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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3735 

To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide 

information on suicide rates in law enforcement, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 12, 2019 

Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself, Ms. DEAN, and Mr. STEUBE) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement, 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 ‘‘Law Enforcement Sui5 cide Data Collection Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INFORMATION ON SUICIDE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

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

9 acting through the Director of the Federal Bureau of In10 vestigation, shall establish, for the purpose of preventing 


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1 future law enforcement suicides and promoting under2 standing of suicide in law enforcement, the Law Enforce3 ment Officers Suicide Data Collection Program, under 

4 which law enforcement agencies may submit to the Direc5 tor information on suicides and attempted suicides within 

6 such law enforcement agencies, including information 

7 on— 

8 (1) the circumstances and events that occurred 

9 before each suicide or attempted suicide; 

10 (2) the location of each suicide or attempted 

11 suicide; 

12 (3) the demographic information of each law 

13 enforcement officer who commits or attempts sui14 cide; and 

15 (4) the method used in each suicide or at16 tempted suicide. 

17 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

18 of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the At19 torney General, acting through the Director of the Federal 

20 Bureau of Investigation, shall submit to Congress and 

21 publish on the website of the Federal Bureau of Investiga22 tion a report containing the information submitted to the 

23 Director pursuant to subsection (a). 

24 (c) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Neither the information 

25 submitted under subsection (a) nor the report described 


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1 under subsection (b) may include any personally identifi2 able information of a law enforcement officer who commits 

3 or attempts suicide, including the name or residential ad4 dress of the officer. 

5 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

6 (1) the term ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means 

7 a Federal, State, or local agency engaged in the pre8 vention, detection, or investigation, prosecution, or 

9 adjudication of any violation of the criminal laws of 

10 the United States, a State, or a political subdivision 

11 of a State; 

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

13 any current or former officer (including a correc14 tional officer), agent, or employee of the United 

15 States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State 

16 authorized by law to engage in or supervise the pre17 vention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of 

18 any violation of the criminal laws of the United 

19 States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State; 

20 and 

21 (3) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 

22 States, the District of Columbia, and any common23 wealth, territory, or possession of the United States. 

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