Arrest Statistics Reporting Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.863 | Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo (R-AL)
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Arrest Statistics Reporting Act of 2021
This bill directs U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to annually issue a public report regarding the immigration status of certain arrested persons.
Specifically, the report shall include each arrested person (1) who has been the subject of an information request from a law enforcement agency to the Law Enforcement Support Center within ICE, or (2) whose information has been forwarded under the information sharing program between the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security. For each person, the report shall include (1) the person's immigration status, (2) the person's nationality, and (3) the crime for which the person was arrested.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall (1) revise the Uniform Crime Reports to include such information in each arrest report, and (2) publish tables summarizing such information.

To require the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to 
  submit annual reports regarding certain demographic information on 
                            aliens arrested.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Arrest Statistics Reporting Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING OF INFORMATION ON ARRESTEES.

    The Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall, 
beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and annually thereafter, publish and make publicly available 
on the internet a report that includes, for each person arrested during 
the year preceding the date of the report and regarding whom a request 
was submitted to the Law Enforcement Support Center authorized under 
section 236(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1226(d)) or any potential matches forwarded under the information 
sharing program between the Department of Justice and the Department of 
Homeland Security (formerly known as ``Secure Communities''), the 
following information, when available:
            (1) The immigration status of the person.
            (2) The nationality of the person.
            (3) The offense for which the person was arrested, 
        represented by the appropriate Uniform Crime Reporting offense 
        code.

SEC. 3. REPORTING BY FBI DIRECTOR.

    The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall revise 
the Uniform Crime Reports to require that each report pertaining to an 
arrest shall include the information about the arrest published under 
section 2, and the Director shall also publish a summary of the data 
which shall include--
            (1) a table containing the Uniform Crime Reporting offense 
        codes and the corresponding occurrences for each immigration 
        status category; and
            (2) a table containing the Uniform Crime Reporting offense 
        codes and the corresponding occurrences for each nationality.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``immigration status'' includes status as--
                    (A) a United States citizen or national;
                    (B) a lawful permanent resident of the United 
                States;
                    (C) a nonimmigrant alien lawfully present in the 
                United States; or
                    (D) an alien not lawfully present in the United 
                States.
            (2) The term ``Uniform Crime Reports'' means the reports 
        authorized under section 534 of title 28, United States Code, 
        and administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which 
        compiles nationwide criminal statistics for use in law 
        enforcement administration, operation, and management and to 
        assess the nature and type of crime in the United States.
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