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        H.R.1800

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
 To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to 
 ensure that certain information regarding prisoners is reported to the 
                            Attorney General.

    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 ``Death in Custody Reporting Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING OF INFORMATION.

    Section 20104(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13704(a)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(1)''; and
            (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
        (i) and (ii), respectively;
        (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2)'' and inserting 
    ``(B)'';
        (3) in paragraph (3)--
            (A) by striking ``(3)'' and inserting ``(C)'';
            (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
        (i) and (ii), respectively; and
            (C) by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; and
        (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(2) such State has provided assurances that it will follow 
    guidelines established by the Attorney General in reporting, on a 
    quarterly basis, information regarding the death of any person who 
    is in the process of arrest, is en route to be incarcerated, or is 
    incarcerated at a municipal or county jail, State prison, or other 
    local or State correctional facility (including any juvenile 
    facility) that, at a minimum, includes--
            ``(A) the name, gender, race, ethnicity, and age of the 
        deceased;
            ``(B) the date, time, and location of death; and
            ``(C) a brief description of the circumstances surrounding 
        the death.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.