United States Government and State and local gov-
ernmental authorities having responsibility for those 
activities under a law of the United States or a 
State; and 
(4) a list of ongoing investigations that have ex-
ceeded the expected time allotted for completion by 
Board order and an explanation for the additional 
time required to complete each such investigation. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for the purposes of this Act such sums as may 
be necessary. 
(b) FEES, REFUNDS, AND REIMBURSEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board may impose and 
collect such fees, refunds, and reimbursements as it 
determines to be appropriate for services provided by 
or through the Board. 
(2) RECEIPTS CREDITED AS OFFSETTING COL-
LECTIONS.—Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 
31, any fee, refund, or reimbursement collected 
under this subsection— 
(A) shall be credited as offsetting collec-
tions to the account that finances the activities 
and services for which the fee is imposed or 
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with which the refund or reimbursement is as-
sociated; 
(B) shall be available for expenditure only 
to pay the costs of activities and services for 
which the fee is imposed or with which the re-
fund or reimbursement is associated; and 
(C) shall remain available until expended. 
(3) REFUNDS.—The Board may refund any fee 
paid by mistake or any amount paid in excess of 
that required. 
SEC. 9. GENERAL AUTHORITY. 
The Board shall investigate or have investigated (in 
detail the Board prescribes) and establish the facts, cir-
cumstances, and cause or probable cause of— 
(1) deaths in police custody; 
(2) officer-involved shootings; or 
(3) uses of force that result in severe bodily in-
jury in police custody. 
SEC. 10. INSPECTIONS AND AUTOPSIES. 
(a) ENTRY
AND INSPECTION.—An officer or em-
ployee of the Board— 
(1) on display of appropriate credentials and 
written notice of inspection authority, may enter 
property where a incident has occurred or evidence 
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from the incident is located and do anything nec-
essary to conduct an investigation; and 
(2) during reasonable hours, may inspect any 
record, process, control, or facility related to an inci-
dent investigation under this Act. 
(b) INSPECTION, TESTING, PRESERVATION, AND 
MOVING OF INVOLVED WEAPONS.— 
(1) In investigating an incident under this Act, 
the Board may inspect and test, to the extent nec-
essary, any weapon involved. 
(2) Any weapon involved in an incident shall be 
preserved, and may be moved, only as provided by 
regulations of the Board. 
(c) EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY OF BOARD.—Only the 
Board has the authority to decide on the way in which 
testing under this section will be conducted, including de-
cisions on the person that will conduct the test, the type 
of test that will be conducted, and any individual who will 
witness the test. Those decisions are committed to the dis-
cretion of the Board. The Board shall make any of those 
decisions based on the needs of the investigation being 
conducted and, when applicable, subsections (a), (c), and 
(e) of this section. 
(d) PROMPTNESS OF TESTS AND AVAILABILITY OF 
RESULTS.—An inspection, examination, or test under sub-
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section (a) or (c) of this section shall be started and com-
pleted promptly, and the results shall be made available. 
(e) AUTOPSIES.— 
(1) The Board may order an autopsy to be per-
formed and have other tests made when necessary to 
investigate an incident under this Act. However, 
local law protecting religious beliefs related to autop-
sies shall be observed to the extent consistent with 
the needs of the incident investigation. 
(2) With or without reimbursement, the Board 
may obtain a copy of an autopsy report performed 
by a State or local official on an individual who died 
because of an incident investigated by the Board 
under this Act. 
SEC. 11. RESPONSES TO SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS. 
(a) GENERAL.—When the Board submits a rec-
ommendation related to law enforcement use of force, the 
recipient shall give a formal written response to each rec-
ommendation not later than 90 days after receiving the 
recommendation. The response shall indicate whether the 
recipient intends— 
(1) to carry out procedures to adopt the com-
plete recommendation; 
(2) to carry out procedures to adopt a part of 
the recommendation; or 
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(3) to refuse to carry out procedures to adopt 
the recommendation. 
(b) TIMETABLE FOR COMPLETING PROCEDURES AND 
REASONS FOR REFUSALS.—A response under subsection 
(a) (1) or (2) of this section shall include a copy of a pro-
posed timetable for completing the procedures. A response 
under subsection (a)(2) of this section shall detail the rea-
sons for the refusal to carry out procedures on the remain-
der of the recommendation. A response under subsection 
(a)(3) of this section shall detail the reasons for the re-
fusal to carry out procedures. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Board shall make 
a copy of each recommendation and response available to 
the public. 
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) ANNUAL SECRETARIAL REGULATORY STA-
TUS REPORTS.—On February 1 of each year, the At-
torney General shall submit a report to Congress 
and the Board containing the regulatory status of 
each recommendation made by the Board that is on 
the Board’s ‘‘most wanted list’’. The Attorney Gen-
eral shall continue to report on the status of each 
such recommendation in the report due on February 
1 of subsequent years. 
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(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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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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ment, property management, and business operations of 
the Board, including internal accounting and administra-
tive control systems, to determine compliance with applica-
ble Federal laws, rules, and regulations. 
(b) DUTIES.—In carrying out this section, the In-
spector General shall— 
(1) keep the Chairman of the Board and Con-
gress fully and currently informed about problems 
relating to administration of the internal accounting 
and administrative control systems of the Board; 
(2) issue findings and recommendations for ac-
tions to address such problems; and 
(3) report periodically to Congress on any 
progress made in implementing actions to address 
such problems. 
(c) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—In carrying out this 
section, the Inspector General may exercise authorities 
granted to the Inspector General under subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Attorney General for use by the 
Inspector General of the Department of Justice such 
sums as may be necessary to cover expenses associ-
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ated with activities pursuant to the authority exer-
cised under this section. 
(2) REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENT.—In the ab-
sence of an appropriation under this subsection for 
an expense referred to in paragraph (1), the Inspec-
tor General and the Board shall have a reimbursable 
agreement to cover such expense. 
SEC. 14. EVALUATION AND AUDIT OF BOARD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To promote economy, efficiency, 
and effectiveness in the administration of the programs, 
operations, and activities of the Board, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall evaluate and audit the 
programs and expenditures of the Board. Such evaluation 
and audit shall be conducted at least annually, but may 
be conducted as determined necessary by the Comptroller 
General or the appropriate congressional committees. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITY OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL.— 
The Comptroller General shall evaluate and audit Board 
programs, operations, and activities, including— 
(1) information management and security, in-
cluding privacy protection of personally identifiable 
information; 
(2) resource management; 
(3) workforce development; 
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