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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7120 
To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve 
transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2020 
Ms. BASS (for herself, Mr. NADLER, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HOYER, Mr. CLYBURN, 
Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 
LEWIS, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BERA, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BROWN of 
Maryland, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARSON 
of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO of 
Texas, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CORREA, Mr. CROW, 
Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. DEAN, 
Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, 
Mr. EVANS, Ms. FRANKEL, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. HASTINGS, 
Mrs. HAYES, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. HUFFMAN, 
Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KIL-
DEE, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. LAWSON of 
Florida, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, 
Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mrs. MCBATH, 
Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. 
MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Mr. MFUME, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mrs. NAPOLI-
TANO, Mr. NEAL, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PAYNE, 
Ms. PINGREE, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, 
Mr. RASKIN, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. RYAN, Mr. 
SARBANES, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. 
SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. STANTON, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 
Mrs. TORRES of California, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TRONE, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. UNDERWOOD, 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. VELA, Ms. TITUS, Mr. 
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HECK, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. 
GOMEZ, Mr. TONKO, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. 
KILMER, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. CLEAVER, 
Mr. KHANNA, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. BEYER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. BRENDAN 
F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. OMAR, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. RUSH, Ms. 
MOORE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. 
COURTNEY, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. 
KEATING, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. TLAIB, and 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, 
improve transparency through data collection, and reform 
police training and policies. 
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 
‘‘Justice in Policing Act of 2020’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY 
Subtitle A—Holding Police Accountable in the Courts 
Sec. 101. Deprivation of rights under color of law. 
Sec. 102. Qualified immunity reform. 
Sec. 103. Pattern and practice investigations. 
Sec. 104. Independent investigations. 
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Subtitle B—Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act 
Sec. 111. Short title. 
Sec. 112. Definitions. 
Sec. 113. Accreditation of law enforcement agencies. 
Sec. 114. Law enforcement grants. 
Sec. 115. Attorney General to conduct study. 
Sec. 116. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 117. National task force on law enforcement oversight. 
Sec. 118. Federal data collection on law enforcement practices. 
TITLE II—POLICING TRANSPARENCY THROUGH DATA 
Subtitle A—National Police Misconduct Registry 
Sec. 201. Establishment of National Police Misconduct Registry. 
Sec. 202. Certification requirements for hiring of law enforcement officers. 
Subtitle B—PRIDE Act 
Sec. 221. Short title. 
Sec. 222. Definitions. 
Sec. 223. Use of force reporting. 
Sec. 224. Use of force data reporting. 
Sec. 225. Compliance with reporting requirements. 
Sec. 226. Federal law enforcement reporting. 
Sec. 227. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE III—IMPROVING POLICE TRAINING AND POLICIES 
Subtitle A—End Racial and Religious Profiling Act 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Definitions. 
PART I—PROHIBITION OF RACIAL PROFILING 
Sec. 311. Prohibition. 
Sec. 312. Enforcement. 
PART II—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING BY FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 
Sec. 321. Policies to eliminate racial profiling. 
PART III—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING BY STATE AND 
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 
Sec. 331. Policies required for grants. 
Sec. 332. Involvement of Attorney General. 
Sec. 333. Data collection demonstration project. 
Sec. 334. Development of best practices. 
Sec. 335. Authorization of appropriations. 
PART IV—DATA COLLECTION 
Sec. 341. Attorney General to issue regulations. 
Sec. 342. Publication of data. 
Sec. 343. Limitations on publication of data. 
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the funds are characterized as being made available 
under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local 
Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, the Local 
Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Pro-
gram, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assist-
ance Grant Program, or otherwise. 
(2) COPS GRANT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘COPS 
grant program’’ means the grant program author-
ized under section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10381). 
(3) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘Federal law enforcement agency’’ means 
any agency of the United States authorized to en-
gage in or supervise the prevention, detection, inves-
tigation, or prosecution of any violation of Federal 
criminal law. 
(4) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.— 
The term ‘‘Federal law enforcement officer’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 115 of title 18, 
United States Code. 
(5) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in 
section 901 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251). 
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(6) LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The 
term ‘‘local law enforcement officer’’ means any offi-
cer, agent, or employee of a State or unit of local 
government authorized by law or by a government 
agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, de-
tection, or investigation of any violation of criminal 
law. 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 901 of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251). 
(8) TRIBAL
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER.— 
The term ‘‘tribal law enforcement officer’’ means 
any officer, agent, or employee of an Indian tribe, or 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, authorized by law or 
by a government agency to engage in or supervise 
the prevention, detection, or investigation of any vio-
lation of criminal law. 
TITLE I—POLICE 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
Subtitle A—Holding Police 
Accountable in the Courts 
SEC. 101. DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS UNDER COLOR OF LAW. 
Section 242 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘willfully’’ and inserting ‘‘know-
ingly or with reckless disregard’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For 
purposes of this section, an act shall be considered 
to be death resulting if the act was a substantial fac-
tor contributing to the death of the person.’’. 
SEC. 102. QUALIFIED IMMUNITY REFORM. 
Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States (42 U.S.C. 1983) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘It shall not be a defense or immunity to 
any action brought under this section against a local law 
enforcement officer (as defined in section 2 of the Justice 
in Policing Act of 2020) or a State correctional officer 
(as defined in section 1121(b) of title 18, United States 
Code) that— 
‘‘(1) the defendant was acting in good faith, or 
that the defendant believed, reasonably or otherwise, 
that his or her conduct was lawful at the time when 
the conduct was committed; or 
‘‘(2) the rights, privileges, or immunities se-
cured by the Constitution and laws were not clearly 
established at the time of their deprivation by the 
defendant, or that at this time, the state of the law 
was otherwise such that the defendant could not rea-
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sonably have been expected to know whether his or 
her conduct was lawful.’’. 
SEC. 103. PATTERN AND PRACTICE INVESTIGATIONS. 
(a) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.—Section 210401 of the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
(34 U.S.C. 12601) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.—In carrying out the 
authority in subsection (b), the Attorney General may re-
quire by subpoena the production of all information, docu-
ments, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, and 
other data in any medium (including electronically stored 
information), as well as any tangible thing and documen-
tary evidence, and the attendance and testimony of wit-
nesses necessary in the performance of the Attorney Gen-
eral under subsection (b). Such a subpoena, in the case 
of contumacy or refusal to obey, shall be enforceable by 
order of any appropriate district court of the United 
States.’’. 
(b) GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney Gen-
eral may award a grant to a State to assist the 
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State in conducting pattern and practice investiga-
tions at the State level. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY.—In order for a State to be el-
igible for a grant under paragraph (1), the attorney 
general of the State, or similar State official, shall 
have the authority to conduct pattern and practice 
investigations, as described in section 210401 of the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12601), of governmental agencies 
in the State. 
(3) APPLICATION.—A State seeking a grant 
under paragraph (1) shall submit an application in 
such form, at such time, and containing such infor-
mation as the Attorney General may require. 
(4) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated $100,000,000 to the Attorney General for 
each of fiscal years 2020 through 2022 to carry out 
this subsection. 
SEC. 104. INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) DEADLY
FORCE.—The term ‘‘deadly 
force’’ means that force which a reasonable per-
son would consider likely to cause death or seri-
ous bodily harm. 
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‘‘(3) the impact of body-worn cameras on re-
sponses to and adjudications of complaints of exces-
sive force; 
‘‘(4) the effect of the use of body-worn cameras 
on the safety of law enforcement officers on patrol; 
‘‘(5) the effect of the use of body-worn cameras 
on public safety; 
‘‘(6) the impact of body-worn cameras on evi-
dence collection for criminal investigations; 
‘‘(7) issues relating to the secure storage and 
handling of recorded data from the body-worn cam-
eras; 
‘‘(8) issues relating to the privacy of citizens 
and officers recorded on body-worn cameras; 
‘‘(9) issues relating to the constitutional rights 
of individuals on whom facial recognition technology 
is used; 
‘‘(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; 
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