[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4249 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4249

To provide an increased Federal capability for civil investigations and 
   litigation, regarding alleged police, prosecutorial, or judicial 
  misconduct, under section 210401 the Violent Crime Control and Law 
            Enforcement Act of 1994, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 15, 2015

    Mr. Johnson of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide an increased Federal capability for civil investigations and 
   litigation, regarding alleged police, prosecutorial, or judicial 
  misconduct, under section 210401 the Violent Crime Control and Law 
            Enforcement Act of 1994, 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 ``Police Agency Investigation 
Improvement Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED FEDERAL CAPABILITY FOR CIVIL INVESTIGATIONS AND 
              LITIGATION, REGARDING ALLEGED POLICE, PROSECUTORIAL, OR 
              JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT, UNDER SECTION 210401 THE VIOLENT 
              CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1994.

    Section 210401 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14141) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(c) Increased Capability for Civil Investigations and Litigation 
Regarding Alleged Police, Prosecutorial, or Judicial Misconduct.--
            ``(1) Office of police agency investigations.--For the 
        purpose of investigations and litigation under this section 
        regarding alleged police, prosecutorial, or judicial 
        misconduct, the Attorney General shall create within the 
        Special Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division of the 
        Department of Justice an `Office of Police Agency 
        Investigations'.
            ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--For fiscal year 
        2016 and each of the succeeding 4 fiscal years, there are 
        authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for investigations 
        and litigation under this section regarding alleged police, 
        prosecutorial, or judicial misconduct.''.

SEC. 3. USE OF COPS FUNDS AND AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO 
              ADDRESS POLICE, PROSECUTORIAL, AND JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT.

    (a) Use of Funds.--Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (16), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (17) as paragraph (18); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:
            ``(17) to comply with a judgment or a consent decree to 
        which the recipient of the grant under this section is subject 
        pursuant to an action brought by the Attorney General under 
        section 210401 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
        Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14141) regarding alleged police, 
        prosecutorial, or judicial misconduct; and''.
    (b) Availability of Additional Funds.--Section 1701 of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)), as 
amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(l) Availability of Additional Funds To Address Police, 
Prosecutorial, and Judicial Misconduct.--
            ``(1) Authorization.--A recipient of a grant under this 
        section that is subject to a judgment or a consent decree 
        pursuant to an action brought by the Attorney General under 
        section 210401 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
        Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14141) regarding alleged police, 
        prosecutorial, or judicial misconduct may submit to the 
        Attorney General an application to receive additional funds 
        under this subsection at such time, and containing such 
        information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
            ``(2) Use of funds.--Any amount received under this 
        subsection shall be used to comply with such judgment or 
        consent decree.
            ``(3) Amount of funds.--A grant of additional funds made 
        under this subsection shall be in an amount that is equal to 
        not more than 50 percent of the amount of the grant that the 
        recipient otherwise receives under this section.
            ``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 
        through 2020 to carry out this subsection.''.
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