    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 116-143
    116th Congress

    An Act

    To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to
    provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement, 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 ``Law Enforcement Suicide Data
    Collection Act''.
    SEC. 2. <>  INFORMATION ON SUICIDE IN LAW
    ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) <>  Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after
    the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through
    the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall establish,
    for the purpose of preventing future law enforcement suicides and
    promoting understanding of suicide in law enforcement, the Law
    Enforcement Officers Suicide Data Collection Program, under which law
    enforcement agencies may submit to the Director information on suicides
    and attempted suicides within such law enforcement agencies, including
    information on--
    (1) the circumstances and events that occurred before each
    suicide or attempted suicide;
    (2) the general location of each suicide or attempted
    suicide;
    (3) the demographic information of each law enforcement
    officer who commits or attempts suicide;
    (4) the occupational category, including criminal
    investigator, corrections officer, line of duty officer, 911
    dispatch operator, of each law enforcement officer who commits
    or attempts suicide; and
    (5) the method used in each suicide or attempted suicide.

    (b) Policies.--The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall work with
    the Confidentiality and Data Access Committee of the Federal Committee
    on Statistical Methodology to develop publication policies to manage the
    risk of identity disclosure based upon the best practices identified by
    other Federal statistical programs.
    (c) <>  Report.--Not later than 2 years after
    the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney
    General, acting through the Director of the Federal Bureau of
    Investigation, shall submit to Congress and publish on the website of
    the Federal Bureau of Investigation a report containing the information
    submitted to the Director pursuant to subsection (a).

    (d) Confidentiality.--The report described under subsection (c) may
    not include any personally identifiable information of a law enforcement
    officer who commits or attempts suicide.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section--

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    (1) the term ``law enforcement agency'' means a Federal,
    State, Tribal, or local agency engaged in the prevention,
    detection, or investigation, prosecution, or adjudication of any
    violation of the criminal laws of the United States, a State,
    Tribal, or a political subdivision of a State;
    (2) the term ``law enforcement officer'' means any current
    or former officer (including a correctional officer), agent, or
    employee of the United States, a State, Indian Tribe, or a
    political subdivision of a State authorized by law to engage in
    or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or
    prosecution of any violation of the criminal laws of the United
    States, a State, Indian Tribe, or a political subdivision of a
    State; and
    (3) the term ``State'' means each of the several States, the
    District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or
    possession of the United States.

    Approved June 16, 2020.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 2746:
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    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):
    May 14, considered and passed Senate.
    May 27, considered and passed House.