SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Death in Custody Re-
porting Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. INFORMATION REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WHO DIE 
IN THE CUSTODY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year after the expi-
ration of the period specified in subsection (b)(1) in which 
a State receives funds for a program referred to in sub-
section (b)(2), the State shall report to the Attorney Gen-
eral, on a quarterly basis and pursuant to guidelines estab-
lished by the Attorney General, information regarding the 
death of any person who is detained, under arrest, or is 
in the process of being arrested, is en route to be incarcer-
ated, or is incarcerated at a municipal or county jail, State 
prison, State-run boot camp, boot camp that is contracted 
out by the State, any State or local contract facility, or 
other local or State correctional facility (including any ju-
venile facility) that, at a minimum, includes— 
(1) the name, gender, race, ethnicity, and age of 
the deceased; 
(2) the date, time, and location of death; 
(3) the law enforcement agency that detained, 
arrested, or was in the process of arresting the de-
ceased; and 
(4) a brief description of the circumstances sur-
rounding the death. 
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(b) COMPLIANCE AND INELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) COMPLIANCE DATE.—Each State shall have 
not more than 30 days from the date of enactment of 
this Act to comply with subsection (a), except that— 
(A) the Attorney General may grant an ad-
ditional 30 days to a State that is making good 
faith efforts to comply with such subsection; and 
(B) the Attorney General shall waive the re-
quirements of subsection (a) if compliance with 
such subsection by a State would be unconstitu-
tional under the constitution of such State. 
(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—For any fiscal 
year after the expiration of the period specified in 
paragraph (1), a State that fails to comply with sub-
section (a) shall not receive 10 percent of the funds 
that would otherwise be allocated for that fiscal year 
to the State 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.), whether characterized 
as the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance Programs, the Local Govern-
ment Law Enforcement Block Grants Program, the 
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 
Program, or otherwise. 
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(c) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under a 
program referred to in subsection (b)(2) to a State for fail-
ure to fully comply with subsection (a) shall be reallocated 
under that program to States that have not failed to comply 
with such subsection. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘State’’ has 
the same meaning given that term in section 901 of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3791). 
SEC. 3. STUDY OF INFORMATION RELATING TO DEATHS IN 
CUSTODY. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Attorney General shall, 
subject to the availability of appropriations under sub-
section (d), through grant or contract, provide for a study 
of the information reported under section 2 (regarding the 
death of any person who is detained, under arrest, or is 
in the process of being arrested, is en route to be incarcer-
ated, or is incarcerated at a municipal or county jail, State 
prison, State-run boot camp, boot camp that is contracted 
out by the State, any State or local contract facility, or 
other local or State correctional facility (including any ju-
venile facility)) to— 
(1) determine means by which such information 
can be used to reduce the number of such deaths; and 
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(2) examine the relationship, if any, between the 
number of such deaths and the actions of management 
of such jails, prisons, and other correctional facilities 
relating to such deaths. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall pre-
pare and submit to Congress a report that contains the 
findings of the study required by subsection (a). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$500,000 for fiscal year 2009. Funds appropriated under 
this subsection shall remain available until expended. 
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Union Calendar No. 313 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3971 
[Report No. 110–512] 
A BILL 
To encourage States to report to the Attorney Gen-
eral certain information regarding the deaths of 
individuals in the custody of law enforcement 
agencies. 
JANUARY 18, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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