 

25 there is trustworthy information, relevant to the 


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1 locality and timeframe, that links a person with 

2 a particular characteristic described in this 

3 paragraph to an identified criminal incident or 

4 scheme. 

5 (B) EXCEPTION.—For purposes of sub6 paragraph (A), a Tribal law enforcement agent 

7 exercising law enforcement authority within In8 dian country, as that term is defined in section 

9 1151 of title 18, United States Code, is not 

10 considered to be racial profiling with respect to 

11 making key jurisdictional determinations that 

12 are necessarily tied to reliance on actual or per13 ceived race, ethnicity, or Tribal affiliation. 

14 (8) ROUTINE OR SPONTANEOUS INVESTIGATORY

15 ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘routine or spontaneous in16 vestigatory activities’’ means the following activities 

17 by a law enforcement agent: 

18 (A) Interviews. 

19 (B) Traffic stops. 

20 (C) Pedestrian stops. 

21 (D) Frisks and other types of body 

22 searches. 

23 (E) Consensual or nonconsensual searches 

24 of the persons, property, or possessions (includ25 ing vehicles) of individuals using any form of 


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1 public or private transportation, including mo2 torists and pedestrians. 

3 (F) Data collection and analysis, assess4 ments, and predicated investigations. 

5 (G) Inspections and interviews of entrants 

6 into the United States that are more extensive 

7 than those customarily carried out. 

8 (H) Immigration-related workplace inves9 tigations. 

10 (I) Such other types of law enforcement 

11 encounters compiled for or by the Federal Bu12 reau of Investigation or the Bureau of Justice 

13 Statistics of the Department of Justice. 

14 (9) REASONABLE REQUEST.—The term ‘‘rea15 sonable request’’ means a request for information, 

16 other than a request that— 

17 (A) is immaterial to the investigation; 

18 (B) would result in the unnecessary disclo19 sure of personal information; or 

20 (C) would place a severe burden on the re21 sources of the law enforcement agency given its 

22 size. 


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1 PART I—PROHIBITION OF RACIAL PROFILING 

2 SEC. 311. PROHIBITION. 

3 No law enforcement agent or law enforcement agency 

4 shall engage in racial profiling. 

5 SEC. 312. ENFORCEMENT. 

6 (a) REMEDY.—The United States, or an individual 

7 injured by racial profiling, may enforce this part in a civil 

8 action for declaratory or injunctive relief, filed either in 

9 a State court of general jurisdiction or in a district court 

10 of the United States. 

11 (b) PARTIES.—In any action brought under this part, 

12 relief may be obtained against— 

13 (1) any governmental body that employed any 

14 law enforcement agent who engaged in racial 

15 profiling; 

16 (2) any agent of such body who engaged in ra17 cial profiling; and 

18 (3) any person with supervisory authority over 

19 such agent. 

20 (c) NATURE OF PROOF.—Proof that the routine or 

21 spontaneous investigatory activities of law enforcement 

22 agents in a jurisdiction have had a disparate impact on 

23 individuals with a particular characteristic described in 

24 section 302(7) shall constitute prima facie evidence of a 

25 violation of this part. 


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1 (d) ATTORNEY’S FEES.—In any action or proceeding 

2 to enforce this part against any governmental body, the 

3 court may allow a prevailing plaintiff, other than the 

4 United States, reasonable attorney’s fees as part of the 

5 costs, and may include expert fees as part of the attorney’s 

6 fee. 

7 PART II—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL 

8 PROFILING BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE9 MENT AGENCIES 

10 SEC. 321. POLICIES TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Federal law enforcement agencies 

12 shall— 

13 (1) maintain adequate policies and procedures 

14 designed to eliminate racial profiling; and 

15 (2) cease existing practices that permit racial 

16 profiling. 

17 (b) POLICIES.—The policies and procedures de18 scribed in subsection (a)(1) shall include— 

19 (1) a prohibition on racial profiling; 

20 (2) training on racial profiling issues as part of 

21 Federal law enforcement training; 

22 (3) the collection of data in accordance with the 

23 regulations issued by the Attorney General under 

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1 (4) procedures for receiving, investigating, and 

2 responding meaningfully to complaints alleging ra3 cial profiling by law enforcement agents; and 

4 (5) any other policies and procedures the Attor5 ney General determines to be necessary to eliminate 

6 racial profiling by Federal law enforcement agencies. 

7 PART III—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL 

8 PROFILING BY STATE AND LOCAL LAW EN9 FORCEMENT AGENCIES 

10 SEC. 331. POLICIES REQUIRED FOR GRANTS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—An application by a State or a 

12 unit of local government for funding under a covered pro13 gram shall include a certification that such State, unit of 

14 local government, and any law enforcement agency to 

15 which it will distribute funds— 

16 (1) maintains adequate policies and procedures 

17 designed to eliminate racial profiling; and 

18 (2) has eliminated any existing practices that 

19 permit or encourage racial profiling. 

20 (b) POLICIES.—The policies and procedures de21 scribed in subsection (a)(1) shall include— 

22 (1) a prohibition on racial profiling; 

23 (2) training on racial profiling issues as part of 

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1 (3) the collection of data in accordance with the 

2 regulations issued by the Attorney General under 

3 section 341; and 

4 (4) participation in an administrative complaint 

5 procedure or independent audit program that meets 

6 the requirements of section 332. 

7 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

8 on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment 

9 of this Act. 

10 SEC. 332. INVOLVEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL. 

11 (a) REGULATIONS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

13 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

14 General, in consultation with stakeholders, including 

15 Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies 

16 and community, professional, research, and civil 

17 rights organizations, shall issue regulations for the 

18 operation of administrative complaint procedures 

19 and independent audit programs to ensure that such 

20 procedures and programs provide an appropriate re21 sponse to allegations of racial profiling by law en22 forcement agents or agencies. 

23 (2) GUIDELINES.—The regulations issued 

24 under paragraph (1) shall contain guidelines that 

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1 of the administrative complaint procedures and inde2 pendent auditor programs. 

3 (b) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the Attorney General de4 termines that the recipient of a grant from any covered 

5 program is not in compliance with the requirements of sec6 tion 331 or the regulations issued under subsection (a), 

7 the Attorney General shall withhold, in whole or in part 

8 (at the discretion of the Attorney General), funds for 1 

9 or more grants to the recipient under the covered program 

10 until the recipient establishes compliance. 

11 (c) PRIVATE PARTIES.—The Attorney General shall 

12 provide notice and an opportunity for private parties to 

13 present evidence to the Attorney General that a recipient 

14 of a grant from any covered program is not in compliance 

15 with the requirements of this part. 

16 SEC. 333. DATA COLLECTION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 

17 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR DATA

18 COLLECTION.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may, 

20 through competitive grants or contracts, carry out a 

21 2-year demonstration project for the purpose of de22 veloping and implementing data collection programs 

23 on the hit rates for stops and searches by law en24 forcement agencies. The data collected shall be 


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1 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, national origin, 

2 gender, and religion. 

3 (2) NUMBER OF GRANTS.—The Attorney Gen4 eral shall provide not more than 5 grants or con5 tracts under this section. 

6 (3) ELIGIBLE GRANTEES.—Grants or contracts 

7 under this section shall be awarded to law enforce8 ment agencies that serve communities where there is 

9 a significant concentration of racial or ethnic minori10 ties and that are not already collecting data volun11 tarily. 

12 (b) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—Activities carried out 

13 with a grant under this section shall include— 

14 (1) developing a data collection tool and report15 ing the compiled data to the Attorney General; and 

16 (2) training of law enforcement personnel on 

17 data collection, particularly for data collection on hit 

18 rates for stops and searches. 

19 (c) EVALUATION.—Not later than 3 years after the 

20 date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 

21 enter into a contract with an institution of higher edu22 cation (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education 

23 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) to analyze the data col24 lected by each of the grantees funded under this section. 


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1 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out activities 

3 under this section— 

4 (1) $5,000,000, over a 2-year period, to carry 

5 out the demonstration program under subsection 

6 (a); and 

7 (2) $500,000 to carry out the evaluation under 

8 subsection (c). 

9 SEC. 334. DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES. 

10 (a) USE OF FUNDS REQUIREMENTS.—Section 502(a) 

11 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

12 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10153(a)), as amended by sections 

13 113 and 114, is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(9) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 

16 covered by an application, the applicant will use not 

17 less than 10 percent of the total amount of the 

18 grant award for the fiscal year to develop and imple19 ment best practice devices and systems to eliminate 

20 racial profiling in accordance with section 334 of the 

21 End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2024.’’. 

22 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES.—Grant 

23 amounts described in paragraph (9) of section 502(a) of 

24 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

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1 of this section, shall be for programs that include the fol2 lowing: 

3 (1) The development and implementation of 

4 training to prevent racial profiling and to encourage 

5 more respectful interaction with the public. 

6 (2) The acquisition and use of technology to fa7 cilitate the accurate collection and analysis of data. 

8 (3) The development and acquisition of feed9 back systems and technologies that identify law en10 forcement agents or units of agents engaged in, or 

11 at risk of engaging in, racial profiling or other mis12 conduct. 

13 (4) The establishment and maintenance of an 

14 administrative complaint procedure or independent 

15 auditor program. 

16 SEC. 335. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attor18 ney General such sums as are necessary to carry out this 

19 part. 

20 PART IV—DATA COLLECTION 

21 SEC. 341. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ISSUE REGULATIONS. 

22 (a) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 

23 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, 

24 in consultation with stakeholders, including Federal, 

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1 professional, research, and civil rights organizations, shall 

2 issue regulations for the collection and compilation of data 

3 under sections 321 and 331. 

4 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The regulations issued under 

5 subsection (a) shall— 

6 (1) provide for the collection of data on all rou7 tine and spontaneous investigatory activities; 

8 (2) provide that the data collected shall— 

9 (A) be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, na10 tional origin, gender, disability, and religion; 

11 (B) include the date, time, and location of 

12 such investigatory activities; 

13 (C) include detail sufficient to permit an 

14 analysis of whether a law enforcement agency is 

15 engaging in racial profiling; and 

16 (D) not include personally identifiable in17 formation; 

18 (3) provide that a standardized form shall be 

19 made available to law enforcement agencies for the 

20 submission of collected data to the Department of 

21 Justice; 

22 (4) provide that law enforcement agencies shall 

23 compile data on the standardized form made avail24 able under paragraph (3), and submit the form to 


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1 the Civil Rights Division and the Bureau of Justice 

2 Statistics of the Department of Justice; 

3 (5) provide that law enforcement agencies shall 

4 maintain all data collected under this subtitle for not 

5 less than 4 years; 

6 (6) include guidelines for setting comparative 

7 benchmarks, consistent with best practices, against 

8 which collected data shall be measured; 

9 (7) provide that the Bureau of Justice Statis10 tics of the Department of Justice shall— 

11 (A) analyze the data for any statistically 

12 significant disparities, including— 

13 (i) disparities in the percentage of 

14 drivers or pedestrians stopped relative to 

15 the proportion of the population passing 

16 through the neighborhood; 

17 (ii) disparities in the hit rate; and 

18 (iii) disparities in the frequency of 

19 searches performed on racial or ethnic mi20 nority drivers and the frequency of 

21 searches performed on nonminority drivers; 

22 and 

23 (B) not later than 3 years after the date 

24 of enactment of this Act, and annually there25 after— 


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1 (i) prepare a report regarding the 

2 findings of the analysis conducted under 

3 subparagraph (A); 

4 (ii) provide such report to Congress; 

5 and 

6 (iii) make such report available to the 

7 public, including on a website of the De8 partment of Justice, and in accordance 

9 with accessibility standards under the 

10 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 

11 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); and 

12 (8) protect the privacy of individuals whose 

13 data is collected by— 

14 (A) limiting the use of the data collected 

15 under this subtitle to the purposes set forth in 

16 this subtitle; 

17 (B) except as otherwise provided in this 

18 subtitle, limiting access to the data collected 

19 under this subtitle to those Federal, State, or 

20 local employees or agents who require such ac21 cess in order to fulfill the purposes for the data 

22 set forth in this subtitle; 

23 (C) requiring contractors or other non24 governmental agents who are permitted access 

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1 use agreements incorporating the use and dis2 closure restrictions set forth in subparagraph 

3 (A); and 

4 (D) requiring the maintenance of adequate 

5 security measures to prevent unauthorized ac6 cess to the data collected under this subtitle. 

7 SEC. 342. PUBLICATION OF DATA. 

8 The Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics of 

9 the Department of Justice shall provide to Congress and 

10 make available to the public, together with each annual 

11 report described in section 341, the data collected pursu12 ant to this subtitle, excluding any personally identifiable 

13 information described in section 343. 

14 SEC. 343. LIMITATIONS ON PUBLICATION OF DATA. 

15 The name or identifying information of a law enforce16 ment agent, complainant, or any other individual involved 

17 in any activity for which data is collected and compiled 

18 under this subtitle shall not be— 

19 (1) released to the public; 

20 (2) disclosed to any person, except for— 

21 (A) such disclosures as are necessary to 

22 comply with this subtitle; 

23 (B) disclosures of information regarding a 

24 particular person to that person; or 

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1 (3) subject to disclosure under section 552 of 

2 title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 

3 ‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’), except for disclo4 sures of information regarding a particular person to 

5 that person. 

6 PART V—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REGULA7 TIONS AND REPORTS ON RACIAL PROFILING 

8 IN THE UNITED STATES 

9 SEC. 351. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ISSUE REGULATIONS 

10 AND REPORTS. 

11 (a) REGULATIONS.—In addition to the regulations re12 quired under sections 332 and 341, the Attorney General 

13 shall issue such other regulations as the Attorney General 

14 determines are necessary to implement this subtitle. 

15 (b) REPORTS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

17 the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 

18 thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to 

19 Congress a report on racial profiling by law enforce20 ment agencies. 

21 (2) SCOPE.—Each report submitted under 

22 paragraph (1) shall include— 

23 (A) a summary of data collected under sec24 tions 321(b)(3) and 331(b)(3) and from any 


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1 other reliable source of information regarding 

2 racial profiling in the United States; 

3 (B) a discussion of the findings in the 

4 most recent report prepared by the Bureau of 

5 Justice Statistics of the Department of Justice 

6 under section 341(b)(7); 

7 (C) the status of the adoption and imple8 mentation of policies and procedures by Federal 

9 law enforcement agencies under section 321 

10 and by the State and local law enforcement 

11 agencies under sections 331 and 332; and 

12 (D) a description of any other policies and 

13 procedures that the Attorney General believes 

14 would facilitate the elimination of racial 

15 profiling. 

16 Subtitle B—Additional Reforms 

17 SEC. 361. TRAINING ON RACIAL BIAS AND DUTY TO INTER18 VENE. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab20 lish— 

21 (1) a training program for law enforcement of22 ficers to cover racial profiling, implicit bias, and pro23 cedural justice; 

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1 forcement officer is using excessive force against a 

2 civilian; and 

3 (3) a training program that covers the duty to 

4 intervene described in paragraph (2). 

5 (b) MANDATORY TRAINING FOR FEDERAL LAW EN6 FORCEMENT OFFICERS.—The head of each Federal law 

7 enforcement agency shall require each Federal law en8 forcement officer employed by the agency to complete the 

9 training programs established under subsection (a). 

10 (c) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—Be11 ginning in the first fiscal year that begins after the date 

12 that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 

13 a State or unit of local government may not receive funds 

14 under the Byrne grant program for a fiscal year if, on 

15 the day before the first day of the fiscal year, the State 

16 or unit of local government does not require each law en17 forcement officer in the State or unit of local government 

18 to complete the training programs established under sub19 section (a). 

20 (d) GRANTS TO TRAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI21 CERS ON USE OF FORCE.—Section 501(a)(1) of title I of 

22 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

23 (34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end 

24 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(J) Training programs for law enforce2 ment officers, including training programs on 

3 use of force and a duty to intervene.’’. 

4 SEC. 362. BAN ON NO-KNOCK WARRANTS IN DRUG CASES. 

5 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘no6 knock warrant’’ means a warrant that allows a law en7 forcement officer to enter a property without requiring the 

8 law enforcement officer to announce the presence of the 

9 law enforcement officer or the intention of the law enforce10 ment officer to enter the property. 

11 (b) BAN ON FEDERAL WARRANTS IN DRUG CASES.— 

12 Section 509 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

13 879) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘A 

14 search warrant authorized under this section shall require 

15 that a law enforcement officer execute the search warrant 

16 only after providing notice of his or her authority and pur17 pose.’’. 

18 (c) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—Be19 ginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date 

20 of enactment of this Act, a State or unit of local govern21 ment may not receive funds under the COPS grant pro22 gram for a fiscal year if, on the day before the first day 

23 of the fiscal year, the State or unit of local government 

24 does not have in effect a law that prohibits the issuance 

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1 SEC. 363. INCENTIVIZING BANNING OF CHOKEHOLDS AND 

2 CAROTID HOLDS. 

3 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 

4 ‘‘chokehold or carotid hold’’ means the application of any 

5 pressure to the throat or windpipe, the use of a maneuver 

6 that restricts blood or oxygen flow to the brain, including 

7 by applying pressure or bodyweight to an individual’s 

8 head, neck, or back, or a carotid artery restraint that pre9 vents or hinder breathing or reduce intake of air of an 

10 individual. 

11 (b) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.—Notwith12 standing any other provision of law, each Federal law en13 forcement agency shall have in place a policy that bans 

14 the use of chokeholds and carotid holds. 

15 (c) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—Be16 ginning in the first fiscal year that begins after the date 

17 that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 

18 a State or unit of local government may not receive funds 

19 under the Byrne grant program or the COPS grant pro20 gram for a fiscal year if, on the day before the first day 

21 of the fiscal year, the State or unit of local government 

22 does not have in effect a law that prohibits law enforce23 ment officers in the State or unit of local government from 

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1 SEC. 364. PEACE ACT. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Police Exercising Absolute Care With Everyone Act of 

4 2024’’ or the ‘‘PEACE Act of 2024’’. 

5 (b) USE OF FORCE BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE6 MENT OFFICERS.— 

7 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

8 (A) DEESCALATION TACTICS AND TECH9 NIQUES.—The term ‘‘deescalation tactics and 

10 techniques’’ means proactive actions and ap11 proaches used by a Federal law enforcement of12 ficer to stabilize the situation so that more 

13 time, options, and resources are available to 

14 gain a person’s voluntary compliance and re15 duce or eliminate the need to use force, includ16 ing verbal persuasion, warnings, tactical tech17 niques, slowing down the pace of an incident, 

18 waiting out a subject, creating distance between 

19 the officer and the threat, and requesting addi20 tional resources to resolve the incident. 

21 (B) NECESSARY.—The term ‘‘necessary’’, 

22 with respect to the use of force, means that an23 other reasonable Federal law enforcement offi24 cer would objectively conclude, under the total25 ity of the circumstances, that there was no rea26 sonable alternative to the use of force. 


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1 (C) REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES.— 

2 (i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘reason3 able alternatives’’ means tactics and meth4 ods used by a Federal law enforcement of5 ficer to effectuate an arrest that do not 

6 unreasonably increase the risk posed to the 

7 law enforcement officer or another person, 

8 including verbal communication, distance, 

9 warnings, deescalation tactics and tech10 niques, tactical repositioning, and other 

11 tactics and techniques intended to stabilize 

12 a situation and reduce the immediacy of 

13 the risk so that more time, options, and re14 sources can be called upon to resolve the 

15 situation without the use of force. 

16 (ii) DEADLY FORCE.—With respect to 

17 the use of deadly force, the term ‘‘reason18 able alternatives’’ includes the use of less 

19 lethal force. 

20 (D) TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.— 

21 The term ‘‘totality of the circumstances’’ means 

22 all credible facts known to the Federal law en23 forcement officer leading up to and at the time 

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1 ment officer uses such force and the actions of 

2 the Federal law enforcement officer. 

3 (2) PROHIBITION ON LESS LETHAL FORCE.—A 

4 Federal law enforcement officer may not use any 

5 less lethal force unless— 

6 (A) the form of less lethal force used is 

7 necessary and proportional in order to effec8 tuate an arrest of a person who the officer has 

9 probable cause to believe has committed a 

10 criminal offense; and 

11 (B) reasonable alternatives to the use of 

12 the form of less lethal force have been ex13 hausted. 

14 (3) PROHIBITION ON DEADLY USE OF FORCE.— 

15 A Federal law enforcement officer may not use 

16 deadly force against a person unless— 

17 (A) the form of deadly force used is nec18 essary, as a last resort, to prevent imminent 

19 and serious bodily injury or death to the officer 

20 or another person; 

21 (B) the use of the form of deadly force cre22 ates no substantial risk of injury to a third per23 son; and 

24 (C) reasonable alternatives to the use of 

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1 (4) REQUIREMENT TO GIVE VERBAL WARN2 ING.—When feasible, prior to using force against a 

3 person, a Federal law enforcement officer shall iden4 tify himself or herself as a Federal law enforcement 

5 officer, and issue a verbal warning to the person 

6 that the Federal law enforcement officer seeks to ap7 prehend, which shall— 

8 (A) include a request that the person sur9 render to the law enforcement officer; and 

10 (B) notify the person that the law enforce11 ment officer will use force against the person if 

12 the person resists arrest or flees. 

13 (5) GUIDANCE ON USE OF FORCE.—Not later 

14 than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 

15 Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with im16 pacted persons, communities, and organizations, in17 cluding representatives of civil and human rights or18 ganizations, victims of police use of force, and rep19 resentatives of law enforcement associations, shall 

20 provide guidance to Federal law enforcement agen21 cies on— 

22 (A) the types of less lethal force and dead23 ly force that are prohibited under paragraphs 

24 (2) and (3); and 


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1 (B) how a Federal law enforcement officer 

2 can— 

3 (i) assess whether the use of force is 

4 appropriate and necessary; and 

5 (ii) use the least amount of force 

6 when interacting with— 

7 (I) pregnant individuals; 

8 (II) children and youth under 21 

9 years of age; 

10 (III) elderly persons; 

11 (IV) persons with mental, behav12 ioral, or physical disabilities or im13 pairments; 

14 (V) persons experiencing percep15 tual or cognitive impairments due to 

16 use of alcohol, narcotics, 

17 hallucinogens, or other drugs; 

18 (VI) persons suffering from a se19 rious medical condition; and 

20 (VII) persons with limited 

21 English proficiency. 

22 (6) TRAINING.—The Attorney General shall 

23 provide training to Federal law enforcement officers 

24 on interacting people described in subclauses (I) 

25 through (VII) of paragraph (5)(B)(ii). 


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1 (7) LIMITATION ON JUSTIFICATION DE2 FENSE.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 51 of title 18, 

4 United States Code, is amended by adding at 

5 the end the following: 

6 ‘‘§ 1123. Limitation on justification defense for Fed7 eral law enforcement officers 

8 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

9 ‘‘(1) the term ‘deadly force’ has the meaning 

10 given such term in section 2 of the George Floyd 

11 Justice in Policing Act of 2024; and 

12 ‘‘(2) the term ‘Federal law enforcement officer’ 

13 has the meaning given such term in section 115. 

14 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON JUSTIFICATION DEFENSE.—It 

15 is not a defense to an offense under section 1111 or 1112 

16 that the use of less lethal force or deadly force by a Fed17 eral law enforcement officer was justified if— 

18 ‘‘(1) the officer’s use of such force was incon19 sistent with section 364(b) of the George Floyd Jus20 tice in Policing Act of 2024; or 

21 ‘‘(2) the officer’s gross negligence leading up to 

22 and at the time of the use of force contributed to 

23 the necessity of the use of such force.’’. 

24 (B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

25 sections for chapter 51 of title 18, United 


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1 States Code, is amended by inserting after the 

2 item relating to section 1122 the following: 

‘‘1123. Limitation on justification defense for Federal law enforcement officers.’’. 

3 (c) LIMITATION ON THE RECEIPT OF FUNDS UNDER

4 THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

5 GRANT PROGRAM.— 

6 (1) LIMITATION.—A State or unit of local gov7 ernment, other than an Indian Tribe, may not re8 ceive funds that the State or unit of local govern9 ment would otherwise receive under a Byrne grant 

10 program for a fiscal year if, on the day before the 

11 first day of the fiscal year, the State or unit of local 

12 government does not have in effect a law that is con13 sistent with subsection (b) of this section and section 

14 1123 of title 18, United States Code, as determined 

15 by the Attorney General. 

16 (2) SUBSEQUENT ENACTMENT.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—If funds described in 

18 paragraph (1) are withheld from a State or unit 

19 of local government pursuant to paragraph (1) 

20 for 1 or more fiscal years, and the State or unit 

21 of local government enacts or puts in place a 

22 law described in paragraph (1), and dem23 onstrates substantial efforts to enforce such 

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1 unit of local government shall be eligible, in the 

2 fiscal year after the fiscal year during which the 

3 State or unit of local government demonstrates 

4 such substantial efforts, to receive the total 

5 amount that the State or unit of local govern6 ment would have received during each fiscal 

7 year for which funds were withheld. 

8 (B) LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF PRIOR YEAR

9 FUNDS.—A State or unit of local government 

10 may not receive funds under subparagraph (A) 

11 in an amount that is more than the amount 

12 withheld from the State or unit of local govern13 ment during the 5-fiscal-year period before the 

14 fiscal year during which funds are received 

15 under subparagraph (A). 

16 (3) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 120 days after 

17 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen18 eral, in consultation with impacted persons, commu19 nities, and organizations, including representatives 

20 of civil and human rights organizations, individuals 

21 against whom a law enforcement officer used force, 

22 and representatives of law enforcement associations, 

23 shall make guidance available to States and units of 

24 local government on the criteria that the Attorney 

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1 unit of local government has in place a law described 

2 in paragraph (1). 

3 (4) APPLICATION.—This subsection shall apply 

4 to the first fiscal year that begins after the date that 

5 is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act 

6 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

7 SEC. 365. STOP MILITARIZING LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find9 ings: 

10 (1) Under section 2576a of title 10, United 

11 States Code, the Department of Defense is author12 ized to provide excess property to local law enforce13 ment agencies. The Defense Logistics Agency ad14 ministers such section by operating the Law En15 forcement Support Office program. 

16 (2) New and used material, including mine-re17 sistant ambush-protected vehicles and weapons de18 termined by the Department of Defense to be ‘‘mili19 tary grade’’ are transferred to Federal, Tribal, 

20 State, and local law enforcement agencies through 

21 the program. 

22 (3) As a result, local law enforcement agencies, 

23 including police and sheriff’s departments, are ac24 quiring that material for use in their normal oper25 ations. 


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1 (4) As a result of the wars in Iraq and Afghani2 stan, military equipment purchased for, and used in, 

3 those wars has become excess property and has been 

4 made available for transfer to local and Federal law 

5 enforcement agencies. 

6 (5) In Fiscal Year 2017, $504,000,000 worth 

7 of property was transferred to law enforcement 

8 agencies. 

9 (6) More than $6,800,000,000 worth of weap10 ons and equipment have been transferred to police 

11 organizations in all 50 States and four territories 

12 through the program. 

13 (7) In May 2012, the Defense Logistics Agency 

14 instituted a moratorium on weapons transfers 

15 through the program after reports of missing equip16 ment and inappropriate weapons transfers. 

17 (8) Though the moratorium was widely pub18 licized, it was lifted in October 2013 without ade19 quate safeguards. 

20 (9) On January 16, 2015, President Barack 

21 Obama issued Executive Order 13688 (relating to 

22 Federal support for local law enforcement equipment 

23 acquisition) to better coordinate and regulate the 

24 transfer by Federal agencies of military weapons 


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1 and equipment to State, local, and Tribal law en2 forcement agencies. 

3 (10) In July 2017, the Government Account4 ability Office reported that the program’s internal 

5 controls were inadequate to prevent fraudulent appli6 cants’ access to the program. 

7 (11) On August 28, 2017, President Donald 

8 Trump rescinded Executive Order 13688 despite a 

9 July 2017 report by the Government Accountability 

10 Office finding deficiencies with the administration of 

11 the program. 

12 (12) As a result, Federal, State, and local law 

13 enforcement departments across the United States 

14 are eligible again to acquire free ‘‘military-grade’’ 

15 weapons and equipment that could be used inappro16 priately during policing efforts in which people and 

17 taxpayers could be harmed. 

18 (13) The Department of Defense categorizes 

19 equipment eligible for transfer under the program as 

20 ‘‘controlled’’ and ‘‘un-controlled’’ equipment. ‘‘Con21 trolled equipment’’ includes weapons, explosives such 

22 as flash-bang grenades, mine-resistant ambush-pro23 tected vehicles, long-range acoustic devices, aircraft 

24 capable of being modified to carry armament that 


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1 are combat coded, and silencers, among other mili2 tary grade items. 

3 (b) LIMITATION ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

4 TRANSFER OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TO LOCAL LAW EN5 FORCEMENT AGENCIES.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2576a of title 10, 

7 United States Code, is amended— 

8 (A) in subsection (a)— 

9 (i) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 

10 ‘‘counterdrug, counterterrorism, disaster11 related emergency preparedness, and bor12 der security activities’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘counterterrorism and disaster-related 

14 emergency preparedness’’; and 

15 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, 

16 the Director of National Drug Control Pol17 icy,’’; 

18 (B) in subsection (b)— 

19 (i) in paragraph (5), by striking 

20 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

21 (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking the 

22 period and inserting a semicolon; and 

23 (iii) by adding at the end the fol24 lowing new paragraphs: 


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1 ‘‘(7) the recipient submits to the Department of 

2 Defense a description of how the recipient expects to 

3 use the property; 

4 ‘‘(8) the recipient certifies to the Department of 

5 Defense that if the recipient determines that the 

6 property is surplus to the needs of the recipient, the 

7 recipient will return the property to the Department 

8 of Defense; 

9 ‘‘(9) with respect to a recipient that is not a 

10 Federal agency, the recipient certifies to the Depart11 ment of Defense that the recipient notified the local 

12 community of the request for personal property 

13 under this section by— 

14 ‘‘(A) publishing a notice of such request on 

15 a publicly accessible Internet website; 

16 ‘‘(B) posting such notice at several promi17 nent locations in the jurisdiction of the recipi18 ent; and 

19 ‘‘(C) ensuring that such notices were avail20 able to the local community for a period of not 

21 less than 30 days; and 

22 ‘‘(10) the recipient has received the approval of 

23 the city council or other local governing body to ac24 quire the personal property sought under this sec25 tion.’’; 


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1 (C) by striking subsections (d) and (e); 

2 (D) by redesignating subsections (f) and 

3 (g) as subsections (m), and (n), respectively; 

4 and 

5 (E) by inserting after subsection (c) the 

6 following new subsections: 

7 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION ACCOUNTING FOR

8 TRANSFERRED PROPERTY.—(1) For each fiscal year, the 

9 Secretary shall submit to Congress a certification in writ10 ing that each Federal or State agency to which the Sec11 retary has transferred property under this section— 

12 ‘‘(A) has provided to the Secretary documenta13 tion accounting for all controlled property, including 

14 arms and ammunition, that the Secretary has trans15 ferred to the agency, including any item described in 

16 subsection (f) so transferred before the date of the 

17 enactment of the George Floyd Justice in Policing 

18 Act of 2024; and 

19 ‘‘(B) with respect to a non-Federal agency, car20 ried out each of paragraphs (5) through (8) of sub21 section (b). 

22 ‘‘(2) If the Secretary does not provide a certification 

23 under paragraph (1) for a Federal or State agency, the 

24 Secretary may not transfer additional property to that 

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1 ‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT ON EXCESS PROPERTY.—Be2 fore making any property available for transfer under this 

3 section, the Secretary shall annually submit to Congress 

4 a description of the property to be transferred together 

5 with a certification that the transfer of the property would 

6 not violate this section or any other provision of law. 

7 ‘‘(f) LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFERS.—(1) The Sec8 retary may not transfer to a Federal, Tribal, State, or 

9 local law enforcement agency under this section the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(A) Firearms, ammunition, bayonets, grenade 

12 launchers, grenades (including stun and flash-bang), 

13 and explosives. 

14 ‘‘(B) Vehicles, except for passenger automobiles 

15 (as such term is defined in section 32901(a)(18) of 

16 title 49) and bucket trucks. 

17 ‘‘(C) Drones. 

18 ‘‘(D) Controlled aircraft that— 

19 ‘‘(i) are combat configured or combat 

20 coded; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) have no established commercial flight 

22 application. 

23 ‘‘(E) Silencers. 

24 ‘‘(F) Long-range acoustic devices. 


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1 ‘‘(G) Items in the Federal Supply Class of 

2 banned items. 

3 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may not require, as a condition 

4 of a transfer under this section, that a Federal or State 

5 agency demonstrate the use of any small arms or ammuni6 tion. 

7 ‘‘(3) The limitations under this subsection shall also 

8 apply with respect to the transfer of previously transferred 

9 property of the Department of Defense from one Federal 

10 or State agency to another such agency. 

11 ‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary may waive the applicability of 

12 paragraph (1) to a vehicle described in subparagraph (B) 

13 of such paragraph (other than a mine-resistant ambush14 protected vehicle), if the Secretary determines that such 

15 a waiver is necessary for disaster or rescue purposes or 

16 for another purpose where life and public safety are at 

17 risk, as demonstrated by the proposed recipient of the ve18 hicle. 

19 ‘‘(B) If the Secretary issues a waiver under subpara20 graph (A), the Secretary shall— 

21 ‘‘(i) submit to Congress notice of the waiver, 

22 and post such notice on a public Internet website of 

23 the Department of Defense, by not later than 30 

24 days after the date on which the waiver is issued; 

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1 ‘‘(ii) require, as a condition of the waiver, that 

2 the recipient of the vehicle for which the waiver is 

3 issued provides public notice of the waiver and the 

4 transfer, including the type of vehicle and the pur5 pose for which it is transferred, in the jurisdiction 

6 where the recipient is located by not later than 30 

7 days after the date on which the waiver is issued. 

8 ‘‘(5) The Secretary may provide for an exemption to 

9 the limitation under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) 

10 in the case of parts for aircraft described in such subpara11 graph that are transferred as part of regular maintenance 

12 of aircraft in an existing fleet. 

13 ‘‘(6) The Secretary shall require, as a condition of 

14 any transfer of property under this section, that the Fed15 eral or State agency that receives the property shall return 

16 the property to the Secretary if the agency— 

17 ‘‘(A) is investigated by the Department of Jus18 tice for any violation of civil liberties; or 

19 ‘‘(B) is otherwise found to have engaged in 

20 widespread abuses of civil liberties. 

21 ‘‘(g) CONDITIONS FOR EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.— 

22 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts au23 thorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available 

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1 carry out this section unless the Secretary submits to Con2 gress certification that, for the preceding fiscal year— 

3 ‘‘(1) each Federal or State agency that has re4 ceived controlled property transferred under this sec5 tion has— 

6 ‘‘(A) demonstrated 100 percent account7 ability for all such property, in accordance with 

8 paragraph (2) or (3), as applicable; or 

9 ‘‘(B) been suspended from the program 

10 pursuant to paragraph (4); 

11 ‘‘(2) with respect to each non-Federal agency 

12 that has received controlled property under this sec13 tion, the State coordinator responsible for each such 

14 agency has verified that the coordinator or an agent 

15 of the coordinator has conducted an in-person inven16 tory of the property transferred to the agency and 

17 that 100 percent of such property was accounted for 

18 during the inventory or that the agency has been 

19 suspended from the program pursuant to paragraph 

20 (4); 

21 ‘‘(3) with respect to each Federal agency that 

22 has received controlled property under this section, 

23 the Secretary of Defense or an agent of the Sec24 retary has conducted an in-person inventory of the 

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1 that 100 percent of such property was accounted for 

2 during the inventory or that the agency has been 

3 suspended from the program pursuant to paragraph 

4 (4); 

5 ‘‘(4) the eligibility of any agency that has re6 ceived controlled property under this section for 

7 which 100 percent of the property was not ac8 counted for during an inventory described in para9 graph (2) or (3), as applicable, to receive any prop10 erty transferred under this section has been sus11 pended; 

12 ‘‘(5) each State coordinator has certified, for 

13 each non-Federal agency located in the State for 

14 which the State coordinator is responsible, that— 

15 ‘‘(A) the agency has complied with all re16 quirements under this section; or 

17 ‘‘(B) the eligibility of the agency to receive 

18 property transferred under this section has been 

19 suspended; and 

20 ‘‘(6) the Secretary of Defense has certified, for 

21 each Federal agency that has received property 

22 under this section, that— 

23 ‘‘(A) the agency has complied with all re24 quirements under this section; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) the eligibility of the agency to receive 

2 property transferred under this section has been 

3 suspended. 

4 ‘‘(h) PROHIBITION ON OWNERSHIP OF CONTROLLED

5 PROPERTY.—A Federal or State agency that receives con6 trolled property under this section may not take ownership 

7 of the property. 

8 ‘‘(i) NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF PROPERTY DOWN9 GRADES.—Not later than 30 days before downgrading the 

10 classification of any item of personal property from con11 trolled or Federal Supply Class, the Secretary shall submit 

12 to Congress notice of the proposed downgrade. 

13 ‘‘(j) NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF PROPERTY CANNIBAL14 IZATION.—Before the Defense Logistics Agency author15 izes the recipient of property transferred under this sec16 tion to cannibalize the property, the Secretary shall submit 

17 to Congress notice of such authorization, including the 

18 name of the recipient requesting the authorization, the 

19 purpose of the proposed cannibalization, and the type of 

20 property proposed to be cannibalized. 

21 ‘‘(k) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON USE OF CONTROLLED

22 PROPERTY.—Not later than 30 days after the last day of 

23 a fiscal quarter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 

24 a report on any uses of controlled property transferred 

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1 ‘‘(l) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 

2 days after the last day of a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 

3 submit to Congress a report on the following for the pre4 ceding fiscal year: 

5 ‘‘(1) The percentage of property lost by recipi6 ents of property transferred under this section, in7 cluding specific information about the type of prop8 erty lost, the monetary value of such property, and 

9 the recipient that lost the property. 

10 ‘‘(2) The transfer of any new (condition code 

11 A) property transferred under this section, including 

12 specific information about the type of property, the 

13 recipient of the property, the monetary value of each 

14 item of the property, and the total monetary value 

15 of all such property transferred during the fiscal 

16 year.’’. 

17 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

18 by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any 

19 transfer of property made after the date of the en20 actment of this Act. 

21 SEC. 366. PUBLIC SAFETY INNOVATION GRANTS. 

22 (a) BYRNE GRANTS USED FOR LOCAL TASK FORCES

23 ON PUBLIC SAFETY INNOVATION.—Section 501(a) of title 

24 I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 


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1 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(a)), as amended by this Act, is 

2 further amended by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(3) LOCAL TASK FORCES ON PUBLIC SAFETY

4 INNOVATION.— 

5 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—The term ‘local task 

6 force on public safety innovation’ means an ad7 ministrative entity, created from partnerships 

8 between community-based organizations and 

9 other local stakeholders, that may develop inno10 vative law enforcement and non-law enforce11 ment strategies to enhance just and equitable 

12 public safety, repair breaches of trust between 

13 law enforcement agencies and the community 

14 they pledge to serve, and enhance accountability 

15 of law enforcement officers. 

16 ‘‘(B) BEST PRACTICES; TASK FORCES.—A 

17 law enforcement program under paragraph 

18 (1)(A) may include the development of best 

19 practices for and the creation of local task 

20 forces on public safety innovation, charged with 

21 exploring and developing new strategies for 

22 public safety, including non-law enforcement 

23 strategies.’’. 

24 (b) CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS.—Section 501(c) 

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1 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(c)) is amended by adding 

2 at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(3) In the case of crisis intervention teams 

4 funded under subsection (a)(1)(H), a program as5 sessment under this subsection shall contain a report 

6 on best practices for crisis intervention.’’. 

7 (c) DOJ GRANTS.—The Attorney General shall es8 tablish a grant program to award grants to States and 

9 units of local government to establish unarmed civilian 

10 government departments to enforce traffic violations. 

11 (d) HHS GRANTS.—The Secretary of Health and 

12 Human Services shall award grants to States and political 

13 subdivisions of States to establish programs that hire, em14 ploy, train, and dispatch mental health and social service 

15 professionals to respond to police calls involving individ16 uals identified as— 

17 (1) having a mental illness or an intellectual or 

18 developmental disability; 

19 (2) experiencing a mental health crisis; or 

20 (3) under the influence of a legal or illegal sub21 stance. 


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1 Subtitle C—Law Enforcement Body 

2 Cameras 

3 PART I—FEDERAL POLICE CAMERA AND 

4 ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 

5 SEC. 371. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This part may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Police Cam7 era and Accountability Act’’. 

8 SEC. 372. REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE9 MENT OFFICERS REGARDING THE USE OF 

10 BODY CAMERAS. 

11 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) ENFORCEMENT OR INVESTIGATIVE STOP.— 

13 The term ‘‘enforcement or investigative stop’’ has 

14 the meaning given the term in section 373. 

15 (2) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means any in16 dividual under 18 years of age. 

17 (3) SUBJECT OF THE VIDEO FOOTAGE.—The 

18 term ‘‘subject of the video footage’’— 

19 (A) means any identifiable Federal law en20 forcement officer or any identifiable suspect, 

21 victim, detainee, conversant, injured party, or 

22 other similarly situated person who appears on 

23 the body camera recording; and 

24 (B) does not include people who only inci25 dentally appear on the recording. 


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1 (4) VIDEO FOOTAGE.—The term ‘‘video foot2 age’’ means any images or audio recorded by a body 

3 camera. 

4 (b) REQUIREMENT TO WEAR BODY CAMERA.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Federal law enforcement of6 ficers shall wear a body camera. 

7 (2) REQUIREMENT FOR BODY CAMERA.—A 

8 body camera required under paragraph (1) shall— 

9 (A) have a field of view at least as broad 

10 as the officer’s vision; and 

11 (B) be worn in a manner that maximizes 

12 the camera’s ability to capture video footage of 

13 the officer’s activities. 

14 (c) REQUIREMENT TO ACTIVATE.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Both the video and audio re16 cording functions of the body camera shall be acti17 vated whenever a Federal law enforcement officer is 

18 responding to a call for service or at the initiation 

19 of any other enforcement or investigative stop be20 tween a Federal law enforcement officer and a mem21 ber of the public, except that when an immediate 

22 threat to the officer’s life or safety makes activating 

23 the camera impossible or dangerous, the officer shall 

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1 (2) ALLOWABLE DEACTIVATION.—The body 

2 camera shall not be deactivated until the stop has 

3 fully concluded and the Federal law enforcement of4 ficer leaves the scene. 

5 (d) NOTIFICATION OF SUBJECT OF RECORDING.—A 

6 Federal law enforcement officer who is wearing a body 

7 camera shall notify any subject of the recording that he 

8 or she is being recorded by a body camera as close to the 

9 inception of the stop as is reasonably possible. 

10 (e) REQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding subsection 

11 (c), the following shall apply to the use of a body camera: 

12 (1) Prior to entering a private residence with13 out a warrant or in non-exigent circumstances, a 

14 Federal law enforcement officer shall ask the occu15 pant if the occupant wants the officer to discontinue 

16 use of the officer’s body camera. If the occupant re17 sponds affirmatively, the Federal law enforcement 

18 officer shall immediately discontinue use of the body 

19 camera. 

20 (2) When interacting with an apparent crime 

21 victim, a Federal law enforcement officer shall, as 

22 soon as practicable, ask the apparent crime victim if 

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1 eral law enforcement officer shall immediately dis2 continue use of the body camera. 

3 (3) When interacting with a person seeking to 

4 anonymously report a crime or assist in an ongoing 

5 law enforcement investigation, a Federal law en6 forcement officer shall, as soon as practicable, ask 

7 the person if the person wants the officer to dis8 continue use of the officer’s body camera. If the per9 son responds affirmatively, the Federal law enforce10 ment officer shall immediately discontinue use of the 

11 body camera. 

12 (f) RECORDING OF OFFERS TO DISCONTINUE USE

13 OF BODY CAMERA.—Each offer of a Federal law enforce14 ment officer to discontinue the use of a body camera made 

15 pursuant to subsection (e), and the responses thereto, 

16 shall be recorded by the body camera prior to dis17 continuing use of the body camera. 

18 (g) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF BODY CAMERA.—Body 

19 cameras shall not be used to gather intelligence informa20 tion based on speech, associations, or religion protected 

21 by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United 

22 States, or to record activity that is unrelated to a response 

23 to a call for service or an enforcement or investigative stop 

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1 public, and shall not be equipped with or employ any facial 

2 recognition technologies. 

3 (h) EXCEPTIONS.—Federal law enforcement offi4 cers— 

5 (1) shall not be required to use body cameras 

6 during enforcement or investigative stops with the 

7 public in the case that— 

8 (A) recording would risk the safety of a 

9 confidential informant, citizen informant, or un10 dercover officer; 

11 (B) recording would pose a serious risk to 

12 national security; or 

13 (C) the officer is a military police officer, 

14 a member of the United States Army Criminal 

15 Investigation Command, or a member of a pro16 tective detail assigned to a Federal or foreign 

17 official while performing his or her duties; and 

18 (2) shall not activate a body camera while on 

19 the grounds of any public, private, or parochial ele20 mentary or secondary school, except when respond21 ing to an imminent threat to life or health. 

22 (i) RETENTION OF FOOTAGE.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Body camera video footage 

24 shall be retained by the law enforcement agency that 

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1 age, or an authorized agent thereof, for 6 months 

2 after the date it was recorded, after which time such 

3 footage shall be permanently deleted. 

4 (2) RIGHT TO INSPECT.—During the 6-month 

5 retention period described in paragraph (1), the fol6 lowing persons shall have the right to inspect the 

7 body camera video footage: 

8 (A) Any person who is a subject of the 

9 video footage, and their designated legal coun10 sel. 

11 (B) A parent or legal guardian of a minor 

12 subject of the video footage, and their des13 ignated legal counsel. 

14 (C) The spouse, next of kin, or legally au15 thorized designee of a deceased subject of the 

16 video footage, and their designated legal coun17 sel. 

18 (D) A Federal law enforcement officer 

19 whose body camera recorded the video footage, 

20 and their designated legal counsel, subject to 

21 the limitations and restrictions in this part. 

22 (E) The superior officer of a Federal law 

23 enforcement officer whose body camera re24 corded the video footage, subject to the limita25 tions and restrictions in this part. 


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1 (F) Any defense counsel who claims, pur2 suant to a written affidavit, to have a reason3 able basis for believing the video footage may 

4 contain evidence that exculpates a client. 

5 (3) LIMITATION.—The right to inspect body 

6 camera video footage under paragraph (2) shall not 

7 include the right to possess a copy of the body cam8 era video footage, unless the release of the body 

9 camera video footage is otherwise authorized by this 

10 part or by another applicable law. When a body 

11 camera fails to capture some or all of the audio or 

12 video of an incident due to malfunction, displace13 ment of camera, or any other cause, any audio or 

14 video footage that is captured shall be treated the 

15 same as any other body camera audio or video foot16 age under this part. 

17 (j) ADDITIONAL RETENTION REQUIREMENTS.—Not18 withstanding the retention and deletion requirements in 

19 subsection (i), the following shall apply to body camera 

20 video footage under this part: 

21 (1) Body camera video footage shall be auto22 matically retained for not less than 3 years if the 

23 video footage captures an interaction or event involv24 ing— 

25 (A) any use of force; or 


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1 (B) any stop about which a complaint has 

2 been registered by a subject of the video foot3 age. 

4 (2) Body camera video footage shall be retained 

5 for not less than 3 years if a longer retention period 

6 is voluntarily requested by— 

7 (A) the Federal law enforcement officer 

8 whose body camera recorded the video footage, 

9 if that officer reasonably asserts the video foot10 age has evidentiary or exculpatory value in an 

11 ongoing investigation; 

12 (B) any Federal law enforcement officer 

13 who is a subject of the video footage, if that of14 ficer reasonably asserts the video footage has 

15 evidentiary or exculpatory value; 

16 (C) any superior officer of a Federal law 

17 enforcement officer whose body camera re18 corded the video footage or who is a subject of 

19 the video footage, if that superior officer rea20 sonably asserts the video footage has evi21 dentiary or exculpatory value; 

22 (D) any Federal law enforcement officer, if 

23 the video footage is being retained solely and 

24 exclusively for police training purposes; 


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1 (E) any member of the public who is a 

2 subject of the video footage; 

3 (F) any parent or legal guardian of a 

4 minor who is a subject of the video footage; or 

5 (G) the spouse, next of kin, or legally au6 thorized designee of a deceased subject of the 

7 video footage. 

8 (k) PUBLIC REVIEW.—For purposes of subpara9 graphs (E), (F), and (G) of subsection (j)(2), any member 

10 of the public who is a subject of video footage, the parent 

11 or legal guardian of a minor who is a subject of the video 

12 footage, or the spouse, next of kin, or legally authorized 

13 designee of a deceased subject of the video footage, shall 

14 be permitted to review the specific video footage in ques15 tion in order to make a determination as to whether that 

16 person will voluntarily request that the video footage be 

17 subject to a minimum 3-year retention period. 

18 (l) DISCLOSURE.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para20 graph (2), all video footage of an interaction or 

21 event captured by a body camera, if that interaction 

22 or event is identified with reasonable specificity and 

23 requested by a member of the public, shall be pro24 vided to the person or entity making the request in 

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1 providing government records set forth in the section 

2 552a of title 5, United States Code. 

3 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—The following categories of 

4 video footage shall not be released to the public in 

5 the absence of express written permission from the 

6 non-law enforcement subjects of the video footage: 

7 (A) Video footage not subject to a min8 imum 3-year retention period pursuant to sub9 section (j). 

10 (B) Video footage that is subject to a min11 imum 3-year retention period solely and exclu12 sively pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) or (2) of 

13 subsection (j). 

14 (3) PRIORITY OF REQUESTS.—Notwithstanding 

15 any time periods established for acknowledging and 

16 responding to records requests in section 552a of 

17 title 5, United States Code, responses to requests for 

18 video footage that is subject to a minimum 3-year 

19 retention period pursuant to subsection (j)(1)(A), 

20 where a subject of the video footage is recorded 

21 being killed, shot by a firearm, or grievously injured, 

22 shall be prioritized and, if approved, the requested 

23 video footage shall be provided as expeditiously as 

24 possible, but in no circumstances later than 5 days 

25 following receipt of the request. 


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1 (4) USE OF REDACTION TECHNOLOGY.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—Whenever doing so is 

3 necessary to protect personal privacy, the right 

4 to a fair trial, the identity of a confidential 

5 source or crime victim, or the life or physical 

6 safety of any person appearing in video footage, 

7 redaction technology may be used to obscure 

8 the face and other personally identifying char9 acteristics of that person, including the tone of 

10 the person’s voice, provided the redaction does 

11 not interfere with a viewer’s ability to fully, 

12 completely, and accurately comprehend the 

13 events captured on the video footage. 

14 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—The following re15 quirements shall apply to redactions under sub16 paragraph (A): 

17 (i) When redaction is performed on 

18 video footage pursuant to this paragraph, 

19 an unedited, original version of the video 

20 footage shall be retained pursuant to the 

21 requirements of subsections (i) and (j). 

22 (ii) Except pursuant to the rules for 

23 the redaction of video footage set forth in 

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1 iting or alteration of video footage, includ2 ing a reduction of the video footage’s reso3 lution, shall be permitted. 

4 (m) PROHIBITED WITHHOLDING OF FOOTAGE.— 

5 Body camera video footage may not be withheld from the 

6 public on the basis that it is an investigatory record or 

7 was compiled for law enforcement purposes where any per8 son under investigation or whose conduct is under review 

9 is a police officer or other law enforcement employee and 

10 the video footage relates to that person’s conduct in their 

11 official capacity. 

12 (n) ADMISSIBILITY.—Any video footage retained be13 yond 6 months solely and exclusively pursuant to sub14 section (j)(2)(D) shall not be admissible as evidence in any 

15 criminal or civil legal or administrative proceeding. 

16 (o) CONFIDENTIALITY.—No government agency or 

17 official, or law enforcement agency, officer, or official, may 

18 publicly disclose, release, or share body camera video foot19 age unless— 

20 (1) doing so is expressly authorized pursuant to 

21 this part or another applicable law; or 

22 (2) the video footage is subject to public release 

23 pursuant to subsection (l), and not exempted from 

24 public release pursuant to subsection (l)(2). 


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1 (p) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

2 OFFICER VIEWING OF BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE.—No 

3 Federal law enforcement officer shall review or receive an 

4 accounting of any body camera video footage that is sub5 ject to a minimum 3-year retention period pursuant to 

6 subsection (j)(1) prior to completing any required initial 

7 reports, statements, and interviews regarding the recorded 

8 event, unless doing so is necessary, while in the field, to 

9 address an immediate threat to life or safety. 

10 (q) ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS.—Video footage may 

11 not be— 

12 (1) in the case of footage that is not subject to 

13 a minimum 3-year retention period, viewed by any 

14 superior officer of a Federal law enforcement officer 

15 whose body camera recorded the footage absent a 

16 specific allegation of misconduct; or 

17 (2) divulged or used by any law enforcement 

18 agency for any commercial or other non-law enforce19 ment purpose. 

20 (r) THIRD-PARTY MAINTENANCE OF FOOTAGE.— 

21 Where a law enforcement agency authorizes a third party 

22 to act as its agent in maintaining body camera footage, 

23 the agent shall not be permitted to independently access, 

24 view, or alter any video footage, except to delete videos 

25 as required by law or agency retention policies. 


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1 (s) ENFORCEMENT.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—If any Federal law enforce3 ment officer, or any employee or agent of a Federal 

4 law enforcement agency, fails to adhere to the re5 cording or retention requirements contained in this 

6 part, intentionally interferes with a body camera’s 

7 ability to accurately capture video footage, or other8 wise manipulates the video footage captured by a 

9 body camera during or after its operation— 

10 (A) appropriate disciplinary action shall be 

11 taken against the individual officer, employee, 

12 or agent; 

13 (B) a rebuttable evidentiary presumption 

14 shall be adopted in favor of a criminal defend15 ant who reasonably asserts that exculpatory evi16 dence was destroyed or not captured; and 

17 (C) a rebuttable evidentiary presumption 

18 shall be adopted on behalf of a civil plaintiff 

19 suing the Government, a Federal law enforce20 ment agency, or a Federal law enforcement offi21 cer for damages based on misconduct who rea22 sonably asserts that evidence supporting their 

23 claim was destroyed or not captured. 

24 (2) PROOF COMPLIANCE WAS IMPOSSIBLE.— 

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1 presumptions described in paragraph (1) may be 

2 overcome by contrary evidence or proof of exigent 

3 circumstances that made compliance impossible. 

4 (t) USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATIONS.—If a Federal 

5 law enforcement officer equipped with a body camera is 

6 involved in, a witness to, or within viewable sight range 

7 of the use of force by another law enforcement officer that 

8 results in a death, the use of force by another law enforce9 ment officer, during which the discharge of a firearm re10 sults in an injury, or the conduct of another law enforce11 ment officer that becomes the subject of a criminal inves12 tigation— 

13 (1) the Federal law enforcement agency that 

14 employs the Federal law enforcement officer, or the 

15 agency or department conducting the related crimi16 nal investigation, as appropriate, shall promptly take 

17 possession of the body camera, and shall maintain 

18 such camera, and any data on such camera, in ac19 cordance with the applicable rules governing the 

20 preservation of evidence; 

21 (2) a copy of the data on such body camera 

22 shall be made in accordance with prevailing forensic 

23 standards for data collection and reproduction; and 

24 (3) such copied data shall be made available to 

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1 (u) LIMITATION ON USE OF FOOTAGE AS EVI2 DENCE.—Any body camera video footage recorded by a 

3 Federal law enforcement officer that violates this part or 

4 any other applicable law may not be offered as evidence 

5 by any government entity, agency, department, prosecu6 torial office, or any other subdivision thereof in any crimi7 nal or civil action or proceeding against any member of 

8 the public. 

9 (v) PUBLICATION OF AGENCY POLICIES.—Any Fed10 eral law enforcement agency policy or other guidance re11 garding body cameras, their use, or the video footage 

12 therefrom that is adopted by a Federal agency or depart13 ment shall be made publicly available on that agency’s 

14 website. 

15 (w) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this part 

16 shall be construed to preempt any laws governing the 

17 maintenance, production, and destruction of evidence in 

18 criminal investigations and prosecutions. 

19 SEC. 373. PATROL VEHICLES WITH IN-CAR VIDEO RECORD20 ING CAMERAS. 

21 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 (1) AUDIO RECORDING.—The term ‘‘audio re23 cording’’ means the recorded conversation between a 

24 Federal law enforcement officer and a second party. 


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1 (2) EMERGENCY LIGHTS.—The term ‘‘emer2 gency lights’’ means oscillating, rotating, or flashing 

3 lights on patrol vehicles. 

4 (3) ENFORCEMENT OR INVESTIGATIVE STOP.— 

5 The term ‘‘enforcement or investigative stop’’ means 

6 an action by a Federal law enforcement officer in re7 lation to enforcement and investigation duties, in8 cluding traffic stops, pedestrian stops, abandoned 

9 vehicle contacts, motorist assists, commercial motor 

10 vehicle stops, roadside safety checks, requests for 

11 identification, or responses to requests for emer12 gency assistance. 

13 (4) IN-CAR VIDEO CAMERA.—The term ‘‘in-car 

14 video camera’’ means a video camera located in a 

15 patrol vehicle. 

16 (5) IN-CAR VIDEO CAMERA RECORDING EQUIP17 MENT.—The term ‘‘in-car video camera recording 

18 equipment’’ means a video camera recording system 

19 located in a patrol vehicle consisting of a camera as20 sembly, a recording mechanism, and an in-car video 

21 recording medium. 

22 (6) RECORDING.—The term ‘‘recording’’ means 

23 the process of capturing data or information stored 

24 on a recording medium as required under this sec25 tion. 


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1 (7) RECORDING MEDIUM.—The term ‘‘record2 ing medium’’ means any recording medium for the 

3 retention and playback of recorded audio and video, 

4 including VHS, DVD, hard drive, solid state, digital, 

5 or flash memory technology. 

6 (8) WIRELESS MICROPHONE.—The term ‘‘wire7 less microphone’’ means a device worn by a Federal 

8 law enforcement officer or any other equipment used 

9 to record conversations between the officer and a 

10 second party and transmitted to the recording equip11 ment. 

12 (b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal law enforce14 ment agency shall install in-car video camera record15 ing equipment in all patrol vehicles with a recording 

16 medium capable of recording for a period of 10 

17 hours or more and capable of making audio record18 ings with the assistance of a wireless microphone. 

19 (2) RECORDING EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS.— 

20 In-car video camera recording equipment with a re21 cording medium capable of recording for a period of 

22 10 hours or more shall record activities— 

23 (A) whenever a patrol vehicle is assigned 

24 to patrol duty; 

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1 (i) a Federal law enforcement officer 

2 assigned that patrol vehicle is conducting 

3 an enforcement or investigative stop; 

4 (ii) patrol vehicle emergency lights are 

5 activated or would otherwise be activated if 

6 not for the need to conceal the presence of 

7 law enforcement; or 

8 (iii) an officer reasonably believes re9 cording may assist with prosecution, en10 hance safety, or serve any other lawful 

11 purpose; and 

12 (C) inside a patrol vehicle when trans13 porting an arrestee or when an officer reason14 ably believes recording may assist with prosecu15 tion, enhance safety, or serve any other lawful 

16 purpose. 

17 (3) REQUIREMENTS FOR RECORDING.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—A Federal law enforce19 ment officer shall begin recording for an en20 forcement or investigative stop when the officer 

21 determines an enforcement stop is necessary 

22 and shall continue until the enforcement action 

23 has been completed and the subject of the en24 forcement or investigative stop or the officer 

25 has left the scene. 


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1 (B) ACTIVATION WITH LIGHTS.—A Fed2 eral law enforcement officer shall begin record3 ing when patrol vehicle emergency lights are ac4 tivated or when they would otherwise be acti5 vated if not for the need to conceal the presence 

6 of law enforcement, and shall continue until the 

7 reason for the activation ceases to exist, regard8 less of whether the emergency lights are no 

9 longer activated. 

10 (C) PERMISSIBLE RECORDING.—A Federal 

11 law enforcement officer— 

12 (i) may begin recording if the officer 

13 reasonably believes recording may assist 

14 with prosecution, enhance safety, or serve 

15 any other lawful purpose; and 

16 (ii) shall continue recording until the 

17 reason for recording ceases to exist. 

18 (4) ENFORCEMENT OR INVESTIGATIVE

19 STOPS.—A Federal law enforcement officer shall 

20 record any enforcement or investigative stop. Audio 

21 recording shall terminate upon release of the violator 

22 and prior to initiating a separate criminal investiga23 tion. 

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1 tained for a storage period of not less than 90 days. Under 

2 no circumstances shall any recording made on an in-car 

3 video camera recording medium be altered or erased prior 

4 to the expiration of the designated storage period. Upon 

5 expiration of the storage period, the recording medium 

6 may be erased and reissued for operational use unless oth7 erwise ordered or if designated for evidentiary or training 

8 purposes. 

9 (d) ACCESSIBILITY OF RECORDINGS.—Audio or video 

10 recordings made pursuant to this section shall be available 

11 under the applicable provisions of section 552a of title 5, 

12 United States Code. Only recorded portions of the audio 

13 recording or video recording medium applicable to the re14 quest shall be available for inspection or copying. 

15 (e) MAINTENANCE REQUIRED.—A Federal law en16 forcement agency shall ensure proper care and mainte17 nance of in-car video camera recording equipment and re18 cording medium. A Federal law enforcement officer oper19 ating a patrol vehicle shall immediately document and no20 tify the appropriate person of any technical difficulties, 

21 failures, or problems with the in-car video camera record22 ing equipment or recording medium. Upon receiving no23 tice, every reasonable effort shall be made to correct and 

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1 or recording medium and determine if it is in the public 

2 interest to permit the use of the patrol vehicle. 

3 SEC. 374. FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY. 

4 No camera or recording device authorized or required 

5 to be used under this part may be equipped with or employ 

6 facial recognition technology, and footage from such a 

7 camera or recording device may not be subjected to facial 

8 recognition technology. 

9 SEC. 375. GAO STUDY. 

10 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

11 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

12 shall conduct a study on Federal law enforcement officer 

13 training, vehicle pursuits, use of force, and interaction 

14 with citizens, and submit a report on such study to— 

15 (1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen16 ate; 

17 (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

18 House of Representatives; 

19 (3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 

20 Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

21 (4) the Committee on Oversight and Account22 ability of the House of Representatives. 


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1 SEC. 376. REGULATIONS. 

2 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

3 of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue such final 

4 regulations as are necessary to carry out this part. 

5 SEC. 377. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

6 Nothing in this part shall be construed to impose any 

7 requirement on a Federal law enforcement officer outside 

8 of the course of carrying out that officer’s duty. 

9 PART II—POLICE CAMERA ACT 

10 SEC. 381. SHORT TITLE. 

11 This part may be cited as the ‘‘Police Creating Ac12 countability by Making Effective Recording Available Act 

13 of 2024’’ or the ‘‘Police CAMERA Act of 2024’’. 

14 SEC. 382. LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY-WORN CAMERA RE15 QUIREMENTS. 

16 (a) USE OF FUNDS REQUIREMENTS.—Section 502(a) 

17 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

18 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10153(a)), as amended by section 

19 334, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(10) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 

21 covered by the application, the applicant will use not 

22 less than 5 percent of the total amount of the grant 

23 award for the fiscal year to develop policies and pro24 tocols in compliance with part PP.’’. 


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1 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 

2 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 

3 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘PART PP—LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY-WORN 

5 CAMERAS AND RECORDED DATA 

6 ‘‘SEC. 3061. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Grant amounts described in 

8 paragraph (10) of section 502(a) of this title— 

9 ‘‘(1) shall be used— 

10 ‘‘(A) to purchase or lease body-worn cam11 eras for use by State, local, and tribal law en12 forcement officers (as defined in section 2503); 

13 ‘‘(B) for expenses related to the implemen14 tation of a body-worn camera program in order 

15 to deter excessive force, improve accountability 

16 and transparency of use of force by law enforce17 ment officers, assist in responding to com18 plaints against law enforcement officers, and 

19 improve evidence collection; and 

20 ‘‘(C) to implement policies or procedures to 

21 comply with the requirements described in sub22 section (b); and 

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1 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A recipient of a grant under 

2 subpart 1 of part E of this title shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) establish policies and procedures in accord4 ance with the requirements described in subsection 

5 (c) before law enforcement officers’ use of body-worn 

6 cameras; 

7 ‘‘(2) adopt recorded data collection and reten8 tion protocols as described in subsection (d) before 

9 law enforcement officers’ use of body-worn cameras; 

10 ‘‘(3) make the policies and protocols described 

11 in paragraphs (1) and (2) available to the public; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(4) comply with the requirements for use of 

14 recorded data under subsection (f). 

15 ‘‘(c) REQUIRED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—A re16 cipient of a grant under subpart 1 of part E of this title 

17 shall— 

18 ‘‘(1) develop with community input and publish 

19 for public view policies and protocols for— 

20 ‘‘(A) the safe and effective use of body21 worn cameras; 

22 ‘‘(B) the secure storage, handling, and de23 struction of recorded data collected by body24 worn cameras; 


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1 ‘‘(C) protecting the privacy rights of any 

2 individual who may be recorded by a body-worn 

3 camera; 

4 ‘‘(D) the release of any recorded data col5 lected by a body-worn camera in accordance 

6 with the open records laws, if any, of the State; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(E) making recorded data available to 

9 prosecutors, defense attorneys, and other offi10 cers of the court; and 

11 ‘‘(2) conduct periodic evaluations of the security 

12 of the storage and handling of the body-worn camera 

13 data. 

14 ‘‘(d) RECORDED DATA COLLECTION AND RETEN15 TION PROTOCOL.—The recorded data collection and reten16 tion protocol described in this paragraph is a protocol 

17 that— 

18 ‘‘(1) requires— 

19 ‘‘(A) a law enforcement officer who is 

20 wearing a body-worn camera to provide an ex21 planation if an activity that is required to be re22 corded by the body-worn camera is not re23 corded; 

24 ‘‘(B) a law enforcement officer who is 

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1 to be recorded from a crime victim or witness 

2 before interviewing the victim or witness; 

3 ‘‘(C) the collection of recorded data unre4 lated to a legitimate law enforcement purpose 

5 to be minimized to the greatest extent prac6 ticable; 

7 ‘‘(D) the system used to store recorded 

8 data collected by body-worn cameras to log all 

9 viewing, modification, or deletion of stored re10 corded data and to prevent, to the greatest ex11 tent practicable, the unauthorized access or dis12 closure of stored recorded data; 

13 ‘‘(E) that any law enforcement officer be 

14 prohibited from accessing the stored data with15 out an authorized purpose; and 

16 ‘‘(F) the law enforcement agency to collect 

17 and report statistical data on— 

18 ‘‘(i) incidences of use of force, 

19 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, 

20 and age of the victim; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the number of complaints filed 

22 against law enforcement officers; 

23 ‘‘(iii) the disposition of complaints 

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1 ‘‘(iv) the number of times camera 

2 footage is used for evidence collection in 

3 investigations of crimes; and 

4 ‘‘(v) any other additional statistical 

5 data that the Attorney General determines 

6 should be collected and reported; 

7 ‘‘(2) allows an individual to file a complaint 

8 with a law enforcement agency relating to the im9 proper use of body-worn cameras; and 

10 ‘‘(3) complies with any other requirements es11 tablished by the Attorney General. 

12 ‘‘(e) REPORTING.—Statistical data required to be col13 lected under subsection (d)(1)(D) shall be reported to the 

14 Attorney General, who shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) establish a standardized reporting system 

16 for statistical data collected under the programs de17 scribed in subsection (a)(1)(B); and 

18 ‘‘(2) establish a national database of statistical 

19 data recorded under the programs described in sub20 section (a)(1)(B). 

21 ‘‘(f) USE OR TRANSFER OF RECORDED DATA.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Recorded data collected by 

23 an entity receiving a grant under subpart 1 of part 

24 E of this title from a body-worn camera shall be 

25 used only in internal and external investigations of 


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1 misconduct by a law enforcement agency or officer, 

2 if there is reasonable suspicion that a recording con3 tains evidence of a crime, or for limited training pur4 poses. The Attorney General shall establish rules to 

5 ensure that the recorded data is used only for the 

6 purposes described in this paragraph. 

7 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER.—Except as 

8 provided in paragraph (3), an entity receiving a 

9 grant under subpart 1 of part E of this title may 

10 not transfer any recorded data collected by the enti11 ty from a body-worn camera to another law enforce12 ment or intelligence agency. 

13 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.—An enti15 ty receiving a grant under subpart 1 of part E 

16 of this title may transfer recorded data collected 

17 by the entity from a body-worn camera to an18 other law enforcement agency or intelligence 

19 agency for use in a criminal investigation if the 

20 requesting law enforcement or intelligence agen21 cy has reasonable suspicion that the requested 

22 data contains evidence relating to the crime 

23 being investigated. 

24 ‘‘(B) CIVIL RIGHTS CLAIMS.—An entity re25 ceiving a grant under subpart 1 of part E of 


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1 this title may transfer recorded data collected 

2 by the law enforcement agency from a body3 worn camera to another law enforcement agen4 cy for use in an investigation of the violation of 

5 any right, privilege, or immunity secured or 

6 protected by the Constitution or laws of the 

7 United States. 

8 ‘‘(g) AUDIT AND ASSESSMENT.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

10 after the date of enactment of this part, the Director 

11 of the Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management 

12 shall perform an assessment of the use of funds 

13 under this section and the policies and protocols of 

14 the grantees subject to the requirements of this sec15 tion. 

16 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Not later than September 1 of 

17 each year, beginning 2 years after the date of enact18 ment of this part, each recipient of a grant under 

19 subpart 1 of part E of this title shall submit to the 

20 Director of the Office of Audit, Assessment, and 

21 Management a report that— 

22 ‘‘(A) describes the progress of the body23 worn camera program described in subsection 

24 (a)(1)(B); and 


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1 ‘‘(B) contains recommendations on ways in 

2 which the Federal Government, States, and 

3 units of local government can further support 

4 the implementation of the body-worn camera 

5 program described in subsection (a)(1)(B). 

6 ‘‘(3) REVIEW.—The Director of the Office of 

7 Audit, Assessment, and Management shall evaluate 

8 the policies and protocols of the grantees subject to 

9 the requirements of this section and take such steps 

10 as the Director of the Office of Audit, Assessment, 

11 and Management determines necessary to ensure 

12 compliance with this section. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 3062. BODY-WORN CAMERA TRAINING TOOLKIT. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall es15 tablish and maintain a body-worn camera training toolkit 

16 for law enforcement agencies, academia, and other rel17 evant entities to provide training and technical assistance, 

18 including best practices for implementation, model policies 

19 and procedures, and research materials. 

20 ‘‘(b) MECHANISM.—In establishing the toolkit re21 quired to under subsection (a), the Attorney General may 

22 consolidate research, practices, templates, and tools that 

23 been developed by expert and law enforcement agencies 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 3063. STUDY. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

3 date of enactment of the Police CAMERA Act of 2024, 

4 the Attorney General shall conduct a study on— 

5 ‘‘(1) the efficacy of body-worn cameras in deter6 ring excessive force by law enforcement officers; 

7 ‘‘(2) the impact of body-worn cameras on the 

8 accountability and transparency of the use of force 

9 by law enforcement officers; 

10 ‘‘(3) the impact of body-worn cameras on re11 sponses to and adjudications of complaints of exces12 sive force; 

13 ‘‘(4) the effect of the use of body-worn cameras 

14 on the safety of law enforcement officers on patrol; 

15 ‘‘(5) the effect of the use of body-worn cameras 

16 on public safety; 

17 ‘‘(6) the impact of body-worn cameras on evi18 dence collection for criminal investigations; 

19 ‘‘(7) issues relating to the secure storage and 

20 handling of recorded data from the body-worn cam21 eras; 

22 ‘‘(8) issues relating to the privacy of individuals 

23 and officers recorded on body-worn cameras; 

24 ‘‘(9) issues relating to the constitutional rights 

25 of individuals on whom facial recognition technology 

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1 ‘‘(10) issues relating to limitations on the use 

2 of facial recognition technology; 

3 ‘‘(11) issues relating to the public’s access to 

4 body-worn camera footage; 

5 ‘‘(12) the need for proper training of law en6 forcement officers that use body-worn cameras; 

7 ‘‘(13) best practices in the development of pro8 tocols for the safe and effective use of body-worn 

9 cameras; 

10 ‘‘(14) a review of law enforcement agencies that 

11 found body-worn cameras to be unhelpful in the op12 erations of the agencies; and 

13 ‘‘(15) any other factors that the Attorney Gen14 eral determines are relevant in evaluating the effi15 cacy of body-worn cameras. 

16 ‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 

17 date on which the study required under subsection (a) is 

18 completed, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress 

19 a report on the study, which shall include any policy rec20 ommendations that the Attorney General considers appro21 priate.’’. 


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1 TITLE IV—CLOSING THE LAW 

2 ENFORCEMENT CONSENT 

3 LOOPHOLE 

4 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Closing the Law En6 forcement Consent Loophole Act of 2024’’. 

7 SEC. 402. PROHIBITION ON ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTS 

8 WHILE ACTING UNDER COLOR OF LAW. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2243 of title 18, United 

10 States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in the section heading, by adding at the end 

12 the following: ‘‘, or of an individual by any 

13 person acting under color of law’’; 

14 (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

15 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 

16 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(d) OF AN INDIVIDUAL BY ANY PERSON ACTING

19 UNDER COLOR OF LAW.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, acting under 

21 color of law, knowingly engages in a sexual act with 

22 an individual, including an individual who is under 

23 arrest, in detention, or otherwise in the actual cus24 tody of any Federal law enforcement officer, shall be 


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1 fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 

2 years, or both. 

3 ‘‘(2) CONSENT NOT A DEFENSE.—In a prosecu4 tion under paragraph (1), it is not a defense that 

5 the other individual consented to the sexual act. 

6 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

7 ‘sexual act’ has the meaning given the term in sec8 tion 2246.’’. 

9 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

10 for chapter 109A of title 18, United States Code, is 

11 amended by striking the item relating to section 2243 and 

12 inserting the following: 

‘‘2243. Sexual abuse of a minor, a ward, or an individual in Federal custody, 

or of an individual by any person acting under color of law.’’. 

13 SEC. 403. ENACTMENT OF LAWS PENALIZING ENGAGING IN 

14 SEXUAL ACTS WHILE ACTING UNDER COLOR 

15 OF LAW. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first fiscal year 

17 that begins after the date that is 1 year after the date 

18 of enactment of this Act— 

19 (1) in the case of a State or unit of local gov20 ernment that does not have in effect a law described 

21 in subsection (b), if the State or unit of local govern22 ment would otherwise receive funds under the COPS 

23 grant program, the State or unit of local government 

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1 (2) in the case of a multi-jurisdictional or re2 gional consortium, if any member of the consortium 

3 is a State or unit of local government that does not 

4 have in effect a law described in subsection (b), and 

5 the consortium would otherwise receive funds under 

6 the COPS grant program, the consortium shall not 

7 be eligible to receive such funds. 

8 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAW.—A law described in this 

9 subsection is a law that— 

10 (1) makes it a criminal offense for any person 

11 acting under color of law of the State or unit of local 

12 government to engage in a sexual act with an indi13 vidual, including an individual who is under arrest, 

14 in detention, or otherwise in the actual custody of 

15 any law enforcement officer; and 

16 (2) prohibits a person charged with an offense 

17 described in paragraph (1) from asserting the con18 sent of the other individual as a defense. 

19 (c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—A State or unit of 

20 local government that receives a grant under the COPS 

21 grant program shall submit to the Attorney General, on 

22 an annual basis, information on— 

23 (1) the number of reports made to law enforce24 ment agencies of that State or unit of local govern25 ment regarding persons engaging in a sexual act 


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1 while acting under color of law during the previous 

2 year; and 

3 (2) the disposition of each case in which sexual 

4 misconduct by a person acting under color of law 

5 was reported during the previous year. 

6 SEC. 404. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

7 (a) REPORT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later 

8 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and 

9 each year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit 

10 to Congress a report containing— 

11 (1) the information required to be reported to 

12 the Attorney General under section 403(c); and 

13 (2) information on— 

14 (A) the number of reports made during the 

15 previous year to Federal law enforcement agen16 cies regarding persons engaging in a sexual act 

17 while acting under color of law; and 

18 (B) the disposition of each case in which 

19 sexual misconduct by a person acting under 

20 color of law was reported. 

21 (b) REPORT BY GAO.—Not later than 1 year after 

22 the date of enactment of this Act, and each year there23 after, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

24 submit to Congress a report on any violations of sub25 section (d) of section 2243 of title 18, United States Code, 


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1 as added by section 402, committed during the 1-year pe2 riod covered by the report. 

3 SEC. 405. DEFINITION. 

4 In this title, the term ‘‘sexual act’’ has the meaning 

5 given the term in section 2246 of title 18, United States 

6 Code. 

7 TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 

8 PROVISIONS 

9 SEC. 501. SEVERABILITY. 

10 If any provision of this Act, or the application of such 

11 a provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be 

12 unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act and the appli13 cation of the remaining provisions of this Act to any per14 son or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. 

15 SEC. 502. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 

16 Nothing in this Act shall be construed— 

17 (1) to limit legal or administrative remedies 

18 under section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 

19 U.S.C. 1983), section 210401 of the Violent Crime 

20 Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 

21 U.S.C. 12601), title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

22 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et 

23 seq.), or title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 

24 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.); 


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1 (2) to affect any Federal, State, or Tribal law 

2 that applies to an Indian Tribe because of the polit3 ical status of the Indian Tribe; or 

4 (3) to waive the sovereign immunity of an In5 dian Tribe without the consent of the Indian Tribe. 

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