119-hr1240

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1240 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1240

 To require the Attorney General to issue rules pertaining to the 
 collection and compilation of data on the use of deadly force by law 
 enforcement officers.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 12, 2025

 Mr. Cohen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To require the Attorney General to issue rules pertaining to the 
 collection and compilation of data on the use of deadly force by law 
 enforcement officers.

 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 ``National Statistics on Deadly Force 
Transparency Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ISSUE REGULATIONS.

    (a) Regulations.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with 
stakeholders, including Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
agencies and community, professional, research, and civil rights 
organizations, shall issue regulations for the collection and 
compilation of data pertaining to the use of deadly force by Federal, 
State, or local law enforcement officers.

    (b) Requirements.--The regulations issued under subsection

    (a) shall--

    (1) require the collection of data on all instances wherein 
 deadly force was used by a Federal, State, or local law 
 enforcement officer;

    (2) require that the data collected shall--
        (A) include identifying characteristics of the 
 person who was the target of the use of deadly force 
 and the officer who used deadly force, including--
            (i) race or ethnicity;
            (ii) gender;
            (iii) approximate age; and
            (iv) the actual or perceived religious 
 affiliation;
        (B) include the date, time, and location of such 
 use of deadly force;
            (C) include the alleged criminal activity of the 
 person who was the target of the use of deadly force;
            (D) include the nature of the deadly force used, 
 including the use of a firearm;
        (E) include an explanation, if any, from the 
 relevant law enforcement agency on why deadly force was 
 used;
        (F) include a copy of any use of deadly force 
 guidelines in effect at the relevant law enforcement 
 agency at the time deadly force was used;
        (G) include a description of any non-lethal efforts 
 employed to apprehend or subdue the person who was the 
 target of the use of deadly force before deadly force 
 was used; and
        (H) not include personally identifiable information 
 described in 

section 4;

    (3) provide that a standardized form shall be made 
 available to law enforcement agencies for the submission of 
 data collected pursuant to this Act to the Department of 
 Justice;

    (4) require that law enforcement agencies compile data 
 using the standardized form made available under paragraph

    (3) , 
 and submit the form to the Department of Justice Bureau of 
 Justice Statistics and any other component of the Department of 
 Justice that the Attorney General determines appropriate; and

    (5) require that law enforcement agencies shall maintain 
 all data collected under this Act for not less than 4 years.

SEC. 3. DUTIES OF THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS.

 The Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics shall 
provide to Congress and make available to the public the data collected 
pursuant to this Act, excluding any personally identifiable information 
described in 

section 4.

SEC. 4. LIMITATIONS ON PUBLICATION OF DATA.

 The name or identifying information of a law enforcement officer, 
person who was the target of the use of deadly force, or any other 
individual involved in any activity for which data is collected and 
compiled under this Act shall not be--

    (1) released to the public;

    (2) disclosed to any person, except for--
        (A) such disclosures as are necessary to comply 
 with this Act;
        (B) disclosures of information regarding a 
 particular person to that person; or
            (C) disclosures pursuant to litigation; or

    (3) subject to disclosure under 

section 552 of title 5, 
 United States Code (commonly known as the Freedom of 
 Information Act), except for disclosures of information 
 regarding a particular person to that person.

SEC. 5. BYRNE JAG GRANT REDUCED FOR FAILURE TO REPORT.

 In the case of a State or unit of local government that received 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 comply with 
the requirement under 

section 2 for a fiscal year, 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 10 percent.
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