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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2676 
To require States to report to the Attorney General certain information 
regarding use of force incidents involving law enforcement officers and 
civilians, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 25, 2017 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require States to report to the Attorney General certain 
information regarding use of force incidents involving 
law enforcement officers and civilians, 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 Reporting Infor-
mation, Data, and Evidence Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘PRIDE 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) 
BYRNE
GRANT
PROGRAM.—The 
term 
‘‘Byrne grant program’’ means any grant program 
under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), without regard to whether the 
funds are characterized as being made available 
under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local 
Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, the Local 
Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Pro-
gram, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assist-
ance Grant Program, or otherwise. 
(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 901 of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3791). 
(3) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The term 
‘‘law enforcement officer’’ means any officer, agent, 
or employee of a State, unit of local government, or 
Indian tribe authorized by law or by a government 
agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, de-
tection, or investigation of any violation of criminal 
law. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 901 of title I of the 
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Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3791). 
(5) USE OF FORCE.—The term ‘‘use of force’’ 
includes the use of a firearm, Taser, explosive de-
vice, chemical agent (such as pepper spray), baton, 
impact projectile, blunt instrument, hand, fist, foot, 
canine, or vehicle against an individual. 
SEC. 3. USE OF FORCE REPORTING. 
(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first fiscal 
year beginning after the date of enactment of this 
Act and each fiscal year thereafter in which a State 
or Indian tribe receives funds under a Byrne grant 
program, the State or Indian tribe shall— 
(A) report to the Attorney General, on a 
quarterly basis and pursuant to guidelines es-
tablished by the Attorney General, information 
regarding— 
(i) any incident involving the shooting 
of a civilian by a law enforcement officer 
who is employed— 
(I) in the case of an Indian tribe, 
by the Indian tribe; or 
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(II) in the case of a State, by the 
State or by a unit of local government 
in the State; 
(ii) any incident involving the shooting 
of a law enforcement officer described in 
clause (i) by a civilian; and 
(iii) any incident in which use of force 
by or against a law enforcement officer de-
scribed in clause (i) occurs, which is not 
reported under clause (i) or (ii); 
(B) establish a system and a set of policies 
to ensure that all use of force incidents are re-
ported by law enforcement officers; and 
(C) submit to the Attorney General a plan 
for the collection of data required to be re-
ported under this section, including any modi-
fications to a previously submitted data collec-
tion plan. 
(2) REPORT INFORMATION REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The report required 
under paragraph (1)(A) shall contain informa-
tion that includes, at a minimum— 
(i) the national origin, sex, race, eth-
nicity, age, physical disability, mental dis-
ability, English language proficiency, hous-
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ing status, and school status of each civil-
ian against whom a law enforcement offi-
cer used force; 
(ii) the date, time, and location, in-
cluding zip code, of the incident and 
whether the jurisdiction in which the inci-
dent occurred allows for the open-carry or 
concealed-carry of a firearm; 
(iii) whether the civilian was armed, 
and, if so, the type of weapon the civilian 
had; 
(iv) the type of force used against the 
officer, the civilian, or both, including the 
types of weapons used; 
(v) the reason force was used; 
(vi) a description of any injuries sus-
tained as a result of the incident; 
(vii) the number of officers involved in 
the incident; 
(viii) the number of civilians involved 
in the incident; and 
(ix) a brief description regarding the 
circumstances surrounding the incident, 
which shall include information on— 
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(I) the type of force used by all 
involved persons; 
(II) the legitimate police objective 
necessitating the use of force; 
(III) the resistance encountered 
by each law enforcement officer in-
volved in the incident; 
(IV) the efforts by law enforce-
ment officers to— 
(aa) de-escalate the situation 
in order to avoid the use of force; 
or 
(bb) minimize the level of 
force used; and 
(V) if applicable, the reason why 
efforts described in subclause (IV) 
were not attempted. 
(B) INCIDENTS REPORTED UNDER DEATH 
IN CUSTODY REPORTING ACT.—A State is not 
required to include in a report under subsection 
(a)(1) an incident reported by the State in ac-
cordance with section 20104(a)(2) of the Vio-
lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13704(a)(2)). 
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(3) AUDIT OF USE-OF-FORCE REPORTING.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, and each year thereafter, each State and Indian 
tribe described in paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) conduct an audit of the use of force in-
cident reporting system required to be estab-
lished under paragraph (1)(B); and 
(B) submit a report to the Attorney Gen-
eral on the audit conducted under subpara-
graph (A). 
(4) COMPLIANCE PROCEDURE.—Prior to sub-
mitting a report under paragraph (1)(A), the State 
or Indian tribe submitting such report shall compare 
the information compiled to be reported pursuant to 
clause (i) of paragraph (1)(A) to open-source data 
records, and shall revise such report to include any 
incident determined to be missing from the report 
based on such comparison. Failure to comply with 
the procedures described in the previous sentence 
shall be considered a failure to comply with the re-
quirements of this section. 
(b) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal year in which 
a State or Indian tribe fails to comply with this sec-
tion, the State or Indian tribe, at the discretion of 
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the Attorney General, shall be subject to not more 
than a 10-percent reduction of the funds that would 
otherwise be allocated for that fiscal year to the 
State or Indian tribe under a Byrne grant program. 
(2) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated 
under a Byrne grant program in accordance with 
paragraph (1) to a State for failure to comply with 
this section shall be reallocated under the Byrne 
grant program to States that have not failed to com-
ply with this section. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DATA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and each year 
thereafter, the Attorney General shall publish, and 
make available to the public, a report containing the 
data reported to the Attorney General under this 
section. 
(2) PRIVACY
PROTECTIONS.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to supersede the re-
quirements or limitations under section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (commonly known as the 
‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’). 
(d) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in 
coordination with the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
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Investigation, shall issue guidance on best practices relat-
ing to establishing standard data collection systems that 
capture the information required to be reported under sub-
section (a)(2), which shall include standard and consistent 
definitions for terms, including the term ‘‘use of force’’ 
which is consistent with the definition of such term in sec-
tion 2. 
SEC. 4. COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNER-
SHIP GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
may make grants to eligible law enforcement agencies to 
be used for the activities described in subsection (c). 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section a law enforcement agency 
shall— 
(1) be located in a State or Indian tribe that 
receives funds under a Byrne grant program; 
(2) employ not more than 100 law enforcement 
officers; 
(3) demonstrate that the use of force policy for 
law enforcement officers employed by the law en-
forcement agency is publicly available; and 
(4) establish and maintain a reporting system 
that may be used by members of the public to report 
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incidents of use of force to the law enforcement 
agency. 
(c) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—A grant made under 
this section may be used by a law enforcement agency 
for— 
(1) the cost of assisting the State or Indian 
tribe in which the law enforcement agency is located 
in complying with the reporting requirements de-
scribed in section 3; 
(2) the cost of establishing necessary systems 
required to investigate and report incidents as re-
quired under subsection (b)(4); 
(3) public awareness campaigns designed to 
gain information from the public on use of force by 
or against law enforcement officers, including shoot-
ings, which may include tip lines, hotlines, and pub-
lic service announcements; and 
(4) use of force training for law enforcement 
agencies and personnel, including training on de-es-
calation, implicit bias, crisis intervention techniques, 
and adolescent development. 
SEC. 5. COMPLIANCE WITH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, 
the Attorney General shall conduct an audit and review 
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of the information provided under this Act to determine 
whether each State or Indian tribe described in section 
3(a)(1) is in compliance with the requirements of this Act. 
(b) CONSISTENCY IN DATA REPORTING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any data reported under 
this Act shall be collected and reported in a manner 
consistent with existing programs of the Department 
of Justice that collect data on law enforcement offi-
cer encounters with civilians. 
(2) 
GUIDELINES.—The 
Attorney 
General 
shall— 
(A) issue guidelines on the reporting re-
quirement under section 3; and 
(B) seek public comment before finalizing 
the guidelines required under subparagraph 
(A). 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attor-
ney General such sums as are necessary to carry out this 
Act. 
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