[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1800 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 1800


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 25, 2000

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

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                                 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.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2000.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.