CADET Act

Bill: 114-hr-1810
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2015-04-15
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Criminal justice information and records

Employee performance

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

Racial and ethnic relations

Religion
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Collection and Analysis of Data to Educate and Train Law Enforcement Officers Act of 2015 or the CADET Act</strong></p> <p>Requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to revise the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident-Based Reporting System to include information pertaining to the justified and unjustified uses of force resulting in death or injury by or against law enforcement officers, including: (1) the age, race, gender, religion, and criminal history of the victim; and (2) the age, race, gender, and other relevant information relating to the officer involved, such as the number of prior officer involved shootings and uses of lethal force, the number and disposition of citizen complaints filed against the officer, and the nature and description of any disciplinary actions taken against the officer.</p> <p>Directs the Attorney General to reduce by between 10% and 25% the amount that would otherwise be awarded under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to a state or local government that fails to provide such information.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1810 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 15, 2015 Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself and Mr. Conyers ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To revise the Uniform Crime Reports, and the National Incident-Based Reporting System, to direct the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to include information in those reports pertaining to law enforcement-involved justifiable homicides, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Collection and Analysis of Data to Educate and Train Law Enforcement Officers Act of 2015 or the CADET Act . 2. Reporting of use of force by or against law enforcement officers (a) In general The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall revise the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident-Based Reporting System to include information in those reports pertaining to the justified and unjustified uses of force resulting in death or injury by or against law enforcement officers, including the following information on such a use of force: (1) The age, race, gender, religion, criminal history, if any, of the victim. (2) The age, race, gender of the officer involved in the homicide, and other relevant information relating to the officer involved such as the number of prior officer involved shootings and uses of lethal force, number and disposition of citizen complaints (formal and informal) filed against the officer and the nature and description of any disciplinary actions taken against the officer. (b) Definition For purposes of this section, 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. (c) Grant reduced In the case of a State or unit of local government that receives a grant award 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. ), if that State or unit of local government fails substantially to provide the information required under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall reduce the amount that would otherwise be awarded to that State or unit of local government under such grant program in the following fiscal year by an amount not less than 10 percent nor more than 25 percent.