TRUST Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4117
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2015-11-19
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Congressional oversight

Crime victims

Criminal justice information and records

Law enforcement administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Tracking Reputations Upgrades Societal Trust Act of 2015 or the TRUST Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to include in the annual National Crime Victimization Survey statistics on the level of trust between law enforcement agencies and the residents they serve. </p> <p>Additionally, DOJ must submit an annual report to Congress that includes recommendations to improve levels of trust that it determines to be problematically low. <br /></p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4117 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 19, 2015 Mr. Murphy of Florida (for himself, Mr. Rangel , Ms. Norton , and Mr. Honda ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require statistics relating to community trust in law enforcement in the National Crime Victim’s Survey, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tracking Reputations Upgrades Societal Trust Act of 2015 or the TRUST Act of 2015 . 2. Required inclusion in the National Crime Victim's Survey of statistics relating to community trust in law enforcement Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, as part of each National Crime Victim's Survey, the Attorney General shall include statistics relating to the level of trust by the residents of a State or unit of local government in each law enforcement agency that serves that jurisdiction. 3. Report to Congress Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report that includes recommendations of the Attorney General on actions that may be taken to improve the level of trust by residents of a State or unit of local government in law enforcement agencies serving that jurisdiction, if the results of the statistics required to be included in the National Crime Victim's Survey by section 2 of this Act indicate that such level of trust is, in the determination of the Attorney General, problematically low.