force made against law enforcement offi-
cers in the jurisdiction. 
(ii) Assigning of the attorney general 
of the State in which the alleged use of 
deadly force was committed to conduct the 
criminal investigation and prosecution. 
(iii) Adopting a procedure under 
which an independent prosecutor is as-
signed to investigate and prosecute the 
case, including a procedure under which an 
automatic referral is made to an inde-
pendent prosecutor appointed and overseen 
by the attorney general of the State in 
which the alleged use of deadly force was 
committed. 
(iv) Adopting a procedure under 
which an independent prosecutor is as-
signed to investigate and prosecute the 
case. 
(v) Having law enforcement agencies 
agree to and implement memoranda of un-
derstanding with other law enforcement 
agencies under which the other law en-
forcement agencies—
(I) shall conduct the criminal in-
vestigation into the alleged use of 
deadly force; and 
(II) upon conclusion of the crimi-
nal investigation, shall file a report 
with the attorney general of the State 
containing a determination regarding 
whether— 
(aa) the use of deadly force 
was appropriate; and 
(bb) any action should be 
taken by the attorney general of 
the State. 
(vi) Any substantially similar proce-
dure to ensure impartiality in the inves-
tigation or prosecution. 
(B) INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION
OF 
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
STATUTE.—The 
term 
‘‘independent investigation of law enforcement 
statute’’ means a statute requiring an inde-
pendent investigation in a criminal matter in 
which— 
(i) one or more of the possible defend-
ants is a law enforcement officer;
(ii) one or more of the alleged offenses 
involves the law enforcement officer’s use 
of deadly force in the course of carrying 
out that officer’s duty; and 
(iii) the non-Federal law enforcement 
officer’s use of deadly force resulted in a 
death or injury. 
(C) 
INDEPENDENT
PROSECUTOR.—The 
term ‘‘independent prosecutor’’ means, with re-
spect to a criminal investigation or prosecution 
of a law enforcement officer’s use of deadly 
force, a prosecutor who— 
(i) does not oversee or regularly rely 
on the law enforcement agency by which 
the law enforcement officer under inves-
tigation is employed; and 
(ii) would not be involved in the pros-
ecution in the ordinary course of that pros-
ecutor’s duties. 
(2) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Attorney General 
may award grants to eligible States and Indian 
Tribes to assist in implementing an independent in-
vestigation of law enforcement statute. 
(3) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant 
under this subsection, a State or Indian Tribe shall
have in effect an independent investigation of law 
enforcement statute. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the At-
torney General $750,000,000 for fiscal years 2021 
through 2023 to carry out this subsection. 
(b) COPS GRANT PROGRAM USED FOR CIVILIAN RE-
VIEW BOARDS.—Part Q of title I of the of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10381 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 1701(b) (34 U.S.C. 10381(b))— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (22) and 
(23) as paragraphs (23) and (24), respectively; 
(B) in paragraph (23), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘(21)’’ and inserting ‘‘(22)’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (21) the 
following: 
‘‘(22) to develop best practices for and to create 
civilian review boards;’’; and 
(2) in section 1709 (34 U.S.C. 10389), by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) ‘civilian review board’ means an adminis-
trative entity that investigates civilian complaints 
against law enforcement officers and—
‘‘(A) is independent and adequately fund-
ed; 
‘‘(B) has investigatory authority and sub-
poena power; 
‘‘(C) has representative community diver-
sity; 
‘‘(D) has policy making authority; 
‘‘(E) provides advocates for civilian com-
plainants; 
‘‘(F) may conduct hearings; and 
‘‘(G) conducts statistical studies on pre-
vailing complaint trends.’’. 
Subtitle B—Law Enforcement 
Trust and Integrity Act 
SEC. 111. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement 
Trust and Integrity Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 112. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘community-based organization’’ means a 
grassroots organization that monitors the issue of 
police misconduct and that has a local or national 
presence and membership, such as the National As-
sociation for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP), the American Civil Liberties Union 
(ACLU), UnidosUS, the National Urban League, 
the National Congress of American Indians, or the 
National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium 
(NAPALC). 
(2) LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION ORGA-
NIZATION.—The term ‘‘law enforcement accredita-
tion organization’’ means a professional law enforce-
ment organization involved in the development of 
standards of accreditation for law enforcement agen-
cies at the national, State, regional, or Tribal level, 
such as the Commission on Accreditation for Law 
Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). 
(3) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means a State, local, In-
dian tribal, or campus public agency engaged in the 
prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution, or 
adjudication of violations of criminal laws. 
(4) PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSO-
CIATION.—The term ‘‘professional law enforcement 
association’’ means a law enforcement membership 
association that works for the needs of Federal, 
State, local, or Indian tribal law enforcement agen-
cies and with the civilian community on matters of 
common interest, such as the Hispanic American
(1) INITIAL ANALYSIS.—The Attorney General 
shall perform an initial analysis of existing accredi-
tation standards and methodology developed by law 
enforcement accreditation organizations nationwide, 
including national, State, regional, and Tribal ac-
creditation organizations. Such an analysis shall in-
clude a review of the recommendations of the Final 
Report of the President’s Taskforce on 21st Century 
Policing, issued by the Department of Justice, in 
May 2015. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT OF UNIFORM STANDARDS.— 
After completion of the initial review and analysis 
under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall— 
(A) recommend, in consultation with law 
enforcement accreditation organizations and 
community-based organizations, the adoption of 
additional standards that will result in greater 
community accountability of law enforcement 
agencies and an increased focus on policing 
with a guardian mentality, including standards 
relating to— 
(i) early warning systems and related 
intervention programs; 
(ii) use of force procedures; 
(iii) civilian review procedures;
(iv) traffic and pedestrian stop and 
search procedures; 
(v) data collection and transparency; 
(vi) administrative due process re-
quirements; 
(vii) video monitoring technology; 
(viii) youth justice and school safety; 
and 
(ix) recruitment, hiring, and training; 
and 
(B) recommend additional areas for the 
development of national standards for the ac-
creditation of law enforcement agencies in con-
sultation with existing law enforcement accredi-
tation organizations, professional law enforce-
ment associations, labor organizations, commu-
nity-based organizations, and professional civil-
ian oversight organizations. 
(3) CONTINUING
ACCREDITATION
PROCESS.— 
The Attorney General shall adopt policies and proce-
dures to partner with law enforcement accreditation 
organizations, professional law enforcement associa-
tions, labor organizations, community-based organi-
zations, and professional civilian oversight organiza-
tions to—
(A) continue the development of further 
accreditation standards consistent with para-
graph (2); and 
(B) encourage the pursuit of accreditation 
of Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforce-
ment agencies by certified law enforcement ac-
creditation organizations. 
(b) USE
OF
FUNDS
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
502(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10153(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 
covered by an application, the applicant will use not 
less than 5 percent of the total amount of the grant 
award for the fiscal year to assist law enforcement 
agencies of the applicant, including campus public 
safety departments, gain or maintain accreditation 
from certified law enforcement accreditation organi-
zations in accordance with section 113 of the Law 
Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2020.’’. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN GRANT FUNDS.—The 
Attorney General shall, as appropriate and consistent with 
applicable law, allocate Department of Justice discre-
tionary grant funding only to States or units of local gov-
ernment that require law enforcement agencies of that
State or unit of local government to gain and maintain 
accreditation from certified law enforcement accreditation 
organizations in accordance with this section. 
SEC. 114. LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. 
(a) USE OF FUNDS REQUIREMENT.—Section 502(a) 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10153(a)), as amended by section 
113, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 
covered by an application, the applicant will use not 
less than 5 percent of the total amount of the grant 
award for the fiscal year to study and implement ef-
fective management, training, recruiting, hiring, and 
oversight standards and programs to promote effec-
tive community and problem solving strategies for 
law enforcement agencies in accordance with section 
114 of the Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity 
Act of 2020.’’. 
(b) GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—The Attorney General may make grants to com-
munity-based organizations to study and implement— 
(1) effective management, training, recruiting, 
hiring, and oversight standards and programs to 
promote effective community and problem solving 
strategies for law enforcement agencies; or
(2) effective strategies and solutions to public 
safety, including strategies that do not rely on Fed-
eral and local law enforcement agency responses. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant amounts described in 
paragraph (8) of section 502(a) of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10153(a)), as added by subsection (a) of this section, and 
grant amounts awarded under subsection (b) shall be used 
to— 
(1) study management and operations stand-
ards for law enforcement agencies, including stand-
ards relating to administrative due process, resi-
dency requirements, compensation and benefits, use 
of force, racial profiling, early warning and interven-
tion systems, youth justice, school safety, civilian re-
view boards or analogous procedures, or research 
into the effectiveness of existing programs, projects, 
or other activities designed to address misconduct; 
and 
(2) develop pilot programs and implement effec-
tive standards and programs in the areas of train-
ing, hiring and recruitment, and oversight that are 
designed to improve management and address mis-
conduct by law enforcement officers.
(d) COMPONENTS OF PILOT PROGRAM.—A pilot pro-
gram developed under subsection (c)(2) shall include im-
plementation of the following: 
(1) TRAINING.—The implementation of policies, 
practices, and procedures addressing training and 
instruction to comply with accreditation standards in 
the areas of— 
(A) the use of deadly force, less lethal 
force, and de-escalation tactics and techniques; 
(B) investigation of officer misconduct and 
practices and procedures for referring to pros-
ecuting authorities allegations of officer use of 
excessive force or racial profiling; 
(C) disproportionate contact by law en-
forcement with minority communities; 
(D) tactical and defensive strategy; 
(E) arrests, searches, and restraint; 
(F) professional verbal communications 
with civilians; 
(G) interactions with— 
(i) youth; 
(ii) individuals with disabilities; 
(iii) individuals with limited English 
proficiency; and 
(iv) multi-cultural communities;
(H) proper traffic, pedestrian, and other 
enforcement stops; and 
(I) community relations and bias aware-
ness. 
(2) RECRUITMENT, HIRING, RETENTION, AND 
PROMOTION OF DIVERSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-
CERS.—Policies, procedures, and practices for— 
(A) the hiring and recruitment of diverse 
law enforcement officers who are representative 
of the communities they serve; 
(B) the development of selection, pro-
motion, educational, background, and psycho-
logical standards that comport with title VII of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 
et seq.); and 
(C) initiatives to encourage residency in 
the jurisdiction served by the law enforcement 
agency and continuing education. 
(3) OVERSIGHT.—Complaint procedures, in-
cluding the establishment of civilian review boards or 
analogous procedures for jurisdictions across a range 
of sizes and agency configurations, complaint proce-
dures by community-based organizations, early 
warning systems and related intervention programs, 
video monitoring technology, data collection and
transparency, and administrative due process re-
quirements inherent to complaint procedures for 
members of the public and law enforcement. 
(4) YOUTH JUSTICE AND SCHOOL SAFETY.— 
Uniform standards on youth justice and school safe-
ty that include best practices for law enforcement 
interaction and communication with children and 
youth, taking into consideration adolescent develop-
ment and any disability, including— 
(A) the right to effective and timely notifi-
cation of a parent or legal guardian of any law 
enforcement interaction, regardless of the immi-
gration status of the individuals involved; and 
(B) the creation of positive school climates 
by improving school conditions for learning 
by— 
(i) eliminating school-based arrests 
and referrals to law enforcement; 
(ii) using evidence-based preventative 
measures and alternatives to school-based 
arrests and referrals to law enforcement, 
such as restorative justice and healing 
practices; and 
(iii) using school-wide positive behav-
ioral interventions and supports.
(5) VICTIM SERVICES.—Counseling services, in-
cluding psychological counseling, for individuals and 
communities impacted by law enforcement mis-
conduct. 
(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 
provide technical assistance to States and commu-
nity-based organizations in furtherance of the pur-
poses of this section. 
(2) MODELS
FOR
REDUCTION
OF
LAW
EN-
FORCEMENT MISCONDUCT.—The technical assistance 
provided by the Attorney General may include the 
development of models for States and community- 
based organizations to reduce law enforcement offi-
cer misconduct. Any development of such models 
shall be in consultation with community-based orga-
nizations. 
(f) USE OF COMPONENTS.—The Attorney General 
may use any component or components of the Department 
of Justice in carrying out this section. 
(g) APPLICATIONS.—An application for a grant 
under subsection (b) shall be submitted in such form, and 
contain such information, as the Attorney General may 
prescribe by rule. 
(h) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.—
(1) MONITORING COMPONENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each program, project, 
or activity funded under this section shall con-
tain a monitoring component, which shall be de-
veloped pursuant to rules made by the Attorney 
General. 
(B) 
REQUIREMENT.—Each 
monitoring 
component required under subparagraph (A) 
shall include systematic identification and col-
lection of data about activities, accomplish-
ments, and programs throughout the duration 
of the program, project, or activity and presen-
tation of such data in a usable form. 
(2) EVALUATION COMPONENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Selected grant recipi-
ents shall be evaluated on the local level or as 
part of a national evaluation, pursuant to rules 
made by the Attorney General. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS.—An evaluation con-
ducted under subparagraph (A) may include 
independent audits of police behavior and other 
assessments of individual program implementa-
tions. For community-based organizations in se-
lected jurisdictions that are able to support out-
come evaluations, the effectiveness of funded
programs, projects, and activities may be re-
quired. 
(3) PERIODIC REVIEW AND REPORTS.—The At-
torney General may require a grant recipient to sub-
mit biannually to the Attorney General the results of 
the monitoring and evaluations required under para-
graphs (1) and (2) and such other data and infor-
mation as the Attorney General determines to be 
necessary. 
(i) REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF FUNDING.—If 
the Attorney General determines, as a result of monitoring 
under subsection (h) or otherwise, that a grant recipient 
under the Byrne grant program or under subsection (b) 
is not in substantial compliance with the requirements of 
this section, the Attorney General may revoke or suspend 
funding of that grant, in whole or in part. 
(j) CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘civilian review board’’ means an adminis-
trative entity that investigates civilian complaints against 
law enforcement officers and— 
(1) is independent and adequately funded; 
(2) has investigatory authority and subpoena 
power; 
(3) has representative community diversity; 
(4) has policy making authority;
(5) provides advocates for civilian complainants; 
(6) may conduct hearings; and 
(7) conducts statistical studies on prevailing 
complaint trends. 
(k) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 
$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 to carry out the grant 
program authorized under subsection (b). 
SEC. 115. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONDUCT STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
conduct a nationwide study of the prevalence and ef-
fect of any law, rule, or procedure that allows a law 
enforcement officer to delay the response to ques-
tions posed by a local internal affairs officer, or re-
view board on the investigative integrity and pros-
ecution of law enforcement misconduct, including 
pre-interview warnings and termination policies. 
(2) INITIAL ANALYSIS.—The Attorney General 
shall perform an initial analysis of existing State 
laws, rules, and procedures to determine whether, at 
a threshold level, the effect of the type of law, rule, 
or procedure that raises material investigatory issues 
that could impair or hinder a prompt and thorough
containing the results of the data collected under 
this section and publish the report in the Federal 
Register. 
SEC. 116. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2021, in addition to any other sums authorized to 
be appropriated— 
(1) $25,000,000 for additional expenses relat-
ing to the enforcement of section 210401 of the Vio-
lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12601), criminal enforcement 
under sections 241 and 242 of title 18, United 
States Code, and administrative enforcement by the 
Department of Justice of such sections, including 
compliance with consent decrees or judgments en-
tered into under such section 210401; and 
(2) $3,300,000 for additional expenses related 
to conflict resolution by the Department of Justice’s 
Community Relations Service. 
SEC. 117. NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OVERSIGHT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Department of Justice a task force to be known as 
the Task Force on Law Enforcement Oversight (herein-
after in this section referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’).
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall be com-
posed of individuals appointed by the Attorney General, 
who shall appoint not less than 1 individual from each of 
the following: 
(1) The Special Litigation Section of the Civil 
Rights Division. 
(2) The Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Di-
vision. 
(3) The Federal Coordination and Compliance 
Section of the Civil Rights Division. 
(4) The Employment Litigation Section of the 
Civil Rights Division. 
(5) The Disability Rights Section of the Civil 
Rights Division. 
(6) The Office of Justice Programs. 
(7) The Office of Community Oriented Policing 
Services (COPS). 
(8) The Corruption/Civil Rights Section of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(9) The Community Relations Service. 
(10) The Office of Tribal Justice. 
(11) The unit within the Department of Justice 
assigned as a liaison for civilian review boards. 
(c) POWERS AND DUTIES.—The Task Force shall 
consult with professional law enforcement associations,
labor organizations, and community-based organizations 
to coordinate the process of the detection and referral of 
complaints regarding incidents of alleged law enforcement 
misconduct. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each fis-
cal year to carry out this section. 
SEC. 118. FEDERAL DATA COLLECTION ON LAW ENFORCE-
MENT PRACTICES. 
(a) AGENCIES TO REPORT.—Each Federal, State, 
Tribal, and local law enforcement agency shall report data 
of the practices enumerated in subsection (c) of that agen-
cy to the Attorney General. 
(b) BREAKDOWN OF INFORMATION BY RACE, ETH-
NICITY, AND GENDER.—For each practice enumerated in 
subsection (c), the reporting law enforcement agency shall 
provide a breakdown of the numbers of incidents of that 
practice by race, ethnicity, age, and gender of the officers 
of the agency and of members of the public involved in 
the practice. 
(c) PRACTICES TO BE REPORTED ON.—The prac-
tices to be reported on are the following: 
(1) Traffic violation stops. 
(2) Pedestrian stops. 
(3) Frisk and body searches.
(4) Instances where law enforcement officers 
used deadly force, including— 
(A) a description of when and where dead-
ly force was used, and whether it resulted in 
death; 
(B) a description of deadly force directed 
against an officer and whether it resulted in in-
jury or death; and 
(C) the law enforcement agency’s justifica-
tion for use of deadly force, if the agency deter-
mines it was justified. 
(d) RETENTION OF DATA.—Each law enforcement 
agency required to report data under this section shall 
maintain records relating to any matter reported for not 
less than 4 years after those records are created. 
(e) PENALTY FOR STATES FAILING TO REPORT AS 
REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal year, a State 
shall not receive any amount that would otherwise 
be allocated to that State under section 505(a) of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10156(a)), or any 
amount from any other law enforcement assistance 
program of the Department of Justice, unless the 
State has ensured, to the satisfaction of the Attor-
ney General, that the State and each local law en-
forcement agency of the State is in substantial com-
pliance with the requirements of this section. 
(2) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated by 
reason of this subsection shall be reallocated to 
States not disqualified by failure to comply with this 
section. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General shall pre-
scribe regulations to carry out this section. 
TITLE 
II—POLICING 
TRANS-
PARENCY THROUGH DATA 
Subtitle A—National Police 
Misconduct Registry 
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL POLICE MIS-
CONDUCT REGISTRY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
establish a National Police Misconduct Registry to be com-
piled and maintained by the Department of Justice. 
(b) CONTENTS
OF REGISTRY.—The Registry re-
quired to be established under subsection (a) shall contain 
the following data with respect to all Federal and local 
law enforcement officers: 
(1) Each complaint filed against a law enforce-
ment officer, aggregated by—
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‘‘(10) issues relating to limitations on the use 
of facial recognition technology; 
‘‘(11) issues relating to the public’s access to 
body-worn camera footage; 
‘‘(12) the need for proper training of law en-
forcement officers that use body-worn cameras; 
‘‘(13) best practices in the development of pro-
tocols for the safe and effective use of body-worn 
cameras; 
‘‘(14) a review of law enforcement agencies that 
found body-worn cameras to be unhelpful in the op-
erations of the agencies; and 
‘‘(15) any other factors that the Director deter-
mines are relevant in evaluating the efficacy of body- 
worn cameras. 
‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date on which the study required under subsection (a) is 
completed, the Director shall submit to Congress a report 
on the study, which shall include any policy recommenda-
tions that the Director considers appropriate.’’.