119-hr2240

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2240 Referred in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2240

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 19, 2025

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 AN ACT

To require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent 
 attacks against law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Improving Law Enforcement Officer 
Safety and Wellness Through Data Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) There has been a rise in anti-police rhetoric and a 
 corresponding rise in violence against law enforcement 
 officers.

    (2) In 2022, a total of 60 police officers were feloniously 
 killed in the line of duty.

    (3) Nearly 30 percent of police officer killings in 2022 
 were caused by unprovoked attacks or ambushes on officers.

    (4) Law enforcement officers bravely put themselves at risk 
 for the betterment of society.

    (5) A data collection that represents the full 
 circumstances surrounding violent attacks and ambush attacks on 
 law enforcement officers is vital for the provision of needed 
 Federal resources to Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
 officers.

    (6) Police suffer assaults and other offenses that do not 
 rise to the level of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and 
 Assaulted or National Incident-Based Reporting System reporting 
 due to the frequency of such incidents, lower risk to officers, 
 and minimal administrative resources to report such frequent 
 events.

    (7) The mental health of law enforcement officers has 
 suffered due to overwork, recruitment issues, and the general 
 stress of their work.

    (8) The people of the United States will always remember 
 the victims of these hateful attacks against law enforcement 
 officers and stand in solidarity with individuals affected by 
 these senseless tragedies and incidents of hate that have 
 affected law enforcement communities and their families.

    (9) The United States must demonstrate to its brave law 
 enforcement officers that they are important, valued, and 
 respected.

    (10) Congress has made a commitment to helping communities 
 protect the lives of their police officers, as evidenced by the 
 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act 
 of 2015 (Public Law 114-155; 130 Stat. 389) and other laws.

    (11) Subsection
            (c) of the Uniform Federal Crime Reporting 
 Act of 1988 (34 U.S.C. 41303
            (c) ) requires the Attorney General 
 to ``acquire, collect, classify, and preserve national data on 
 Federal criminal offenses as part of the Uniform Crime 
 Reports'' and requires all Federal departments and agencies 
 that investigate criminal activity to ``report details about 
 crime within their respective jurisdiction to the Attorney 
 General in a uniform matter and on a form prescribed by the 
 Attorney General''.

SEC. 3. ATTACKS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of the 
National Institute of Justice, and the Director of the Criminal Justice 
Information Services Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report 
that includes--

    (1) the number of offenders that intentionally target law 
 enforcement officers because of their status as law enforcement 
 officers;

    (2) the number of incidents reported to the Law Enforcement 
 Officers Killed and Assaulted Data Collection that occur 
 through the coordinated actions of 2 or more parties;

    (3) a description of the Federal response to ambushes and 
 violent attacks on Federal law enforcement officers;

    (4) a detailed survey of what State and local responses are 
 to ambushes and violent attacks on State and local law 
 enforcement officers;

    (5) recommendations for improving State, local, and Federal 
 responses to ambushes and violent attacks on law enforcement 
 officers;

    (6) a detailed survey of Federal and State-based training 
 programs that law enforcement officers receive in preparation 
 for violent attacks, including ambush attacks;

    (7) an analysis of the effectiveness of the programs 
 described in paragraph

    (6) in preparing law enforcement 
 officers for violent attacks, including ambush attacks;

    (8) recommendations on how to improve State, local, and 
 Federal training programs for law enforcement officers relating 
 to ambush attacks;

    (9) an analysis of, with respect to the Patrick Leahy 
 Bulletproof Vest Partnership under part Y of title I of the 
 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
 10530 et seq.)--
        (A) the efficacy of the Partnership in distributing 
 protective gear to law enforcement officers across the 
 United States, including any location-specific 
 limitations to the distribution under such Partnership; 
 and
        (B) the general limitations of the Partnership, 
 including any location-specific limitations to the 
 distributions under the Partnership, considering the 
 fact that law enforcement officers are suffering from 
 ambush attacks;

    (10) an analysis of the ability of the Department of 
 Justice to combine the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and 
 Assaulted Data Collection and a 09C Justifiable Homicide report 
 for officer-involved shooting reports and any roadblocks to 
 producing a clear report with such information;

    (11) an analysis of the ability of the Criminal Justice 
 Information Services of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to 
 expand data collection to include a suspect offender's level of 
 injury at the time of a reported Law Enforcement Officers 
 Killed and Assaulted Data Collection incident;

    (12) an analysis of the existence and extent of, and 
 reasons for, disparities in the availability and reporting of 
 data between--
        (A) data relating to ambush attacks against law 
 enforcement officers; and
        (B) other types of violent crime data; and

    (13) an analysis of any additional legislative tools or 
 authorities that may be helpful or necessary to assist in 
 deterring ambush attacks against law enforcement officers.

    (b) Development.--In developing the report required under 
subsection

    (a) , the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, the Director of the National Institute of 
Justice, and the Director of the Criminal Justice Information Services 
Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall consult relevant 
stakeholders, including--

    (1) Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforcement 
 agencies; and

    (2) nongovernmental organizations, international 
 organizations, academies, or other entities.

SEC. 4. AGGRESSION AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTING 
 REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Director of the 
National Institute of Justice, shall submit to the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives a report on--

    (1) an analysis of the ability to implement a new category 
 in the Uniform Crime Reporting System and the National 
 Incident-Based Reporting System on aggressive actions, conduct, 
 or other trauma-inducing incidents against law enforcement 
 officers that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, are not 
 reported in such systems;

    (2) the level of detail the category described in paragraph

    (1) would include and the standard of evidence that would be 
 used for any reported incidents;

    (3) an analysis of how to engage State and local law 
 enforcement agencies in reporting the data described in 
 paragraph

    (1) , despite the fact that such data is beyond the 
 standard crime-based reporting to the systems described in 
 paragraph

    (1) ;

    (4) an analysis of potential uses by the Department of 
 Justice and any component agencies of the Department of Justice 
 of the data described in paragraph

    (1) ;

    (5) an analysis of the existence and extent of, and reasons 
 for, disparities in the availability and reporting of data 
 between--
        (A) data relating to aggressive actions or other 
 trauma-inducing incidents against law enforcement 
 officers that do not rise to the level of crimes; and
        (B) other types of violent crime data; and

    (6) an analysis of additional legislative tools or 
 authorities that may be helpful or necessary to assist in 
 deterring aggressive actions, conduct, or other trauma-inducing 
 incidents against law enforcement officers.

    (b) Development.--In developing the report under subsection

    (a) , 
the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, and the Director of the National Institute of Justice 
shall consult relevant stakeholders, including--

    (1) Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforcement 
 agencies; and

    (2) nongovernmental organizations, international 
 organizations, academies, or other entities.

SEC. 5. MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Director of the 
National Institute of Justice, shall submit to the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives a report on--

    (1) the types, frequency, and severity of mental health and 
 stress-related responses of law enforcement officers to 
 aggressive actions or other trauma-inducing incidents against 
 law enforcement officers;

    (2) mental health and stress-related resources or programs 
 that are available to law enforcement officers at the Federal, 
 State, and local levels, especially peer-to-peer programs;

    (3) the extent to which law enforcement officers use the 
 resources or programs described in paragraph

    (2) ;

    (4) the availability of, or need for, mental health 
 screening within Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
 agencies; and

    (5) additional legislative tools or authorities that may be 
 helpful or necessary to assist in assessing, monitoring, and 
 improving the mental health and wellness of Federal, State, and 
 local law enforcement officers.

    (b) Development.--In developing the report required under 
subsection

    (a) , the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of the National Institute of 
Justice shall consult relevant stakeholders, including--

    (1) Federal, State, Tribal and local law enforcement 
 agencies; and

    (2) nongovernmental organizations, international 
 organizations, academies, or other entities.

 Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2025.

 Attest:

 KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

 Clerk.