SEC. 4. NOTICE. 
Each agency shall provide notice of the rights under 
this Act to designated persons as soon as is reasonable 
after being made aware of a murder. 
SEC. 5. FULL REINVESTIGATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The applicable agency shall con-
duct a full reinvestigation of the cold case murder at issue 
if the review of the case file required by section 2 con-
cludes that a full reinvestigation of such cold case murder 
would result in probative investigative leads. 
(b) REINVESTIGATION.—A full reinvestigation shall 
include analyzing all evidence regarding the cold case mur-
der at issue for the purpose of developing probative inves-
tigative leads as to the perpetrator. 
(c) REVIEWER.—The person or persons doing the full 
reinvestigation required by subsection (a) shall not have 
previously investigated the murder at issue, except for the 
case file review pursuant to section 2. 
(d) PROHIBITION ON MULTIPLE CONCURRENT RE-
VIEWS.—Only one full reinvestigation shall be undertaken 
at any one time with respect to the same cold case murder 
victim. 
SEC. 6. CONSULTATION AND UPDATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The applicable agency shall con-
sult with the designated person who filed the written appli-
cation pursuant to section 2 and provide him or her with 
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periodic updates during the case file review and full re-
investigation. 
(b) EXPLANATION OF CONCLUSION.—The applicable 
agency shall explain to the designated person who filed 
the written application pursuant to section 2 its decision 
whether or not to engage in the full reinvestigation pro-
vided for under section 5 at the conclusion of the case 
file review. 
SEC. 7. SUBSEQUENT REVIEWS. 
(a) CASE FILE REVIEW.—If a case file review is done 
and a conclusion is reached not to conduct a full reinves-
tigation, no additional case file review shall be undertaken 
for a period of five years. 
(b) FULL REINVESTIGATION.—If a full reinvestiga-
tion is done and a suspect is not identified at its conclu-
sion, no additional case file review or full reinvestigation 
shall be undertaken for a period of five years. 
SEC. 8. DATA COLLECTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning three years after enact-
ment of this Act, the National Institute of Justice shall 
publish annually statistics on the number of cold cases. 
(b) MANNER OF PUBLICATION.—The statistics pub-
lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, be 
broken down by the type of crime and agency. 
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SEC. 9. PROCEDURES TO PROMOTE COMPLIANCE. 
(a) REGULATIONS.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal 
agency shall promulgate regulations to enforce the rights 
of designated persons and to ensure compliance by respon-
sible officials with the obligations described in this Act. 
(b) PROCEDURES.—The regulations promulgated 
under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) designate an administrative authority within 
the agency to receive and investigate complaints re-
lating to the provision or violation of the rights of 
designated persons; 
(2) require a course of training for employees 
and offices of agencies within the agency regarding 
the rights under this Act; 
(3) contain disciplinary sanctions, including 
suspension or termination from employment, for em-
ployees of the agency who willfully or wantonly fail 
to comply with this Act; 
(4) establish a process for investigations into 
the conduct of those no longer employed by the Fed-
eral Government when a complaint is filed and a 
process for referrals of recommended sanctions with 
respect to such conduct to the appropriate State bar 
or other licensing body; and 
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(5) provide that the head of the agency, or the 
designee thereof, shall be the final arbiter of the 
complaint, and that there shall be no judicial review 
of the final decision of the head of the agency by a 
complainant. 
SEC. 10. WITHHOLDING INFORMATION. 
Nothing in this Act shall require an agency to provide 
information that would endanger the safety of any person, 
unreasonably impede an ongoing investigation, violate a 
court order, or violate legal obligations regarding privacy. 
SEC. 11. APPLICABILITY. 
This Act applies in the case of any murder occurring 
on or after January 1, 1970. 
SEC. 12. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘designated person’’ means an 
immediate family member or someone similarly situ-
ated as defined by the Department of Justice. 
(2) The term ‘‘immediate family member’’ 
means a parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grand-
parent-in-law, sibling, spouse, child, or step-child of 
a murder victim. 
(3) The term ‘‘victim’’ means a natural person 
who died as a result of a murder. 
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(4) The term ‘‘murder’’ means any criminal of-
fense under section 1111(a) of title 18, United 
States Code, or any offense the elements of which 
are substantially identical to such section. 
(5) The term ‘‘agency’’ means a Federal law 
enforcement entity that is engaged in the detection, 
investigation, or prosecution of murder under Fed-
eral law. 
(6) The term ‘‘applicable agency’’ means an 
agency that is investigating or had investigated the 
murder of a victim. 
(7) The term ‘‘cold case’’ means a violent crime 
under Federal law committed more than three years 
prior and for which all probative investigative leads 
have been exhausted. 
(8) The term ‘‘cold case murder’’ means a mur-
der committed more than three years prior and for 
which all probative investigative leads have been ex-
hausted. 
SEC. 13. ANNUAL REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each applicable agency shall sub-
mit an annual report to the Senate Committee on the Ju-
diciary and the House Committee on the Judiciary de-
scribing actions taken and results achieved under this Act 
during such year. 
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