Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act

Bill: 116-s-2746
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-10-30
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Criminal justice information and records

Government information and archives

Health information and medical records

Law enforcement officers

Mental health

Personnel records

Right of privacy

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-16
text: Became Public Law No: 116-143.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-10-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to establish a new program&#8212;the Law Enforcement Officers Suicide Data Collection Program&#8212;to prevent and understand law enforcement suicides.</p> <p>Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies may submit to the FBI, and the FBI must report on, data about suicides and attempted suicides of current and former officers. </p>

action_date: 2020-05-14
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p><b>Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to establish a new program&#8212;the Law Enforcement Officers Suicide Data Collection Program&#8212;to prevent and understand law enforcement suicides.</p> <p>Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies may submit to the FBI, and the FBI must report on, data about suicides and attempted suicides of current and former officers.</p>

action_date: 2020-05-27
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><b>Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to establish a new program&#8212;the Law Enforcement Officers Suicide Data Collection Program&#8212;to prevent and understand law enforcement suicides.</p> <p>Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies may submit to the FBI, and the FBI must report on, data about suicides and attempted suicides of current and former officers. </p>

action_date: 2020-06-16
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><b>Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to establish a new program&#8212;the Law Enforcement Officers Suicide Data Collection Program&#8212;to prevent and understand law enforcement suicides.</p> <p>Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies may submit to the FBI, and the FBI must report on, data about suicides and attempted suicides of current and former officers. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2746 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 30, 2019 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Mr. Hawley , Mr. Coons , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Durbin , and Mr. Grassley ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act . 2. Information on suicide in law enforcement (a) Establishment Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall establish, for the purpose of preventing future law enforcement suicides and promoting understanding of suicide in law enforcement, the Law Enforcement Officers Suicide Data Collection Program, under which law enforcement agencies may submit to the Director information on suicides and attempted suicides within such law enforcement agencies, including information on— (1) the circumstances and events that occurred before each suicide or attempted suicide; (2) the general location of each suicide or attempted suicide; (3) the demographic information of each law enforcement officer who commits or attempts suicide; (4) the occupational category, including criminal investigator, corrections officer, line of duty officer, 911 dispatch operator, of each law enforcement officer who commits or attempts suicide; and (5) the method used in each suicide or attempted suicide. (b) Policies The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall work with the Confidentiality and Data Access Committee of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology to develop publication policies to manage the risk of identity disclosure based upon the best practices identified by other Federal statistical programs. (c) Report Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall submit to Congress and publish on the website of the Federal Bureau of Investigation a report containing the information submitted to the Director pursuant to subsection (a). (d) Confidentiality The report described under subsection (c) may not include any personally identifiable information of a law enforcement officer who commits or attempts suicide. (e) Definitions In this section— (1) the term law enforcement agency means a Federal, State, Tribal, or local agency engaged in the prevention, detection, or investigation, prosecution, or adjudication of any violation of the criminal laws of the United States, a State, Tribal, or a political subdivision of a State; (2) the term law enforcement officer means any current or former officer (including a correctional officer), agent, or employee of the United States, a State, Indian Tribe, or a political subdivision of a State authorized by law to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of the criminal laws of the United States, a State, Indian Tribe, or a political subdivision of a State; and (3) the term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.

tv_txt: 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2746 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act . 2. Information on suicide in law enforcement (a) Establishment Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall establish, for the purpose of preventing future law enforcement suicides and promoting understanding of suicide in law enforcement, the Law Enforcement Officers Suicide Data Collection Program, under which law enforcement agencies may submit to the Director information on suicides and attempted suicides within such law enforcement agencies, including information on— (1) the circumstances and events that occurred before each suicide or attempted suicide; (2) the general location of each suicide or attempted suicide; (3) the demographic information of each law enforcement officer who commits or attempts suicide; (4) the occupational category, including criminal investigator, corrections officer, line of duty officer, 911 dispatch operator, of each law enforcement officer who commits or attempts suicide; and (5) the method used in each suicide or attempted suicide. (b) Policies The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall work with the Confidentiality and Data Access Committee of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology to develop publication policies to manage the risk of identity disclosure based upon the best practices identified by other Federal statistical programs. (c) Report Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall submit to Congress and publish on the website of the Federal Bureau of Investigation a report containing the information submitted to the Director pursuant to subsection (a). (d) Confidentiality The report described under subsection (c) may not include any personally identifiable information of a law enforcement officer who commits or attempts suicide. (e) Definitions In this section— (1) the term law enforcement agency means a Federal, State, Tribal, or local agency engaged in the prevention, detection, or investigation, prosecution, or adjudication of any violation of the criminal laws of the United States, a State, Tribal, or a political subdivision of a State; (2) the term law enforcement officer means any current or former officer (including a correctional officer), agent, or employee of the United States, a State, Indian Tribe, or a political subdivision of a State authorized by law to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of the criminal laws of the United States, a State, Indian Tribe, or a political subdivision of a State; and (3) the term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.

Passed the Senate May 14, 2020. Secretary

tv_txt: One Hundred Sixteenth Congress of the United States of America 2d Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty S. 2746 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act . 2. Information on suicide in law enforcement (a) Establishment Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall establish, for the purpose of preventing future law enforcement suicides and promoting understanding of suicide in law enforcement, the Law Enforcement Officers Suicide Data Collection Program, under which law enforcement agencies may submit to the Director information on suicides and attempted suicides within such law enforcement agencies, including information on— (1) the circumstances and events that occurred before each suicide or attempted suicide; (2) the general location of each suicide or attempted suicide; (3) the demographic information of each law enforcement officer who commits or attempts suicide; (4) the occupational category, including criminal investigator, corrections officer, line of duty officer, 911 dispatch operator, of each law enforcement officer who commits or attempts suicide; and (5) the method used in each suicide or attempted suicide. (b) Policies The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall work with the Confidentiality and Data Access Committee of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology to develop publication policies to manage the risk of identity disclosure based upon the best practices identified by other Federal statistical programs. (c) Report Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall submit to Congress and publish on the website of the Federal Bureau of Investigation a report containing the information submitted to the Director pursuant to subsection (a). (d) Confidentiality The report described under subsection (c) may not include any personally identifiable information of a law enforcement officer who commits or attempts suicide. (e) Definitions In this section— (1) the term law enforcement agency means a Federal, State, Tribal, or local agency engaged in the prevention, detection, or investigation, prosecution, or adjudication of any violation of the criminal laws of the United States, a State, Tribal, or a political subdivision of a State; (2) the term law enforcement officer means any current or former officer (including a correctional officer), agent, or employee of the United States, a State, Indian Tribe, or a political subdivision of a State authorized by law to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of the criminal laws of the United States, a State, Indian Tribe, or a political subdivision of a State; and (3) the term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.

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