I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7278 
To improve and reform policing practices, accountability and transparency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2020 
Mr. STAUBER (for himself, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. BRADY, 
Mr. TIMMONS, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. PENCE, 
Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. 
HUDSON, Ms. FOXX of North Carolina, Mr. BALDERSON, Mrs. WAGNER, 
Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. HAGEDORN, 
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. OLSON, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. HILL of Ar-
kansas, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. COMER, Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina, Mr. 
KELLER, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FLORES, 
Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. WALKER, Mr. 
CRAWFORD, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. LATTA, Mrs. LESKO, 
Mr. MULLIN, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, 
Ms. CHENEY, Mr. BANKS, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. TURNER, 
Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. CAR-
TER of Texas, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, 
Mr. BAIRD, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. LUETKE-
MEYER, Mr. MCKINLEY, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. COLE, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. 
JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. DIAZ- 
BALART, Mr. MCCARTHY, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. BYRNE, 
Mr. STIVERS, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. YOHO, Mr. WOODALL, 
Mrs. ROBY, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. KEVIN HERN 
of Oklahoma, Mr. BUCK, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. BUDD, Mr. 
MOOLENAAR, Mr. EMMER, Mr. JOHN W. ROSE of Tennessee, Mr. BILI-
RAKIS, Mr. ESTES, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. 
NUNES, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. STEWART, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. PALMER, 
Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. LONG, Mr. PERRY, Mr. 
RIGGLEMAN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mrs. MILLER, 
Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. KATKO, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. 
SCHWEIKERT, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. 
CLINE, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. KING of New 
York, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. COOK, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. 
WESTERMAN, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. UPTON, and Mr. KELLY of Pennsyl-
vania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Adminis-
tration, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
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the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To improve and reform policing practices, accountability and 
transparency. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities 
Everywhere Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘JUSTICE Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act shall be as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORMS 
Sec. 101. George Floyd and Walter Scott Notification Act. 
Sec. 102. Breonna Taylor Notification Act. 
Sec. 103. Guidance. 
Sec. 104. Compliance assistance grants. 
Sec. 105. Incentivizing banning of chokeholds. 
Sec. 106. Falsifying police incident reports. 
TITLE II—BODY-WORN CAMERAS 
Sec. 201. Body-Worn Camera Partnership Grant Program. 
Sec. 202. Penalties for failure to use body-worn cameras. 
TITLE III—LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS RETENTION 
Sec. 301. Law enforcement records retention. 
TITLE IV—JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF LYNCHING 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Sec. 402. Findings. 
Sec. 403. Lynching. 
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TITLE V—COMMISSION ON THE SOCIAL STATUS OF BLACK MEN 
AND BOYS ACT 
Sec. 501. Short title. 
Sec. 502. Commission establishment and membership. 
Sec. 503. Other matters relating to appointment; removal. 
Sec. 504. Leadership election. 
Sec. 505. Commission duties and powers. 
Sec. 506. Commission meeting requirements. 
Sec. 507. Annual report guidelines. 
Sec. 508. Commission compensation. 
TITLE VI—ALTERNATIVES TO THE USE OF FORCE, DE-ESCA-
LATION, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISES AND DUTY TO INTER-
VENE TRAINING 
Sec. 601. Training on alternatives to use of force, de-escalation, and behavioral 
health crises. 
Sec. 602. Training on duty to intervene. 
TITLE VII—NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION ACT 
Sec. 701. Short title. 
Sec. 702. Findings. 
Sec. 703. Establishment of Commission. 
Sec. 704. Purpose of the Commission. 
Sec. 705. Review, recommendations, and report. 
Sec. 706. Membership. 
Sec. 707. Administration. 
Sec. 708. Direct appropriations. 
Sec. 709. Sunset. 
TITLE VIII—LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HIRING AND 
EDUCATION 
Subtitle A—Hiring 
Sec. 801. Law enforcement agency hiring. 
Sec. 802. Reauthorization of law enforcement grant programs. 
Subtitle B—Training 
Sec. 811. Definitions. 
Sec. 812. Program authorized. 
Sec. 813. Online education resources. 
Sec. 814. National Museum of African American History and Culture Council. 
Sec. 815. Engagement of eligible program participants. 
Sec. 816. Annual report. 
TITLE IX—BEST PRACTICES AND STUDIES 
Sec. 901. Best practices. 
Sec. 902. Study. 
Sec. 903. Mental health study. 
Sec. 904. Study and proposal on improving accountability for DOJ grants. 
TITLE X—CLOSING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSENT 
LOOPHOLE ACT 
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Sec. 1001. Prohibition on engaging in sexual acts while acting under color of 
law. 
Sec. 1002. Incentive for States. 
Sec. 1003. Reports to Congress. 
TITLE XI—EMERGENCY FUNDING 
Sec. 1101. Emergency designation. 
TITLE I—LAW ENFORCEMENT 
REFORMS 
SEC. 101. GEORGE FLOYD AND WALTER SCOTT NOTIFICA-
TION ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘George Floyd and Walter Scott Notification Act’’. 
(b) NATIONAL USE-OF-FORCE DATA COLLECTION.— 
Section 501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) NATIONAL
USE-OF-FORCE
DATA
COLLEC-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘law enforcement officer’— 
‘‘(i) means any officer, agent, or em-
ployee of a State, unit of local government, 
or an Indian tribe authorized by law or by 
a government agency to engage in or su-
pervise the prevention detection, or inves-
tigation of any violation of criminal law, or 
authorized by law to supervise sentenced 
criminal offenders; and 
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‘‘(ii) includes an individual described 
in clause (i) who is employed or volunteers 
in a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary ca-
pacity; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘National Use-of-Force Data 
Collection’ means the National Use-of-Force 
Data Collection of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation; and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘serious bodily injury’ means 
bodily injury that involves a substantial risk of 
death, unconsciousness, extreme physical pain, 
protracted and obvious disfigurement, or pro-
tracted loss or impairment of the function of a 
bodily member, organ, or mental faculty. 
‘‘(2) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—For each fis-
cal year in which a State or unit of local government 
receives funds under subsection (a), the State or 
unit of local government shall report to the National 
Use-of-Force Data Collection on an annual basis and 
pursuant to guidelines established by the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, information regarding— 
‘‘(A) a use-of-force event by a law enforce-
ment officer in the State or unit of local gov-
ernment that involves— 
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‘‘(i) the fatality of an individual that 
is connected to use of force by a law en-
forcement officer; 
‘‘(ii) the serious bodily injury of an in-
dividual that is connected to use of force 
by a law enforcement officer; and 
‘‘(iii) in the absence of either death or 
serious bodily injury, when a firearm is 
discharged by a law enforcement officer at 
or in the direction of an individual; 
‘‘(B) any event in which a firearm is dis-
charged by a civilian at or in the direction of 
a law enforcement officer; and 
‘‘(C) the death or serious bodily injury of 
a law enforcement officer that results from any 
discharge of a firearm by a civilian, or any 
other means, including whether the law enforce-
ment officer was killed or suffered serious bod-
ily injury as part of an ambush or calculated 
attack. 
‘‘(3) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—For each use- 
of-force event required to be reported under para-
graph (2), the following information shall be pro-
vided, as required by the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation: 
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‘‘(A) Incident information. 
‘‘(B) Subject information. 
‘‘(C) Officer information. 
‘‘(4) COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(A) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.— 
‘‘(i) FIRST FISCAL YEAR.— 
‘‘(I) STATES.—For the first fis-
cal year beginning after the date of 
enactment of the George Floyd and 
Walter Scott Notification Act in which 
a State fails to comply with paragraph 
(2) with respect to a State law en-
forcement agency, the State shall be 
subject to a 20-percent reduction of 
the funds that would otherwise be al-
located for retention by the State 
under section 505(c) for that fiscal 
year, and if any unit of local govern-
ment within the State fails to comply 
with paragraph (2), the State shall be 
subject to a reduction of the funds al-
located for retention by the State 
under section 505(c) that is equal to 
the percentage of the population of 
the State represented by the unit of 
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Act, and each year thereafter, the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation shall publish, and 
make available to the public, the National Use-of- 
Force Data Collection. 
‘‘(6) FBI OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSIST-
ANCE.—The Director of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation shall provide to a State or unit of local 
government technical assistance and training for the 
collection and submission of data in accordance with 
this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 102. BREONNA TAYLOR NOTIFICATION ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Breonna Taylor Notification Act of 2020’’. 
(b) NO-KNOCK WARRANT REPORTS.—Section 501 of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152), as amended by section 101 
of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) NO-KNOCK WARRANT REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘Federal law enforcement agen-
cy’ means any agency of the United States au-
thorized to engage in or supervise the preven-
tion, detection, investigation, or prosecution of 
any violation of Federal criminal law. 
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‘‘(B) NO-KNOCK
WARRANT.—The term 
‘no-knock warrant’ means a warrant that au-
thorizes a law enforcement officer to enter a 
certain premises to execute a warrant without 
first knocking or otherwise announcing the 
presence of the law enforcement officer if a 
court of competent jurisdiction finds reasonable 
suspicion that knocking and announcing the 
presence of law enforcement would— 
‘‘(i) pose a danger to the officer, a 
suspect, or a third party on the premises; 
‘‘(ii) inhibit the investigation; or 
‘‘(iii) allow the destruction of evi-
dence. 
‘‘(C) STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; 
LOCAL
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.—The 
terms ‘State law enforcement agency’ and ‘local 
law enforcement agency’ mean an agency of a 
State or unit of local government, respectively, 
that is authorized to engage in or supervise the 
prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecu-
tion of any violation of criminal law. 
‘‘(2) REPORT TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.— 
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(iii), not later than January 31 of the first 
calendar year beginning after the date of 
enactment of the Breonna Taylor Notifica-
tion Act of 2020, and annually there-
after— 
‘‘(I) a State that receives funds 
under subsection (a) shall submit to 
the Attorney General a report that in-
cludes, for each no-knock warrant car-
ried out by a State law enforcement 
agency of the State during the pre-
ceding calendar year, the information 
described in subclauses (I) through 
(V) of paragraph (3)(A)(i); and 
‘‘(II) a unit of local government 
that receives funds under subsection 
(a) shall submit to the Attorney Gen-
eral a report that includes— 
‘‘(aa) for each no-knock 
warrant carried out by a local 
law enforcement agency of the 
unit of local government during 
the preceding calendar year, the 
information described in sub-
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clauses (I) through (V) of para-
graph (3)(A)(i); and 
‘‘(bb) the crime rate data 
for the unit of local government 
for the preceding calendar year. 
‘‘(ii) STATE
OVERSIGHT
OF
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS.—A State that receives 
funds under subsection (a) shall ensure 
that each unit of local government within 
the State submits to the Attorney General 
a report that includes, in accordance with 
clause (i)(II) of this subparagraph— 
‘‘(I) for each no-knock warrant 
carried out by a local law enforcement 
agency of the unit of local government 
during the preceding calendar year, 
the information described in sub-
clauses (I) through (V) of paragraph 
(3)(A)(i); and 
‘‘(II) the crime rate data for the 
unit of local government for the pre-
ceding calendar year. 
‘‘(iii) 
OPEN
INVESTIGATIONS.—A 
State or unit of local government— 
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‘‘(I) may not submit the informa-
tion 
described 
in 
subclauses 
(I) 
through (V) of paragraph (3)(A)(i) 
for a no-knock warrant relating to an 
investigation that has not been closed 
as of the date on which the applicable 
report is due under clause (i) of this 
subparagraph; and 
‘‘(II) shall include any informa-
tion withheld under subclause (I) in 
the earliest subsequent report sub-
mitted under clause (i) after the in-
vestigation has been closed. 
‘‘(B) PENALTY.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(I) FIRST FISCAL YEAR.— 
‘‘(aa) STATES.— 
‘‘(AA) 
FAILURE
TO 
COMPLY
BY
STATE.—For 
the first fiscal year that fol-
lows a fiscal year in which a 
State failed to comply with 
subparagraph (A) with re-
spect to a State law enforce-
ment agency, the State shall 
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be subject to a 20-percent 
reduction of the funds that 
would otherwise be allocated 
for retention by the State 
under section 505(c) for 
that fiscal year. 
‘‘(BB) 
FAILURE
TO 
COMPLY BY LOCAL GOVERN-
MENT.—For the first fiscal 
year that follows a fiscal 
year in which a unit of local 
government within a State 
failed to comply with sub-
paragraph (A), the State 
shall be subject to a reduc-
tion of the funds that would 
otherwise be allocated for re-
tention by the State under 
section 505(c) for that fiscal 
year by a percentage that is 
equal to the percentage of 
the population of the State 
that lives in the unit of local 
government, which may not 
exceed 20 percent. 
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‘‘(bb) UNITS OF LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT.—For the first fiscal 
year that follows a fiscal year in 
which a unit of local government 
failed to comply with subpara-
graph (A), the unit of local gov-
ernment shall be subject to a 20- 
percent reduction of the funds 
that would otherwise be allocated 
to the unit of local government 
under this subpart for that fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(II) 
SUBSEQUENT
FISCAL 
YEARS.— 
‘‘(aa) 
STATES.—Beginning 
in the first fiscal year beginning 
after the first fiscal year de-
scribed in subclause (I)(aa)(AA) 
in which a State fails to comply 
with subparagraph (A) with re-
spect to a State law enforcement 
agency, the percentage by which 
the funds described in subclause 
(I)(aa)(AA) are reduced shall be 
increased by 5 percent each fiscal 
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comply with subparagraph (A) shall be re-
allocated to States or units of local govern-
ment, respectively, that have complied with 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(iii) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Clause (i) 
shall take effect with respect to the third 
annual report due under subparagraph (A) 
after the date of enactment of the Breonna 
Taylor Notification Act of 2020. 
‘‘(3) ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), not later than March 31 of the first 
calendar year beginning after the date of enact-
ment of the Breonna Taylor Notification Act of 
2020, and annually thereafter, the Attorney 
General shall publish a report that includes— 
‘‘(i) for each no-knock warrant carried 
out by a Federal law enforcement agency, 
State law enforcement agency, or local law 
enforcement agency during the preceding 
calendar year— 
‘‘(I) the reason for which the 
warrant was issued, including each 
violation of law listed on the warrant; 
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‘‘(II) whether, in the course of 
carrying out the warrant— 
‘‘(aa) 
force 
resulting 
in 
property damage, serious bodily 
injury, or death was used; or 
‘‘(bb) any law enforcement 
officer, suspect, or bystander was 
injured or killed; 
‘‘(III) the sex, race, ethnicity, 
and age of each person found at the 
location for which the no-knock war-
rant was issued; 
‘‘(IV) 
whether 
the 
location 
searched matched the location de-
scribed in the warrant; 
‘‘(V) whether the warrant in-
cluded the particularized information 
required under the Fourth Amend-
ment to the Constitution of the 
United States, as interpreted by the 
Supreme Court of the United States, 
and any other applicable Federal, 
State, or local law related to the use 
of no-knock warrants; and 
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‘‘(ii) for each local law enforcement 
agency for which information is submitted 
under clause (i) for a calendar year, the 
crime rate data for the applicable unit of 
local government for that calendar year. 
‘‘(B) OPEN INVESTIGATIONS.—The Attor-
ney General— 
‘‘(i) may not publish any information 
described in subparagraph (A) for a no- 
knock warrant relating to an investigation 
that has not been closed as of the date on 
which the applicable report is due under 
that paragraph; and 
‘‘(ii) shall include any information 
withheld under clause (i) in the earliest 
subsequent report published under sub-
paragraph (A) after the investigation has 
been closed.’’. 
SEC. 103. GUIDANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in 
coordination with the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation and State and local law enforcement agen-
cies, shall issue guidance on best practices relating to es-
tablishing standard data collection systems that capture 
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the information required to be reported under subsections 
(h) and (i) of section 501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152), 
as added by sections 101 and 102 of this Act, respectively, 
and that ensure the reporting under such subsections (h) 
and (i) is consistent with data reported under the Death 
in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 (34 U.S.C. 60105 et 
seq.), section 20104(a)(2) of the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
12104(a)(2)), which shall include standard and consistent 
definitions for terms, including the term ‘‘use of force’’. 
(b) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—Nothing in section 101 
or 102 shall be construed to supersede the requirements 
or limitations under section 552a of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’). 
SEC. 104. COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may award 
grants to States and units of local government to assist 
in the collection of the information required to be reported 
under subsections (h) and (i) of section 501 of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10152), as added by sections 101 and 102 of 
this Act, respectively. 
(b) APPLICATION.—A State or unit of local govern-
ment seeking a grant under this section shall submit an 
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application at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Attorney General may require. 
(c) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—Each grant awarded under 
this section shall be not more than $1,000,000. 
(d) DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of 
making grants under this section, there is authorized to 
be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, $112,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
SEC. 105. INCENTIVIZING BANNING OF CHOKEHOLDS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) chokeholds are extremely dangerous maneu-
vers that can easily result in serious bodily injury or 
death; 
(2) George Floyd’s death has become a 
flashpoint to compel the need to address the use of 
chokeholds by law enforcement officers across the 
United States; 
(3) the National Consensus Policy on Use of 
Force, a collaborative effort among 11 of the most 
significant law enforcement leadership and labor or-
ganizations in the United States, concluded in a dis-
cussion paper on the use of force that chokeholds 
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are extremely dangerous and recommended restrict-
ing their use, consistent with this section; and 
(4) law enforcement agencies throughout the 
United States must create policies that guard 
against the use of this maneuver to help prevent the 
death of civilians whom they encounter, and engen-
der more trust and faith among law enforcement of-
ficers and the communities they serve. 
(b) INCENTIVIZING BANNING OF CHOKEHOLDS.— 
(1) COPS GRANT PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY.—Sec-
tion 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381), as 
amended by section 601 of this Act, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(o) BANNING OF CHOKEHOLDS.— 
‘‘(1) CHOKEHOLD
DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘chokehold’ means a physical ma-
neuver that restricts an individual’s ability to 
breathe for the purposes of incapacitation. 
‘‘(2) 
LIMITATION
ON
ELIGIBILITY
FOR 
FUNDS.—Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning 
after the date of enactment of the JUSTICE Act, a 
State or unit of local government may not receive 
funds under this section for a fiscal year if, on the 
day before the first day of the fiscal year, the State 
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or unit of local government does not have an agency- 
wide policy in place for each law enforcement agency 
of the State or unit of local government that pro-
hibits the use of chokeholds except when deadly 
force is authorized.’’. 
(2) BYRNE
GRANT
PROGRAM
ELIGIBILITY.— 
Section 501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152), as 
amended by section 102 of this Act, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) BANNING OF CHOKEHOLDS.— 
‘‘(1) CHOKEHOLD
DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘chokehold’ means a physical ma-
neuver that restricts an individual’s ability to 
breathe for the purposes of incapacitation. 
‘‘(2) 
LIMITATION
ON
ELIGIBILITY
FOR 
FUNDS.—Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning 
after the date of enactment of the JUSTICE Act, a 
State or unit of local government may not receive 
funds under this part for a fiscal year if, on the day 
before the first day of the fiscal year, the State or 
unit of local government does not have an agency- 
wide policy in place for each law enforcement agency 
of the State or unit of local government that pro-
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hibits the use of chokeholds except when deadly 
force is authorized.’’. 
(c) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘chokehold’’ means a physical maneuver that re-
stricts an individual’s ability to breathe for the pur-
poses of incapacitation. 
(2) FEDERAL POLICY.—The Attorney General 
shall develop a policy for Federal law enforcement 
agencies that bans the use of chokeholds except 
when deadly force is authorized. 
(3) REQUIREMENT.—The head of each Federal 
law enforcement agency shall implement the policy 
developed under paragraph (2). 
SEC. 106. FALSIFYING POLICE INCIDENT REPORTS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) when a law enforcement officer commits an 
offense that deprives a citizen of their rights, privi-
leges, and immunities protected under the Constitu-
tion and laws of the United States, that behavior is 
penalized to punish those involved and to deter fu-
ture conduct; 
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(2) where serious bodily injury or death results 
from the acts described in paragraph (1), punish-
ment must be severe; 
(3) a law enforcement officer who intentionally 
submits a false police report in connection with an 
act described in paragraph (1) should also be pun-
ished severely; 
(4) false reporting described in paragraph (3) 
not only serves to conceal potential criminal conduct 
and obstruct the administration of justice, false re-
porting also undermines the trust and confidence 
that communities place in law enforcement agencies; 
(5) obstruction of justice is intolerable in any 
form, particularly in the form described in this sub-
section; 
(6) the deterioration of trust and confidence be-
tween law enforcement agencies and communities 
must be abated; and 
(7) severe penalties must be imposed for indi-
viduals who create false police reports in connection 
with criminal civil rights violations resulting in seri-
ous bodily injury or death. 
(b) OFFENSE.—Chapter 47 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 1041. FALSE REPORTING. 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—It shall be unlawful for any person 
to knowingly and willfully falsify a police report in a mate-
rial way with the intent to falsify, conceal, or cover up 
a material fact, in furtherance of the deprivation of any 
rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by 
the Constitution or laws of the United States where death 
or serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365) oc-
curs. 
‘‘(b) PENALTY.—Any person who violates subsection 
(a) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more 
than 20 years, or both.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 47 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 1040 the following: 
‘‘1041. False reporting.’’. 
(d) SENTENCING ENHANCEMENT
FOR FALSIFICA-
TION OF POLICE REPORTS.—Pursuant to its authority 
under section 994 of title 28, United States Code, the 
United States Sentencing Commission shall review and 
amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to ensure that 
the guidelines provide an additional penalty increase of not 
fewer than 4 offense levels if the defendant knowingly and 
willfully falsifies a report in a material way with the intent 
to falsify, conceal, or cover up a material fact, in further-
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ance of the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immu-
nities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of 
the United States where death or serious bodily injury oc-
curs. 
TITLE II—BODY-WORN CAMERAS 
SEC. 201. BODY-WORN CAMERA PARTNERSHIP GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
Subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 509. BODY-WORN CAMERA PARTNERSHIP GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘covered government’ means a 
State, unit of local government, or Indian Tribe; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of 
the Bureau of Justice Assistance; and 
‘‘(3) the term ‘unit of local government’, not-
withstanding section 901, does not include an Indian 
Tribe. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF GRANTS.—The Director 
may make grants to eligible covered governments for use 
by the covered government for— 
‘‘(1) the purchase of body-worn cameras; 
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is authorized to access the covered system for 
purposes of— 
‘‘(i) submitting records or other infor-
mation to the covered system as described 
in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D); or 
‘‘(ii) reviewing records or other infor-
mation in the covered system as described 
in subparagraphs (E) and (F). 
‘‘(c) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.— A covered government 
may not receive funds under section 505, 506, 515, 
or 516 unless the covered government is in compli-
ance with subsection (b) of this section. 
‘‘(2) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated 
under a section referred to in paragraph (1) to a 
covered government for failure to comply with sub-
section (b) shall be reallocated under that section to 
covered governments that have complied with sub-
section (b). 
‘‘(d) ONE-TIME GRANT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
award a grant to each State, using an apportion-
ment formula that reflects the differences between 
each State, to be used by the State and units of 
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