United States to the designated place of the hearing. 
A witness summoned under this subsection is enti-
tled to the same fee and mileage the witness would 
have been paid in a court of the United States. 
(3) A subpoena shall be issued under the signa-
ture of the Chairman or the Chairman’s delegate but 
may be served by any person designated by the 
Chairman. 
(4) If a person disobeys a subpoena, order, or 
inspection notice of the Board, the Board may bring 
a civil action in a district court of the United States 
to enforce the subpoena, order, or notice. An action 
under this paragraph may be brought in the judicial 
district in which the person against whom the action 
is brought resides, is found, or does business. The 
court may punish a failure to obey an order of the 
court to comply with the subpoena, order, or notice 
as a contempt of court. 
(b) ADDITIONAL POWERS.— 
(1) The Board may— 
(A) procure the temporary or intermittent 
services of experts or consultants under section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
(B) make agreements and other trans-
actions necessary to carry out this Act without 
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regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes 
(41 U.S.C. 5); 
(C) use, when appropriate, available serv-
ices, equipment, personnel, and facilities of a 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States Government on a reimbursable or 
other basis; 
(D) confer with employees and use serv-
ices, records, and facilities of State and local 
governmental authorities; 
(E) appoint advisory committees composed 
of qualified private citizens and officials of the 
Government and State and local governments 
as appropriate; 
(F) accept voluntary and uncompensated 
services notwithstanding another law; 
(G) accept gifts of money and other prop-
erty; 
(H) make contracts with nonprofit entities 
to carry out studies related to duties and pow-
ers of the Board; and 
(I) negotiate and enter into agreements 
with individuals and private entities and depart-
ments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the 
Government, State and local governments, and 
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governments of foreign countries for the provi-
sion of facilities, incident-related and technical 
services or training in police misuse of force in-
vestigation theory and techniques, and require 
that such entities provide appropriate consider-
ation for the reasonable costs of any facilities, 
goods, services, or training provided by the 
Board. 
(2) The Board shall deposit in the Treasury 
amounts received under paragraph (1)(I) of this 
subsection to be credited as offsetting collections to 
the appropriation of the Board. The Board shall 
maintain an annual record of collections received 
under paragraph (1)(I) of this subsection. 
(c) SUBMISSION
OF CERTAIN COPIES
TO CON-
GRESS.—When the Board submits to the President or the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget a budg-
et estimate, budget request, supplemental budget esti-
mate, other budget information, a legislative recommenda-
tion, prepared testimony for congressional hearings, or 
comments on legislation, the Board must submit a copy 
to Congress at the same time. An officer, department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the Government may not re-
quire the Board to submit the estimate, request, informa-
tion, recommendation, testimony, or comments to another 
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officer, department, agency, or instrumentality of the Gov-
ernment for approval, comment, or review before being 
submitted to Congress. The Board shall develop and ap-
prove a process for the Board’s review and comment or 
approval of documents submitted to the President, Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget, or Congress 
under this subsection. 
(d) LIAISON COMMITTEES.—The Chairman may de-
termine the number of committees that are appropriate 
to maintain effective liaison with other departments, agen-
cies, and instrumentalities of the Government, State and 
local governmental authorities, and independent standard- 
setting authorities that carry out programs and activities 
related to misuse of force by law enforcement officers. The 
Board may designate representatives to serve on or assist 
those committees. 
(e) INQUIRIES.—The Board, or an officer or em-
ployee of the Board designated by the Chairman, may con-
duct an inquiry to obtain information related to police mis-
use of force after publishing notice of the inquiry in the 
Federal Register. The Board or designated officer or em-
ployee may require by order a department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the Government, a State or local govern-
mental authority, or a person transporting individuals or 
property in commerce to submit to the Board a written 
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report and answers to requests and questions related to 
a duty or power of the Board. The Board may prescribe 
the time within which the report and answers must be 
given to the Board or to the designated officer or em-
ployee. Copies of the report and answers shall be made 
available for public inspection. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—The Board may prescribe regula-
tions to carry out this Act. 
(g) OVERTIME PAY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the requirements 
of this section and notwithstanding paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of section 5542(a) of title 5, for an employee 
of the Board whose basic pay is at a rate which 
equals or exceeds the minimum rate of basic pay for 
GS–10 of the General Schedule, the Board may es-
tablish an overtime hourly rate of pay for the em-
ployee with respect to work performed at the scene 
of an incident (including travel to or from the scene) 
and other work that is critical to an incident inves-
tigation in an amount equal to one and one-half 
times the hourly rate of basic pay of the employee. 
All of such amount shall be considered to be pre-
mium pay. 
(2) LIMITATION ON OVERTIME PAY TO AN EM-
PLOYEE.—An employee of the Board may not re-
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ceive overtime pay under paragraph (1), for work 
performed in a calendar year, in an amount that ex-
ceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay of 
the employee for such calendar year. 
(3) LIMITATION ON TOTAL AMOUNT OF OVER-
TIME PAY.—The Board may not make overtime pay-
ments under paragraph (1) for work performed in 
any fiscal year in a total amount that exceeds 1.5 
percent of the amount appropriated to carry out this 
Act for that fiscal year. 
(4) BASIC PAY DEFINED.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘‘basic pay’’ includes any applicable local-
ity-based comparability payment under section 5304 
of title 5 (or similar provision of law) and any spe-
cial rate of pay under section 5305 of title 5 (or 
similar provision of law). 
(5) ANNUAL
REPORT.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2022, the Board shall submit to the 
House Committees on the Judiciary and Oversight 
and Reform and Senate Committees on the Judici-
ary and Homeland Security and Government Affairs 
a report identifying the total amount of overtime 
payments made under this subsection in the pre-
ceding fiscal year, and the number of employees 
whose overtime pay under this subsection was lim-
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ited in that fiscal year as a result of the 15 percent 
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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shall be an employee of the Board and shall be re-
sponsible for acting as a point of contact within the 
Federal Government for civilians and the families of 
civilians involved in the incident; and 
(2) designate an independent nonprofit organi-
zation, with experience in post trauma communica-
tion with civilians and families, which shall have pri-
mary responsibility for coordinating the emotional 
care and support of civilians or the families of civil-
ians involved in the incident. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF DESIGNATED ORGANIZA-
TION.—The organization designated for an incident under 
subsection (a)(2) shall have the following responsibilities 
with respect to the civilians and families of civilians in-
volved in the incident: 
(1) To provide mental health and counseling 
services. 
(2) To take such actions as may be necessary 
to provide an environment in which the civilians and 
families may grieve in private. 
(3) To meet with the families who have traveled 
to the location of the incident, to contact the fami-
lies unable to travel to such location, and to contact 
all affected civilians and families periodically there-
after until such time as the organization, in con-
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