I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4798 
To require the submission of reports when an individual is injured or killed 
by a law enforcement officer in the course of the officer’s employment, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2019 
Mr. VEASEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the submission of reports when an individual 
is injured or killed by a law enforcement officer in the 
course of the officer’s employment, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Police Protection Act 
of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRING REPORTS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-
CERS IN THE EVENT OF AN INJURY OR FA-
TALITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in fiscal year 2021 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, the Attorney General shall re-
duce by 10 percent the amount that a State or unit of 
local government would otherwise receive under a grant 
program described in subsection (b), if the State or unit 
of local government does not have in place a law requiring 
the submission of reports by State and local law enforce-
ment officers that is substantially similar 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 (34 U.S.C. 10151 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 (34 U.S.C. 10381 
et seq.). 
(c) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under a 
program described in subsection (b) to a State or unit of 
local government for failure to comply with this section 
shall be reallocated under that program to States and 
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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 
death occurs, such law enforcement officer shall sub-
mit to the Attorney General a report, which de-
scribes, in detail, the facts and circumstances sur-
rounding such injury or death; 
(2) any Federal law enforcement officer who is 
present at the time of the injury or death, or is in-
volved during the 12-hour period following the injury 
or death in the transportation or care of the indi-
vidual, or any administrative procedures relating to 
the individual, shall, not later than 24 hours after 
the conclusion of such involvement, submit to the 
Attorney General a report, which describes, in detail, 
the facts and circumstances surrounding such in-
volvement; and 
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(3) the Inspector General of the Department of 
Justice shall investigate the facts and circumstances 
surrounding such injury or death, and submit a re-
port to the Attorney General not later than 60 days 
after such injury or death. 
(b) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Whoever, being a Federal 
law enforcement officer required to submit a report under 
subsection (a), knowingly— 
(1) fails to submit such a report; or 
(2) submits a report containing false or mis-
leading information, 
shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, impris-
oned not more than 5 years, or both. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this Act, the term ‘‘Federal law 
enforcement officer’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 115 of title 18, United States Code. 
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