[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6217 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6217

 To require States and units of local government to have in place laws 
requiring law enforcement officers to submit reports when an individual 
is injured or killed by such a law enforcement officer in the course of 
  the officer's employment as a condition on receiving certain grant 
                    funding, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2016

  Mr. Veasey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require States and units of local government to have in place laws 
requiring law enforcement officers to submit reports when an individual 
is injured or killed by such a law enforcement officer in the course of 
  the officer's employment as a condition on receiving certain grant 
                    funding, 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 Protection Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING REPORTS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE EVENT OF 
              AN INJURY OR FATALITY.

    (a) In General.--Beginning in the first fiscal year which begins 
after the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Attorney General shall reduce by 10 percent the amount that a 
State or unit of local government would otherwise receive under a grant 
program described in subsection (b), in the case of a State or unit of 
local government which does not have in place a law requiring the 
submission of reports by State and local law enforcement officers which 
is substantially similar to the reporting requirement under section 3.
    (b) Grant Programs Described.--The grant programs described in this 
subsection are the following:
            (1) The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 
        Program under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 
        Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et 
        seq.).
            (2) The COPS ON THE BEAT grant program under part Q of 
        title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
        1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.).
            (3) The excess property program of the Department of 
        Defense under section 2576a of title 10, United States Code.
    (c) Reallocation.--Amounts not allocated under a program described 
in subsection (b) to a State or unit of local government for failure to 
be in compliance with this section shall be reallocated under that 
program to States and units of local government that are in compliance 
with this section.

SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

    (a) Requirement.--In the case that an individual is injured or 
killed by a Federal law enforcement officer while in the custody or 
control of the officer, or otherwise in the course of the law 
enforcement officer's employment--
            (1) not later than 24 hours after such injury or fatality 
        occurs, such law enforcement officer shall submit to the 
        Attorney General a report which describes, in detail, the facts 
        and circumstances surrounding such injury or fatality; and
            (2) any Federal law enforcement officer who is present at 
        the time of the injury or fatality, or is involved during the 
        12-hour period following the injury or fatality in the 
        transportation or care of the individual, or any administrative 
        procedures relating to the individual, shall, not later than 24 
        hours after the conclusion of such involvement, shall submit to 
        the Attorney General a report which describes, in detail, the 
        facts and circumstances surrounding such involvement.
    (b) Penalty.--A Federal law enforcement officer who is required to 
submit a report under subsection (a) and knowingly--
            (1) fails to submit such a report; or
            (2) submits such a report which contains false or 
        misleading information,
shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, and imprisoned for 
not less than 3 years, and not more than 5 years.
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