119-hr3621

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3621 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3621

To direct the Attorney General to acquire data, for each calendar year, 
about interactions of law enforcement officers with people with mental 
 illness, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 29, 2025

 Mr. Bell (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. 
 Budzinski, Mr. Fields, and Ms. Ansari) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

To direct the Attorney General to acquire data, for each calendar year, 
about interactions of law enforcement officers with people with mental 
 illness, 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 ``Public Safety and Mental Health 
Reporting Act''.

SEC. 2. ACQUISITION OF DATA ABOUT INTERACTIONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 
 OFFICERS WITH PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.

    (a) In General.--Under the authority of 

section 534 of title 28, 
United States Code, the Attorney General, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall acquire data, for each 
calendar year, on interactions of law enforcement officers with people 
with mental illness.

    (b) Guidelines.--The Attorney General, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Assistant Secretary of 
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, shall 
establish guidelines for the collection of such data.
            (c) Uses of Data.--Data acquired under this section shall be used 
only for research or statistical purposes and may not contain any 
information that may reveal the identity of an individual victim of a 
crime.
            (d) Annual Publication.--The Attorney General shall submit to 
Congress and make publicly available an annual summary of the data 
acquired under this section.

    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions 
of this section for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2036.

    (f) 

=== Definition. ===
-The term ``mental illness'' has the meaning given 
such term in 

section 2991

    (a)

    (7) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10651

    (a)

    (7) ).
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