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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7089 

To reform law enforcement practices, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2020 

Mr. CASTRO of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reform law enforcement practices, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Police Reporting Infor5 mation, Data, and Evidence Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘PRIDE 

6 Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 

9 (1) BYRNE GRANT PROGRAM.—The term 

10 ‘‘Byrne grant program’’ means any grant program 

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

12 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 


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

2 the funds are characterized as being made available 

3 under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local 

4 Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, the Local 

5 Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Pro6 gram, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assist7 ance Grant Program, or otherwise. 

8 (2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

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

10 section 901 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

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

12 (3) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The term 

13 ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ means any officer, agent, 

14 or employee of a State, unit of local government, or 

15 Indian Tribe authorized by law or by a government 

16 agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, de17 tection, or investigation of any violation of criminal 

18 law. 

19 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean20 ing given the term in section 901 of title I of the 

21 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

22 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251). 

23 (5) USE OF FORCE.—The term ‘‘use of force’’ 

24 includes the use of a firearm, Taser, explosive de25 vice, chemical agent (such as pepper spray), baton, 


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1 impact projectile, blunt instrument, hand, fist, foot, 

2 canine, or vehicle against an individual. 

3 SEC. 3. USE OF FORCE REPORTING. 

4 (a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

6 year beginning after the date of enactment of this 

7 Act and each fiscal year thereafter in which a State 

8 or Indian Tribe receives funds under a Byrne grant 

9 program, the State or Indian Tribe shall— 

10 (A) report to the Attorney General, on a 

11 quarterly basis and pursuant to guidelines es12 tablished by the Attorney General, information 

13 regarding— 

14 (i) any incident involving the shooting 

15 of a civilian by a law enforcement officer 

16 who is employed— 

17 (I) in the case of an Indian 

18 Tribe, by the Indian Tribe; or 

19 (II) in the case of a State, by the 

20 State or by a unit of local government 

21 in the State; 

22 (ii) any incident involving the shooting 

23 of a law enforcement officer described in 

24 clause (i) by a civilian; and 


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1 (iii) any incident in which use of force 

2 by or against a law enforcement officer de3 scribed in clause (i) occurs, which is not 

4 reported under clause (i) or (ii); 

5 (B) establish a system and a set of policies 

6 to ensure that all use of force incidents are re7 ported by law enforcement officers; and 

8 (C) submit to the Attorney General a plan 

9 for the collection of data required to be re10 ported under this section, including any modi11 fications to a previously submitted data collec12 tion plan. 

13 (2) REPORT INFORMATION REQUIRED.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—The report required 

15 under paragraph (1)(A) shall contain informa16 tion that includes, at a minimum— 

17 (i) the national origin, sex, race, eth18 nicity, age, physical disability, mental dis19 ability, English language proficiency, hous20 ing status, and school status of each civil21 ian against whom a law enforcement offi22 cer used force; 

23 (ii) the date, time, and location, in24 cluding zip code, of the incident and 

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1 dent occurred allows for the open-carry or 

2 concealed-carry of a firearm; 

3 (iii) whether the civilian was armed, 

4 and, if so, the type of weapon the civilian 

5 had; 

6 (iv) the type of force used against the 

7 officer, the civilian, or both, including the 

8 types of weapons used; 

9 (v) the reason force was used; 

10 (vi) a description of any injuries sus11 tained as a result of the incident; 

12 (vii) the number of officers involved in 

13 the incident; 

14 (viii) the number of civilians involved 

15 in the incident; and 

16 (ix) a brief description regarding the 

17 circumstances surrounding the incident, 

18 which shall include information on— 

19 (I) the type of force used by all 

20 involved persons; 

21 (II) the legitimate police objective 

22 necessitating the use of force; 

23 (III) the resistance encountered 

24 by each law enforcement officer in25 volved in the incident; 


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1 (IV) the efforts by law enforce2 ment officers to— 

3 (aa) de-escalate the situation 

4 in order to avoid the use of force; 

5 or 

6 (bb) minimize the level of 

7 force used; and 

8 (V) if applicable, the reason why 

9 efforts described in subclause (IV) 

10 were not attempted. 

11 (B) INCIDENTS REPORTED UNDER DEATH

12 IN CUSTODY REPORTING ACT.—A State is not 

13 required to include in a report under subsection 

14 (a)(1) an incident reported by the State in ac15 cordance with section 20104(a)(2) of the Vio16 lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 

17 of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12104(a)(2)). 

18 (3) AUDIT OF USE-OF-FORCE REPORTING.—Not 

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

20 Act, and each year thereafter, each State and Indian 

21 Tribe described in paragraph (1) shall— 

22 (A) conduct an audit of the use of force in23 cident reporting system required to be estab24 lished under paragraph (1)(B); and 


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

4 (4) COMPLIANCE PROCEDURE.—Prior to sub5 mitting a report under paragraph (1)(A), the State 

6 or Indian Tribe submitting such report shall com7 pare the information compiled to be reported pursu8 ant to clause (i) of paragraph (1)(A) to open-source 

9 data records, and shall revise such report to include 

10 any incident determined to be missing from the re11 port based on such comparison. Failure to comply 

12 with the procedures described in the previous sen13 tence shall be considered a failure to comply with 

14 the requirements of this section. 

15 (b) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.— 

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

17 a State or Indian Tribe fails to comply with this sec18 tion, the State or Indian Tribe, at the discretion of 

19 the Attorney General, shall be subject to not more 

20 than a 10-percent reduction of the funds that would 

21 otherwise be allocated for that fiscal year to the 

22 State or Indian Tribe under a Byrne grant program. 

23 (2) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated 

24 under a Byrne grant program in accordance with 

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


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1 this section shall be reallocated under the Byrne 

2 grant program to States that have not failed to com3 ply with this section. 

4 (c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DATA.— 

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

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

7 thereafter, the Attorney General shall publish, and 

8 make available to the public, a report containing the 

9 data reported to the Attorney General under this 

10 section. 

11 (2) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—Nothing in this 

12 subsection shall be construed to supersede the re13 quirements or limitations under section 552a of title 

14 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 

15 ‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’). 

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

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

18 coordination with the Director of the Federal Bureau of 

19 Investigation, shall issue guidance on best practices relat20 ing to establishing standard data collection systems that 

21 capture the information required to be reported under sub22 section (a)(2), which shall include standard and consistent 

23 definitions for terms, including the term ‘‘use of force’’ 

24 which is consistent with the definition of such term in sec25 tion 2. 


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1 SEC. 4. COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNER2 SHIP GRANT PROGRAM. 

3 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 

4 may make grants to eligible law enforcement agencies to 

5 be used for the activities described in subsection (c). 

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

7 a grant under this section a law enforcement agency 

8 shall— 

9 (1) be located in a State or Indian Tribe that 

10 receives funds under a Byrne grant program; 

11 (2) employ not more that 100 law enforcement 

12 officers; 

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

14 law enforcement officers employed by the law en15 forcement agency is publicly available; and 

16 (4) establish and maintain a reporting system 

17 that may be used by members of the public to report 

18 incidents of use of force to the law enforcement 

19 agency. 

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

21 this section may be used by a law enforcement agency 

22 for— 

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

24 Tribe in which the law enforcement agency is located 

25 in complying with the reporting requirements de26 scribed in section 3; 


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1 (2) the cost of establishing necessary systems 

2 required to investigate and report incidents as re3 quired under subsection (b)(4); 

4 (3) public awareness campaigns designed to 

5 gain information from the public on use of force by 

6 or against law enforcement officers, including shoot7 ings, which may include tip lines, hotlines, and pub8 lic service announcements; and 

9 (4) use of force training for law enforcement 

10 agencies and personnel, including training on de-es11 calation, implicit bias, crisis intervention techniques, 

12 and adolescent development. 

13 SEC. 5. COMPLIANCE WITH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

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

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

16 the Attorney General shall conduct an audit and review 

17 of the information provided under this Act to determine 

18 whether each State or Indian Tribe described in section 

19 903(a)(1) is in compliance with the requirements of this 

20 Act. 

21 (b) CONSISTENCY IN DATA REPORTING.— 

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

23 this Act shall be collected and reported in a manner 

24 consistent with existing programs of the Department 


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1 of Justice that collect data on law enforcement offi2 cer encounters with civilians. 

3 (2) GUIDELINES.—The Attorney General 

4 shall— 

5 (A) issue guidelines on the reporting re6 quirement under section 3; and 

7 (B) seek public comment before finalizing 

8 the guidelines required under subparagraph 

9 (A). 

10 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attor12 ney General such sums as are necessary to carry out this 

13 Act. 

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