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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3481 

To require States to report to the Attorney General certain information 

regarding shooting incidents involving law enforcement officers, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 

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

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require States to report to the Attorney General certain 

information regarding shooting incidents involving law 

enforcement officers, 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 2015’’ or the ‘‘PRIDE 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNER2 SHIP GRANT PROGRAM. 

3 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 

4 shall make grants to eligible States and Indian tribes to 

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

6 (b) ELIGIBILITY.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible to re8 ceive a grant under this section a State or Indian 

9 tribe shall— 

10 (A) report incidents in accordance with 

11 paragraph (2); and 

12 (B) demonstrate that the use-of-force pol13 icy for law enforcement officers in the State or 

14 Indian tribe is publicly available. 

15 (2) REPORTING OF INCIDENTS.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 

17 after the date of enactment of this Act, and 

18 each year thereafter, and subject to subpara19 graph (C), a State or Indian tribe shall report 

20 to the Attorney General information on— 

21 (i) any incident involving the shooting 

22 of a civilian by a law enforcement officer; 

23 (ii) any incident involving the shooting 

24 of a law enforcement officer by a civilian; 

25 (iii) any incident in which use of force 

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1 vilian results in serious bodily injury (as 

2 defined in section 2246 of title 18, United 

3 States Code) or death; and 

4 (iv) any incident in which use of force 

5 by a civilian against a law enforcement of6 ficer results in serious bodily injury (as de7 fined in section 2246 of title 18, United 

8 States Code) or death. 

9 (B) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—For each 

10 incident reported under subparagraph (A), the 

11 information reported to the Attorney General 

12 shall include, at a minimum— 

13 (i) the gender, race, ethnicity, and age 

14 of each individual who was shot, injured, 

15 or killed; 

16 (ii) the date, time, and location of the 

17 incident; 

18 (iii) whether the civilian was armed, 

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

20 had; 

21 (iv) the type of force used against the 

22 officer, the civilian, or both, including the 

23 types of weapons used; 

24 (v) the number of officers involved in 

25 the incident; 


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1 (vi) the number of civilians involved in 

2 the incident; and 

3 (vii) a brief description regarding the 

4 circumstances surrounding the incident. 

5 (C) INCIDENTS REPORTED UNDER DEATH

6 IN CUSTODY REPORTING ACT.—A State is not 

7 required to include in a report under subpara8 graph (A) an incident reported by the State in 

9 accordance with section 20104(a)(2) of the Vio10 lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 

11 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13704(a)(2)) before the 

12 date of the report under subparagraph (A). 

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

14 this section may be used by a State or Indian tribe for— 

15 (1) the cost of complying with the reporting re16 quirements described in subsection (b)(2); 

17 (2) the cost of establishing necessary systems 

18 required to investigate and report incidents as re19 quired under subsection (b)(2); 

20 (3) public awareness campaigns designed to 

21 gain information from the public on use of force 

22 against police officers, including shootings, which 

23 may include tip lines, hotlines, and public service an24 nouncements; and 


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1 (4) use of force training for law enforcement 

2 agencies and personnel, including de-escalation and 

3 bias training. 

4 (d) INDEPENDENT AUDIT AND REVIEW.—Not later 

5 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and 

6 each year thereafter, the Attorney General shall conduct 

7 an audit and review of the information provided under 

8 subsection (b)(2) to determine whether each State or In9 dian tribe receiving a grant under this section is in compli10 ance with the requirements of this section. 

11 (e) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DATA.— 

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

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

14 thereafter, the Attorney General shall publish, and 

15 make available to the public, a report containing the 

16 data reported to the Attorney General under sub17 section (b)(2). 

18 (2) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—Nothing in this 

19 subsection shall be construed to supersede the re20 quirements or limitations under section 552a of title 

21 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 

22 ‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’). 

23 (f) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the 

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

25 coordination with the Director of the Federal Bureau of 


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1 Investigation, shall issue guidance on best practices relat2 ing to establishing standard data collection systems that 

3 capture the information required to be reported under sub4 section (b)(2), which shall include standard and consistent 

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

6 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

7 are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 

8 such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act. 

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