authorities, and respect for Tribal data sov-
ereignty. 
‘‘(H) Engage in government to government 
consultation with Indian Tribes and Tribal or-
ganizations. 
‘‘(I) At least every 2 years, produce and 
publicly post on the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention’s website a report on antiracist 
activities completed by the Center, which may 
include newly identified antiracist public health 
practices. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section.’’. 
SEC. 5. PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT IN 
POLICE VIOLENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall establish within the National Center 
for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention (referred to in this section 
as the ‘‘Center’’) a law enforcement violence prevention 
program. 
(b) GENERAL DUTIES.—In implementing the pro-
gram under subsection (a), the Center shall conduct re-
search into, and provide leadership and coordination for— 
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(1) the understanding and promotion of knowl-
edge about the public health impacts of uses of force 
by law enforcement, including police brutality and 
violence; 
(2) developing public health interventions and 
perspectives for eliminating deaths, injury, trauma, 
and negative mental health effects from police pres-
ence and interactions, including police brutality and 
violence; and 
(3) ensuring comprehensive data collection, 
analysis, and reporting regarding police violence and 
misconduct in consultation with the Department of 
Justice and independent researchers. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—Under the program under sub-
section (a), the Center shall— 
(1) summarize and enhance the knowledge of 
the distribution, status, and characteristics of law 
enforcement-related death, trauma, and injury; 
(2) conduct research and prepare, with the as-
sistance of State public health departments— 
(A) statistics on law enforcement-related 
death, injury, and brutality; 
(B) studies of the factors, including legal, 
socioeconomic, discrimination, and other factors 
that correlate with or influence police brutality; 
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(C) public information about uses of force 
by law enforcement, including police brutality 
and violence, for the practical use of the public 
health community, including publications that 
synthesize information relevant to the national 
goal of understanding police violence and meth-
ods for its control; 
(D) information to identify socioeconomic 
groups, communities, and geographic areas in 
need of study, and a strategic plan for research 
necessary to comprehend the extent and nature 
of police uses of force by law enforcement, in-
cluding police brutality and violence, and deter-
mine what options exist to reduce or eradicate 
death and injury that result; and 
(E) best practices in police violence preven-
tion in other countries; 
(3) award grants, contracts, and cooperative 
agreements to provide for the conduct of epidemio-
logic research on uses of force by law enforcement, 
including police brutality and violence, by Federal, 
State, local, and private agencies, institutions, orga-
nizations, and individuals; 
(4) award grants, contracts, and cooperative 
agreements to community groups, independent re-
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search organizations, academic institutions, and 
other entities to support, execute, or conduct re-
search on interventions to reduce or eliminate uses 
of force by law enforcement, including police bru-
tality and violence; 
(5) coordinate with the Department of Justice, 
and other Federal, State, and local agencies on the 
standardization of data collection, storage, and re-
trieval necessary to collect, evaluate, analyze, and 
disseminate information about the extent and nature 
of uses of force by law enforcement, including police 
brutality and violence, as well as options for the 
eradication of such practices; 
(6) submit an annual report to Congress on re-
search findings with recommendations to improve 
data collection and standardization and to disrupt 
processes in policing that preserve and reinforce rac-
ism and racial disparities in public health; 
(7) conduct primary research and explore uses 
of force by law enforcement, including police bru-
tality and violence, and options for its control; and 
(8) study alternatives to law enforcement re-
sponse as a method of reducing police violence. 
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(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated, such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
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