(2) FAILURE TO REPORT.—If on March 1 of 
each year the Board has not received the Attorney 
General’s report required by this subsection, the 
Board shall notify the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the Senate of the Attorney Gen-
eral’s failure to submit the required report. 
(3) COMPLIANCE REPORT WITH RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.—Within 90 days after the date on which the 
Attorney General submits a report under this sub-
section, the Board shall review the Attorney Gen-
eral’s report and transmit comments on the report 
to the Attorney General, the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 12. ASSISTANCE TO CIVILIANS AND FAMILIES OF CI-
VILIANS OF INCIDENTS UNDER INVESTIGA-
TION BY THE BOARD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after being 
notified of an incident within the United States involving 
the loss of life or serious injury to a civilian resulting from 
an interaction with law enforcement officers the Chairman 
of the Board shall— 
(1) designate and publicize the name and phone 
number of a director of family support services who 
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shall be an employee of the Board and shall be re-
sponsible for acting as a point of contact within the 
Federal Government for civilians and the families of 
civilians involved in the incident; and 
(2) designate an independent nonprofit organi-
zation, with experience in post trauma communica-
tion with civilians and families, which shall have pri-
mary responsibility for coordinating the emotional 
care and support of civilians or the families of civil-
ians involved in the incident. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF DESIGNATED ORGANIZA-
TION.—The organization designated for an incident under 
subsection (a)(2) shall have the following responsibilities 
with respect to the civilians and families of civilians in-
volved in the incident: 
(1) To provide mental health and counseling 
services. 
(2) To take such actions as may be necessary 
to provide an environment in which the civilians and 
families may grieve in private. 
(3) To meet with the families who have traveled 
to the location of the incident, to contact the fami-
lies unable to travel to such location, and to contact 
all affected civilians and families periodically there-
after until such time as the organization, in con-
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sultation with the director of family support services 
designated for the incident under subsection (a)(1), 
determines that further assistance is no longer need-
ed. 
(4) To communicate with the civilians families 
as to the roles of the organization, government agen-
cies, and parties involved with respect to the incident 
and the post-incident activities. 
(c) 
CONTINUING
RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
THE 
BOARD.—In the course of its investigation described in 
subsection (a), the Board shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, ensure that the families of individuals in-
volved— 
(1) are briefed, prior to any public briefing, 
about the incident and any other findings from the 
investigation; and 
(2) are individually informed of and allowed to 
attend any public hearings and meetings of the 
Board about the incident. 
(d) PROHIBITED ACTIONS.— 
(1) ACTIONS TO IMPEDE THE BOARD.—No per-
son (including a State or political subdivision) may 
impede the ability of the Board (including the direc-
tor of family support services designated for an inci-
dent under subsection (a)(1)), or an organization 
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designated for an incident under subsection (a)(2), 
to carry out its responsibilities under this section or 
the ability of the families of those involved in the ac-
cident to have contact with one another. 
(2) PROHIBITION
ON
ACTIONS
TO
PREVENT 
MENTAL HEALTH AND COUNSELING SERVICES.—No 
State or political subdivision thereof may prevent the 
employees, agents, or volunteers of an organization 
designated for an incident under subsection (a)(2) 
from providing mental health and counseling services 
under subsection (c)(1) in the 30-day period begin-
ning on the date of the incident. The director of 
family support services designated for the incident 
under subsection (a)(1) may extend such period for 
not to exceed an additional 30 days if the director 
determines that the extension is necessary to meet 
the needs of the families and if State and local au-
thorities are notified of the determination. 
(e) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section may be construed as limiting the actions that a 
law enforcement department or local unit of government 
may take, or the obligations that an such department or 
unit of local government may have, in providing assistance 
to the civilian who is injured or a family member of civilian 
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who is killed resulting from an interaction with law en-
forcement officers. 
(f) RELINQUISHMENT
OF
INVESTIGATIVE
PRI-
ORITY.— 
(1) GENERAL RULE.—This section (other than 
subsection (g)) shall not apply to an incident involv-
ing use of force by a law enforcement officer if the 
Board has relinquished investigative priority and the 
Federal agency to which the Board relinquished in-
vestigative priority is willing and able to provide as-
sistance to the victims and families involved in the 
incident. 
(2) BOARD ASSISTANCE.—If this section does 
not apply to an incident involving use of force by a 
law enforcement officer because the Board has relin-
quished investigative priority with respect to the ac-
cident, the Board shall assist, to the maximum ex-
tent possible, the agency to which the Board has re-
linquished investigative priority in assisting families 
with respect to the accident. 
SEC. 13. AUTHORITY OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General of the De-
partment of Justice, in accordance with the mission of the 
Inspector General to prevent and detect fraud and abuse, 
shall have authority to review only the financial manage-
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