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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1570 

To encourage greater community accountability of law enforcement agencies, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2021 

Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. CROW, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. DEGETTE, 

Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. WILLIAMS of 

Georgia, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. BISHOP of 

Georgia, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. EVANS, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. STANTON, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. MFUME, 

Ms. FUDGE, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

JONES, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. PRICE of 

North Carolina, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. KILMER, Mr. PALLONE, 

Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. COSTA, 

Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. SOTO, Ms. DEAN, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Mr. CARSON, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, 

Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. 

BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. FOSTER, 

Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. HAYES, and Mr. PHILLIPS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To encourage greater community accountability of law 

enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘George Floyd Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act 

4 of 2021’’. 

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

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION 

Sec. 101. Accreditation of law enforcement agencies. 

TITLE II—LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

Sec. 201. Law enforcement grants. 

TITLE III—ADMINISTRATIVE DUE PROCESS PROCEDURES 

Sec. 301. Attorney General to conduct study. 

TITLE IV—ENHANCED FUNDING TO COMBAT POLICE 

MISCONDUCT AND REFORM POLICE DEPARTMENTS 

Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE V—NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OVERSIGHT 

Sec. 501. National task force on law enforcement oversight. 

TITLE VI—FEDERAL DATA COLLECTION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT 

PRACTICES 

Sec. 601. Federal data collection on law enforcement practices. 

TITLE VII—MEDALLIONS FOR FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICERS 

Sec. 701. Medallions for fallen law enforcement officers. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 

9 (1) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—The 

10 term ‘‘community-based organization’’ means a 

11 grassroots organization that monitors the issue of 


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1 police misconduct and that has a national presence 

2 and membership, such as the National Association 

3 for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 

4 the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the 

5 National Council of La Raza, the National Urban 

6 League, the National Congress of American Indians, 

7 or the National Asian Pacific American Legal Con8 sortium (NAPALC). 

9 (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION ORGA10 NIZATION.—The term ‘‘law enforcement accredita11 tion organization’’ means a professional law enforce12 ment organization involved in the development of 

13 standards of accreditation for law enforcement agen14 cies at the national, State, regional, or tribal level, 

15 such as the Commission on Accreditation for Law 

16 Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). 

17 (3) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term 

18 ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means a State, local, In19 dian tribal, or campus public agency engaged in the 

20 prevention, detection, or investigation, prosecution, 

21 or adjudication of violations of criminal laws. 

22 (4) PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSO23 CIATION.—The term ‘‘professional law enforcement 

24 association’’ means a law enforcement membership 

25 association that works for the needs of Federal, 


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1 State, local, or Indian tribal law enforcement agen2 cies and with the civilian community on matters of 

3 common interest, such as the Hispanic American 

4 Police Command Officers Association (HAPCOA), 

5 the National Asian Pacific Officers Association 

6 (NAPOA), the National Black Police Association 

7 (NBPA), the National Latino Peace Officers Asso8 ciation (NLPOA), the National Organization of 

9 Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), 

10 Women in Law Enforcement, the Native American 

11 Law Enforcement Association (NALEA), the Inter12 national Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the 

13 National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA), the Fraternal 

14 Order of Police (FOP), and the National Association 

15 of School Resource Officers. 

16 (5) PROFESSIONAL CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT ORGA17 NIZATION.—The term ‘‘professional civilian oversight 

18 organization’’ means a membership organization 

19 formed to address and advance the cause of civilian 

20 oversight of law enforcement and whose members 

21 are from Federal, State, regional, local, or tribal or22 ganizations that review issues or complaints against 

23 law enforcement agencies or individuals, such as the 

24 National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law 

25 Enforcement (NACOLE). 


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1 TITLE I—LAW ENFORCEMENT 

2 ACCREDITATION 

3 SEC. 101. ACCREDITATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN4 CIES. 

5 (a) STANDARDS.— 

6 (1) INITIAL ANALYSIS.—The Attorney General 

7 shall perform an initial analysis of existing accredi8 tation standards and methodology developed by law 

9 enforcement accreditation organizations nationwide, 

10 including national, State, regional, and tribal accred11 itation organizations. Such an analysis shall include 

12 a review of the recommendations of the Final Report 

13 of the President’s Taskforce on 21st Century Polic14 ing, issued in May 2015. 

15 (2) DEVELOPMENT OF UNIFORM STANDARDS.— 

16 After completion of the initial review and analysis 

17 under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall— 

18 (A) recommend, in consultation with law 

19 enforcement accreditation organizations, the 

20 adoption of additional standards that will result 

21 in greater community accountability of law en22 forcement agencies and an increased focus on 

23 policing with a guardian mentality, including 

24 standards relating to— 


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1 (i) early warning systems and related 

2 intervention programs; 

3 (ii) use of force procedures; 

4 (iii) civilian review procedures; 

5 (iv) traffic and pedestrian stop and 

6 search procedures; 

7 (v) data collection and transparency; 

8 (vi) administrative due process re9 quirements; 

10 (vii) video monitoring technology; 

11 (viii) juvenile justice and school safe12 ty; and 

13 (ix) training; and 

14 (B) recommend additional areas for the 

15 development of national standards for the ac16 creditation of law enforcement agencies in con17 sultation with existing law enforcement accredi18 tation organizations, professional law enforce19 ment associations, labor organizations, commu20 nity-based organizations, and professional civil21 ian oversight organizations. 

22 (3) CONTINUING ACCREDITATION PROCESS.— 

23 The Attorney General shall adopt policies and proce24 dures to partner with law enforcement accreditation 

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1 tions, labor organizations, community-based organi2 zations, and professional civilian oversight organiza3 tions to continue the development of further accredi4 tation standards consistent with paragraph (2) and 

5 to encourage the pursuit of accreditation of Federal, 

6 State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies by 

7 certified law enforcement accreditation organiza8 tions. 

9 (b) ACCREDITATION GRANTS.—The Attorney Gen10 eral may make funds available to State, local, tribal law 

11 enforcement agencies, and campus public safety depart12 ments under this section to assist in gaining or maintain13 ing accreditation from certified law enforcement accredita14 tion organizations. 

15 TITLE II—LAW ENFORCEMENT 

16 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

17 SEC. 201. LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. 

18 (a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General 

19 may make grants to States, units of local government, In20 dian tribal governments, or other public and private enti21 ties, or to any multijurisdictional or regional consortia of 

22 such entities, to study and implement effective manage23 ment, training, recruiting, hiring, and oversight standards 

24 and programs to promote effective community and prob25 lem solving strategies for law enforcement agencies. 


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1 (b) PROJECT GRANTS TO STUDY LAW ENFORCE2 MENT AGENCY MANAGEMENT.—Grants made under sub3 section (a) shall be used for the study of management and 

4 operations standards for law enforcement agencies, includ5 ing standards relating to administrative due process, resi6 dency requirements, compensation and benefits, use of 

7 force, racial profiling, early warning systems, juvenile jus8 tice, school safety, civilian review boards or analogous pro9 cedures, or research into the effectiveness of existing pro10 grams, projects, or other activities designed to address 

11 misconduct by law enforcement officers. 

12 (c) PROJECT GRANTS TO DEVELOP PILOT PRO13 GRAMS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Grants made under sub15 section (a) shall also be used to develop pilot pro16 grams and implement effective standards and pro17 grams in the areas of training, hiring and recruit18 ment, and oversight that are designed to improve 

19 management and address misconduct by law enforce20 ment officers. 

21 (2) COMPONENTS OF PILOT PROGRAM.—A pilot 

22 program developed under paragraph (1) shall in23 clude the following: 

24 (A) TRAINING.—Law enforcement policies, 

25 practices, and procedures addressing training 


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1 and instruction to comply with accreditation 

2 standards in the areas of— 

3 (i) the use of lethal, nonlethal force, 

4 and de-escalation; 

5 (ii) investigation of misconduct and 

6 practices and procedures for referral to 

7 prosecuting authorities use of deadly force 

8 or racial profiling; 

9 (iii) disproportionate minority contact 

10 by law enforcement; 

11 (iv) tactical and defensive strategy; 

12 (v) arrests, searches, and restraint; 

13 (vi) professional verbal communica14 tions with civilians; 

15 (vii) interactions with youth, the men16 tally ill, limited English proficiency, and 

17 multi-cultural communities; 

18 (viii) proper traffic, pedestrian, and 

19 other enforcement stops; and 

20 (ix) community relations and bias 

21 awareness. 

22 (B) RECRUITMENT, HIRING, RETENTION, 

23 AND PROMOTION OF DIVERSE LAW ENFORCE24 MENT OFFICERS.—Policies, procedures, and 

25 practices for— 


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1 (i) the hiring and recruitment of di2 verse law enforcement officers representa3 tive of the communities they serve; 

4 (ii) the development of selection, pro5 motion, educational, background, and psy6 chological standards that comport with 

7 title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 

8 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.); and 

9 (iii) initiatives to encourage residency 

10 in the jurisdiction served by the law en11 forcement agency and continuing edu12 cation. 

13 (C) OVERSIGHT.—Complaint procedures, 

14 including the establishment of civilian review 

15 boards or analogous procedures for jurisdictions 

16 across a range of sizes and agency configura17 tions, complaint procedures by community18 based organizations, early warning systems and 

19 related intervention programs, video monitoring 

20 technology, data collection and transparency, 

21 and administrative due process requirements in22 herent to complaint procedures for members of 

23 the public and law enforcement. 

24 (D) JUVENILE JUSTICE AND SCHOOL

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1 ards on juvenile justice and school safety, in2 cluding standards relating to interaction and 

3 communication with juveniles, physical contact, 

4 use of lethal and nonlethal force, notification of 

5 a parent or guardian, interviews and ques6 tioning, custodial interrogation, audio and video 

7 recording, conditions of custody, alternatives to 

8 arrest, referral to child protection agencies, and 

9 removal from school grounds or campus. 

10 (E) VICTIM SERVICES.—Counseling serv11 ices, including psychological counseling, for in12 dividuals and communities impacted by law en13 forcement misconduct. 

14 (d) AMOUNTS.—Of the amounts appropriated to 

15 carry out this title— 

16 (1) 4 percent shall be available for grants to In17 dian tribal governments; 

18 (2) 20 percent shall be available for grants to 

19 community-based organizations; 

20 (3) 10 percent shall be available for grants to 

21 professional law enforcement associations; and 

22 (4) the remaining funds shall be available for 

23 grants to applicants in each State in an amount that 

24 bears the same ratio to the amount of remaining 


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1 funds as the population of the State bears to the 

2 population of all of the States. 

3 (e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

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

5 provide technical assistance to States, units of local 

6 government, Indian tribal governments, and to other 

7 public and private entities, in furtherance of the pur8 poses of this section. 

9 (2) MODELS FOR REDUCTION OF LAW EN10 FORCEMENT MISCONDUCT.—The technical assistance 

11 provided by the Attorney General may include the 

12 development of models for State, local, and Indian 

13 tribal governments, and other public and private en14 tities, to reduce law enforcement officer misconduct. 

15 Any development of such models shall be in con16 sultation with community-based organizations. 

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

18 may use any component or components of the Department 

19 of Justice in carrying out this title. 

20 (g) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except in the case of an In22 dian tribal government or nonprofit community23 based organization, the portion of the costs of a pro24 gram, project, or activity provided by a grant under 

25 subsection (a) may not exceed 75 percent. 


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1 (2) WAIVERS.—The Attorney General may 

2 waive, wholly or in part, the requirement under 

3 paragraph (1) of a non-Federal contribution to the 

4 costs of a program, project, or activity. 

5 (h) APPLICATIONS.— 

6 (1) APPLICATION.—An application for a grant 

7 under this title shall be submitted in such form, and 

8 contain such information, as the Attorney General 

9 may prescribe by guidelines. 

10 (2) PRIORITY.—For law enforcement agency 

11 applications, priority shall be given to applicants 

12 seeking or having been awarded accreditation from 

13 national law enforcement accreditation organiza14 tions. 

15 (3) APPROVAL.—A grant may not be made 

16 under this title unless an application has been sub17 mitted to, and approved by, the Attorney General. 

18 (i) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.— 

19 (1) MONITORING COMPONENTS.— 

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

21 or activity funded under this title shall contain 

22 a monitoring component, which shall be devel23 oped pursuant to guidelines established by the 

24 Attorney General. 


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1 (B) REQUIREMENT.—Each monitoring 

2 component required under subparagraph (A) 

3 shall include systematic identification and col4 lection of data about activities, accomplish5 ments, and programs throughout the life of the 

6 program, project, or activity and presentation 

7 of such data in a usable form. 

8 (2) EVALUATION COMPONENTS.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—Selected grant recipi10 ents shall be evaluated on the local level or as 

11 part of a national evaluation, pursuant to 

12 guidelines established by the Attorney General. 

13 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—An evaluation con14 ducted under subparagraph (A) may include 

15 independent audits of police behavior and other 

16 assessments of individual program implementa17 tions. In selected jurisdictions that are able to 

18 support outcome evaluations, the effectiveness 

19 of funded programs, projects, and activities 

20 may be required. 

21 (3) PERIODIC REVIEW AND REPORTS.—The At22 torney General may require a grant recipient to sub23 mit biannually to the Attorney General the results of 

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1 mation as the Attorney General determines to be 

2 necessary. 

3 (j) REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF FUNDING.—If 

4 the Attorney General determines, as a result of monitoring 

5 under subsection (i) or otherwise, that a grant recipient 

6 under this title is not in substantial compliance with the 

7 terms and requirements of the approved grant application 

8 submitted under subsection (h), the Attorney General may 

9 revoke or suspend funding of that grant, in whole or in 

10 part. 

11 (k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

12 (1) the term ‘‘civilian review board’’ means an 

13 administrative entity that— 

14 (A) is independent and adequately funded; 

15 (B) has investigatory authority and staff 

16 subpoena power; 

17 (C) has representative community diver18 sity; 

19 (D) has policy making authority; 

20 (E) provides advocates for civilian com21 plainants; 

22 (F) has mandatory police power to conduct 

23 hearings; and 

24 (G) conducts statistical studies on pre25 vailing complaint trends; and 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘private entity’’ means a private 

2 security organization engaged in the prevention, de3 tection, or investigation of violations of criminal laws 

4 or organizational policy, such as privately operated 

5 campus public safety units or department store secu6 rity. 

7 TITLE III—ADMINISTRATIVE 

8 DUE PROCESS PROCEDURES 

9 SEC. 301. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONDUCT STUDY. 

10 (a) STUDY.— 

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

12 conduct a nationwide study of the prevalence and ef13 fect of any law, rule, or procedure that allows a law 

14 enforcement officer to delay the response to ques15 tions posed by a local internal affairs officer, or re16 view board on the investigative integrity and pros17 ecution of law enforcement misconduct, including 

18 pre-interview warnings and termination policies. 

19 (2) INITIAL ANALYSIS.—The Attorney General 

20 shall perform an initial analysis of existing State 

21 statutes to determine whether, at a threshold level, 

22 the effect of this type of rule or procedure raises 

23 material investigatory issues that could impair or 

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1 sible misconduct, including criminal conduct, that 

2 would justify a wider inquiry. 

3 (3) DATA COLLECTION.—After completion of 

4 the initial analysis under paragraph (2), and consid5 ering material investigatory issues, the Attorney 

6 General shall gather additional data nationwide on 

7 similar rules from a representative and statistically 

8 significant sample of jurisdictions, to determine 

9 whether such rules and procedures raise such mate10 rial investigatory issues. 

11 (b) REPORTING.— 

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

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

14 Attorney General shall— 

15 (A) submit to Congress a report containing 

16 the results of the initial analysis conducted 

17 under subsection (a)(2); 

18 (B) make the report submitted under sub19 paragraph (A) available to the public; and 

20 (C) identify the jurisdictions for which the 

21 study described in subsection (a)(1) is to be 

22 conducted. 

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

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the At25 torney General shall submit to Congress a report 


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1 containing the results of the data collected under 

2 this section and publish the report in the Federal 

3 Register. 

4 TITLE IV—ENHANCED FUNDING 

5 TO COMBAT POLICE MIS6 CONDUCT AND REFORM PO7 LICE DEPARTMENTS 

8 SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

10 year 2021, in addition to any other sums authorized to 

11 be appropriated for this purpose— 

12 (1) $25,000,000 for additional expenses relat13 ing to the enforcement of section 210401 of the Vio14 lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 

15 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12601), criminal enforcement 

16 under sections 241 and 242 of title 18, United 

17 States Code, and administrative enforcement by the 

18 Department of Justice, including compliance with 

19 consent decrees or judgments entered into under 

20 such section 210401; and 

21 (2) $3,300,000 for additional expenses related 

22 to conflict resolution by the Department of Justice’s 

23 Community Relations Service. 


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1 TITLE V—NATIONAL TASK 

2 FORCE ON LAW ENFORCE3 MENT OVERSIGHT 

4 SEC. 501. 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 title 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 TITLE VI—FEDERAL DATA COL19 LECTION ON LAW ENFORCE20 MENT PRACTICES 

21 SEC. 601. FEDERAL DATA COLLECTION ON LAW ENFORCE22 MENT PRACTICES. 

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

24 and local law enforcement agency shall report data of the 

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1 (b) BREAKDOWN OF INFORMATION BY RACE, ETH2 NICITY, AND GENDER.—For each practice enumerated in 

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

4 provide a breakdown of the numbers of incidents of that 

5 practice by race, ethnicity, age, and gender of the officers 

6 and employees of the agency and of members of the public 

7 involved in the practice. 

8 (c) PRACTICES TO BE REPORTED ON.—The prac9 tices to be reported on are the following: 

10 (1) Traffic violation stops. 

11 (2) Pedestrian stops. 

12 (3) Frisk and body searches. 

13 (4) Instances where officers or employees of the 

14 law enforcement agency used deadly force, includ15 ing— 

16 (A) a description of when and where dead17 ly force was used, and whether it resulted in 

18 death; 

19 (B) a description of deadly force directed 

20 against an officer or employee and whether it 

21 resulted in injury or death; and 

22 (C) the law enforcement agency’s justifica23 tion for use of deadly force, if the agency deter24 mines it was justified. 


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

2 agency required to report data under this section shall 

3 maintain records relating to any matter so reportable for 

4 not less than 4 years after those records are created. 

5 (e) PENALTY FOR STATES FAILING TO REPORT AS

6 REQUIRED.— 

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

8 shall not receive any amount that would otherwise 

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

10 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

12 amount from any other law enforcement assistance 

13 program of the Department of Justice, unless the 

14 State has ensured, to the satisfaction of the Attor15 ney General, that the State and each local law en16 forcement agency of the State is in substantial com17 pliance with the requirements of this section. 

18 (2) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated by 

19 reason of this subsection shall be reallocated to 

20 States not disqualified by failure to comply with this 

21 section. 

22 (f) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General shall pre23 scribe regulations to carry out this section. 


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1 TITLE VII—MEDALLIONS FOR 

2 FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT 

3 OFFICERS 

4 SEC. 701. MEDALLIONS FOR FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT 

5 OFFICERS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in con7 sultation with the National Law Enforcement Officers Me8 morial Fund, shall create and provide a distinctive medal9 lion to be issued to the survivors of law enforcement offi10 cers— 

11 (1) killed in the line of duty; and 

12 (2) memorialized on the wall of the National 

13 Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. 

14 (b) DISTRIBUTION OF MEDALLIONS.—The Attorney 

15 General shall make arrangements with the National Law 

16 Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund to distribute the 

17 medallions to appropriate survivors of each law enforce18 ment officer memorialized on the wall of the National Law 

19 Enforcement Officers Memorial. 

20 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

21 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

22 such sums as may be necessary. 

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