SEC. 2. CAUSE OF ACTION REGARDING POLICE PATTERN 
OR PRACTICE. 
(a) STATE ENFORCEMENT.—Section 210401(b) of 
the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12601(b)) is amended by inserting after 
‘‘the Attorney General, for or in the name of the United 
States’’ the following: ‘‘, or the attorney general of any 
State, for or in the name of that State, to the extent the 
violation has occurred within that State’’. 
(b) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.—Section 210401 of the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
(34 U.S.C. 12601) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.—In carrying out the 
authority in subsection (b), the Attorney General or an 
attorney general of a State may require by subpoena the 
production of all information, documents, reports, an-
swers, records, accounts, papers, and other data in any 
medium (including electronically stored information), as 
well as any tangible thing and documentary evidence, and 
the attendance and testimony of witnesses necessary in the 
performance of the Attorney General or attorney general 
of a State under subsection (b). Such a subpoena, in the 
case of contumacy or refusal to obey, shall be enforceable 
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by order of any appropriate district court of the United 
States.’’. 
(c) DATA ON EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE.—Section 
210402(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12602(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Attorney General’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL
COLLECTION
OF
DATA.—The 
Attorney General’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) STATE COLLECTION OF DATA.—The attor-
ney general of a State may, through appropriate 
means, acquire data about the use of excessive force 
by law enforcement officers and such data may be 
used by the attorney general in conducting investiga-
tions under section 210401.’’. 
(d) GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney Gen-
eral may award a grant to a State to assist the 
State in conducting pattern and practice investiga-
tions at the State level. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY.—In order for a State to be el-
igible for a grant under paragraph (1), the attorney 
general of the State, or similar State official, shall 
have the authority to conduct pattern and practice 
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investigations, as described in section 210401 of the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12601), of governmental agencies 
in the State. 
(3) APPLICATION.—A State seeking a grant 
under paragraph (1) shall submit an application in 
such form, at such time, and containing such infor-
mation as the Attorney General may require. 
(4) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated $100,000,000 to the Attorney General for 
each of fiscal years 2020 through 2022 to carry out 
this subsection. 
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