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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6217 
To require States and units of local government to have in place laws 
requiring law enforcement officers to submit reports when an individual 
is injured or killed by such a law enforcement officer in the course 
of the officer’s employment as a condition on receiving certain grant 
funding, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 
Mr. VEASEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require States and units of local government to have 
in place laws requiring law enforcement officers to sub-
mit reports when an individual is injured or killed by 
such a law enforcement officer in the course of the 
officer’s employment as a condition on receiving certain 
grant funding, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Police Protection Act 
of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIRING REPORTS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-
CERS IN THE EVENT OF AN INJURY OR FA-
TALITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first fiscal year 
which begins after the date that is one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
reduce by 10 percent the amount that a State or unit of 
local government would otherwise receive under a grant 
program described in subsection (b), in the case of a State 
or unit of local government which does not have in place 
a law requiring the submission of reports by State and 
local law enforcement officers which is substantially simi-
lar to the reporting requirement under section 3. 
(b) GRANT PROGRAMS DESCRIBED.—The grant pro-
grams described in this subsection are the following: 
(1) The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice As-
sistance Grant Program under subpart 1 of part E 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.). 
(2) The COPS ON THE BEAT grant program 
under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796dd et seq.). 
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(3) The excess property program of the Depart-
ment of Defense under section 2576a of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(c) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under a 
program described in subsection (b) to a State or unit of 
local government for failure to be in compliance with this 
section shall be reallocated under that program to States 
and units of local government that are in compliance with 
this section. 
SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL LAW EN-
FORCEMENT OFFICERS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—In the case that an individual 
is injured or killed by a Federal law enforcement officer 
while in the custody or control of the officer, or otherwise 
in the course of the law enforcement officer’s employ-
ment— 
(1) not later than 24 hours after such injury or 
fatality occurs, such law enforcement officer shall 
submit to the Attorney General a report which de-
scribes, in detail, the facts and circumstances sur-
rounding such injury or fatality; and 
(2) any Federal law enforcement officer who is 
present at the time of the injury or fatality, or is in-
volved during the 12-hour period following the injury 
or fatality in the transportation or care of the indi-
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vidual, or any administrative procedures relating to 
the individual, shall, not later than 24 hours after 
the conclusion of such involvement, shall submit to 
the Attorney General a report which describes, in 
detail, the facts and circumstances surrounding such 
involvement. 
(b) PENALTY.—A Federal law enforcement officer 
who is required to submit a report under subsection (a) 
and knowingly— 
(1) fails to submit such a report; or 
(2) submits such a report which contains false 
or misleading information, 
shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, and im-
prisoned for not less than 3 years, and not more than 5 
years. 
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