limited in that fiscal year as a result of the 15 per-
cent limit established by paragraph (2). 
(h) INVESTIGATIVE OFFICERS.—The Board shall 
maintain at least 1 full-time employee in each State lo-
cated more than 1,000 miles from the nearest Board re-
gional office to provide initial investigative response to in-
cidents the Board is empowered to investigate under this 
Act that occur in that State. 
SEC. 5. DISCLOSURE, AVAILABILITY, AND USE OF INFORMA-
TION. 
(a) GENERAL.— 
(1) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Except as provided 
in subsections (b), (c), (d), and (f) of this section, 
a copy of a record, information, or investigation sub-
mitted or received by the Board, or a member or 
employee of the Board, shall be made available to 
the public on identifiable request and at reasonable 
cost. This subsection does not require the release of 
information described by section 552(b) of title 5 or 
protected from disclosure by another law of the 
United States. 
(2) DEPOSIT OF RECEIPTS.—The Board shall 
deposit in the Treasury amounts received under 
paragraph (1) to be credited to the appropriation of 
the Board as offsetting collections. 
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(3) PROTECTION OF VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION 
OF INFORMATION.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, neither the Board, nor any agency re-
ceiving information from the Board, shall disclose 
voluntarily provided safety-related information if 
that information is not related to the exercise of the 
Board’s investigation authority under this Act and if 
the Board finds that the disclosure of the informa-
tion would inhibit the voluntary provision of that 
type of information. 
(b) TRAINING OF BOARD EMPLOYEES AND OTH-
ERS.—The Board may conduct training of its employees 
in those subjects necessary for the proper performance of 
investigations. The Board may also authorize attendance 
at courses given under this subsection by other govern-
ment personnel, personnel of foreign governments, and 
personnel from industry or otherwise who have a require-
ment for investigation training. The Board may require 
non-Board personnel to reimburse some or all of the train-
ing costs, and amounts so reimbursed shall be credited to 
the appropriation of the Board as offsetting collections. 
SEC. 6. REPORTS AND STUDIES. 
(a) PERIODIC REPORTS.—The Board shall report pe-
riodically to Congress, departments, agencies, and instru-
mentalities of the United States Government and State 
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and local governmental authorities concerned with the 
misuse of force by public safety departments, and other 
interested persons. The report shall— 
(1) advocate meaningful responses to reduce the 
likelihood of incidents similar to those investigated 
by the Board; and 
(2) propose recommendations for adjudication 
to the local, State and Federal Government, as well 
as the public. 
Additionally, if the Board sees fit, it can make a wide- 
range of recommendations for reforms to police proce-
dures, adjustment to local, State or Federal law, or manu-
facturing or acquisition changes related to the weapons 
and equipment issued to the police force. 
(b) STUDIES, INVESTIGATIONS, AND OTHER RE-
PORTS.—The Board also shall— 
(1) carry out special studies and investigations 
regarding law enforcement oversight; 
(2) examine techniques and methods of police 
misuse of force investigation and periodically publish 
recommended procedures for investigations; 
(3) prescribe requirements for persons reporting 
incidents that— 
(A) may be investigated by the Board 
under this Act; or 
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(B) involve public safety departments; 
(4) evaluate, examine the effectiveness of, and 
publish the findings of the Board about the trans-
portation safety consciousness of other departments, 
agencies, and instrumentalities of the government 
and their effectiveness in preventing such incidents; 
and 
(5) evaluate the adequacy of safeguards and 
procedures for the transportation of hazardous ma-
terial and the performance of other departments, 
agencies, and instrumentalities of the government 
responsible for the safe transportation of that mate-
rial. 
SEC. 7. ANNUAL REPORT. 
The Board shall submit a report to Congress on July 
1 of each year. The report shall include— 
(1) a statistical and analytical summary of all 
investigations conducted and reviewed by the Board 
during the prior calendar year; 
(2) a survey and summary of the recommenda-
tions made by the Board to reduce together with the 
observed response to each recommendation; 
(3) a detailed appraisal of the investigation and 
excessive force incident prevention activities of other 
departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the 
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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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