Jamiel Shaw, II Memorial Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1041
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-24
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Census and government statistics

Criminal justice information and records

Government information and archives

Immigration status and procedures

Law enforcement administration and funding

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Jamiel Shaw, II Memorial Act of 2015</b></p> <p> Prohibits the payment of funds to a state or its political subdivisions&nbsp;under any program or activity administered by the Department of Homeland Security&nbsp;unless such state: (1)&nbsp;compiles statistics on each person arrested, charged, convicted of a crime, or incarcerated by such state, including the immigration status and country of origin of such persons and the crimes for which such persons were arrested, charged,&nbsp;convicted, or incarcerated; (2) reports such statistics monthly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and (3) certifies, on a monthly basis, compliance with the requirements of this Act.&nbsp; Requires each federal agency to compile similar statistics and report on such statistics monthly to the FBI.</p> <p>Requires the FBI to annually publish all statistics reported under this Act as a separate data collection of&nbsp;its Uniform Crime Reports. Defines &quot;crime&quot; for purposes of this Act. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1041 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 24, 2015 Mr. Jones introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To make payments by the Department of Homeland Security to a State contingent on a State providing the Federal Bureau of Investigation with certain statistics, to require Federal agencies, departments, and courts to provide such statistics to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and to require the Federal Bureau of Investigation to publish such statistics.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Jamiel Shaw, II Memorial Act of 2015 . 2. Payments by the Department of Homeland Security contingent on State immigration reporting (a) In general A State or any political subdivision thereof may not receive funds under any program or activity administered by the Department of Homeland Security unless the State— (1) for each person who is arrested, charged with a crime, convicted of a crime, or incarcerated after being convicted of a crime by the State or any political subdivision thereof, compiles statistics on such person, including— (A) the immigration status of such person; (B) the country of origin of such person; and (C) the crime associated with such arrest, charge, conviction, or incarceration after conviction; (2) reports such statistics monthly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and (3) monthly certifies compliance with paragraphs (1) and (2) to the Secretary of Homeland Security. (b) Effective date This section shall take effect with respect to funds made available under a program or activity administered by the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 2015. 3. Federal immigration reporting requirement (a) In general Each Federal agency and department shall— (1) for any person such agency or department arrests, charges with a crime, prosecutes to conviction of a crime, or incarcerates after conviction of a crime, compile statistics on such person, including— (A) the immigration status of such person; (B) the country of origin of such person; and (C) the crime associated with such arrest, charge, conviction, or incarceration after conviction; and (2) report such statistics monthly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (b) Effective date This section shall take effect with respect to any person arrested, charged with a crime, prosecuted to conviction of a crime, or incarcerated after conviction of a crime by a Federal agency or department on or after October 1, 2015. 4. Statistics to be published The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall annually publish all statistics reported under this Act as a separate data collection of the Uniform Crime Reports issued by such Bureau. 5. Definition In this Act, the term crime means an offense listed in Table 4 of the Uniform Crime Report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, issued pursuant to section 534(a) of title 28, United States Code.