respect to any allegations of misconduct that is 
substantially similar to the information de-
scribed in subsection (c)(2). 
(C) DATA REPORTING.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 
days after the last day of each year that 
begins after the date of enactment of this 
Act, a State or unit of local government 
that receives funds under the Byrne JAG 
program shall submit to the Attorney Gen-
eral, pursuant to guidelines established by 
the Attorney General, for the preceding 
year and with respect to each law enforce-
ment agency of the State or unit of local 
government, respectively, the information 
collected under subparagraph (B). 
(ii) EXTENSION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral may extend the deadline under clause 
(i) by 60 days for a State or local govern-
ment that is making good faith efforts to 
comply with the requirement under that 
clause. 
(iii) SOURCE OF MONEY FOR JUDG-
MENTS AND SETTLEMENTS.—For purposes 
of clause (i), in reporting the source of 
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money used to pay a judgment or settle-
ment (and related court fees), as described 
in subsection (c)(2)(C)(viii), a State or 
unit of local government shall disclose the 
portion of the judgment or settlement pay-
ment that came from a general operating 
budget, State or local law enforcement 
agency budget, bonds, liability insurance, a 
central risk management fund or pool, or 
other source. 
(iv) INSURANCE, BONDS, AND
RISK 
MANAGEMENT
FUNDS.—For purposes of 
clause (i), a State or unit of local govern-
ment shall disclose— 
(I) the total amount, if any, 
spent on any insurance premiums 
paid by the State or unit of local gov-
ernment for insurance against law en-
forcement misconduct; 
(II) if any portion of a settlement 
is paid with bonds, the amount of the 
bond, as well as the total future cost 
of the bond, including any interest 
and fees; and 
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(III) the total amount, if any, 
that the State or unit of local govern-
ment contributed to any central risk 
management fund or pool toward the 
settlement of law enforcement mis-
conduct claims. 
(v) SCOPE OF INITIAL REPORT.—The 
first report submitted by a State or local 
government under clause (i) shall include 
data collected prior to the year covered by 
the report, if the data collection require-
ment under subparagraph (B) applies to 
any period prior to that year. 
(vi) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 30 
days after the date on which a State or 
unit of local government submits to the At-
torney General the information collected 
under subparagraph (B) in accordance 
with the requirements of this subpara-
graph, the State or unit of local govern-
ment shall publish such information on the 
respective website of the State or unit of 
local government. 
(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—A State or unit of local 
government that fails to comply with the re-
quirements under paragraph (1) shall be sub-
ject to not more than a 10-percent reduction of 
the funds that would otherwise be allocated to 
the State or unit of local government under the 
Byrne JAG program, not more than a 10-per-
cent reduction of the funds that would other-
wise be allocated to the State or unit of local 
government under the ‘‘Cops on the Beat’’ pro-
gram under part Q of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10381 et seq.), or both, for— 
(i) the fiscal year in which the failure 
to comply occurs; or 
(ii) the subsequent fiscal year. 
(B) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allo-
cated under the Byrne JAG program or the 
‘‘Cops on the Beat’’ program under part Q of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381 et seq.) 
to a State or unit of local government for fail-
ure to fully comply with paragraph (1) shall be 
reallocated under the relevant program to 
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States or units of local government that have 
complied with such paragraph. 
(3) OPEN-SOURCE DATA.—Not later than 30 
days after each date on which the Attorney General 
receives information reported under paragraph (1) 
from a State or unit of local government, the Attor-
ney General shall verify such information reported 
using open-source data, as practicable, including 
using data from newspaper and court records. 
(e) STUDY AND REPORTS REQUIRED.— 
(1) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.— 
(A) STUDY.—After data has been collected 
and reported under subsections (c) and (d) for 
2 full years, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall carry out a study on such 
data, including— 
(i) the number of Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement agencies reporting 
such data to the Attorney General; 
(ii) a determination of the leading 
cause 
of 
judgments 
and 
settlements 
against Federal, State, and local law en-
forcement agencies; 
(iii) an analysis of any relationship 
between the number of judgments and set-
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tlements and the actions taken by Federal, 
State, or local law enforcement agencies, 
including the process of the agency to en-
force the law, the culture of the agency, 
and any new programs established by the 
Federal, State, or local law enforcement 
agency to enforce the law; 
(iv) recommendations with respect to 
how a Federal, State, or local law enforce-
ment agency may reduce misconduct lead-
ing to judgments or settlements; 
(v) identification of Federal, State, 
local law enforcement agencies that have 
spent the most money with respect to judg-
ments and settlements (and related court 
fees); 
(vi) the total amount of money spent 
by Federal, State, and local law enforce-
ment agencies on judgments or settlements 
(and related court fees), disaggregated by 
State; 
(vii) the average amount of money 
spent on judgments or settlements (and re-
lated court fees) by— 
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(I) 
Federal 
law 
enforcement 
agencies; 
(II) State law enforcement agen-
cies; and 
(III) local law enforcement agen-
cies; 
(viii) an assessment of— 
(I) how efficiently and effectively 
the Attorney General collects and dis-
seminates data collected under sub-
sections (c) and (d); and 
(II) how the Attorney General 
may improve coordination with State 
and local law enforcement agencies re-
garding any review process for allega-
tions of misconduct, including how the 
agencies implement consent decrees 
and initiate pattern and practice in-
vestigations relating to allegations of 
misconduct; and 
(ix) a review by the Attorney General 
of the data collection practices carried out 
pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) and 
recommendations relating to how such 
practices may be improved. 
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(ii) subject to subsection (f) and not-
withstanding any other provision of Fed-
eral law relating to privacy, make the re-
port described in clause (i) available to the 
public. 
(B) CONTENTS.—The report submitted 
under subparagraph (A) shall include— 
(i) recommendations for law enforce-
ment agencies relating to the use of force; 
(ii) best practices, created in consulta-
tion with law enforcement organizations, 
professional law enforcement associations, 
and civil rights organizations, for methods 
by which law enforcement agencies may re-
duce instances of misconduct; 
(iii) an analysis of data relating to 
judgments and settlements reported by 
State and local law enforcement agencies 
under subsection (d); and 
(iv) any other relevant information re-
lating to data and information collected 
under subsections (c) and (d). 
(3) DATABASE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the At-
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torney General shall create and maintain on the 
internet website of the Department of Justice a 
public, searchable database containing all data 
reported under subsections (c) and (d), subject 
to any otherwise applicable confidentiality re-
quirements. Such publication shall not include 
any personally identifiable information of any 
law enforcement officer. 
(B) DATABASE
UPDATES.—The Attorney 
General shall update the database created 
under subparagraph (A) on an annual basis 
with data reported under subsections (c) and 
(d). 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion 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’’). 
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