113 HR 5889 IH: Justifiable Homicide Accuracy in Reporting Act of 2014 U.S. House of Representatives 2015-01-02 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5889 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 2, 2015 Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To revise the Uniform Crime Reports, and the National Incident-Based Reporting System, to direct the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to include information in those reports pertaining to law enforcement-involved justifiable homicides, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Justifiable Homicide Accuracy in Reporting Act of 2014.

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Reporting of law enforcement-involved justifiable homicides

(a)

In general

The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall revise the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident-Based Reporting System to include information in those reports pertaining to law enforcement-involved justifiable homicides. (b)

Definition

For purposes of this section, the term Uniform Crime Reports means the reports authorized under section 534 of title 28, United States Code, and administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which compile nationwide criminal statistics for use in law enforcement administration, operation, and management and to assess the nature and type of crime in the United States.