,i #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #addg ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,april #i1 #bjac ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia 7for himself and ,mr4 ,conyers7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,a ,,bill ,to encourage ,states to report to the ,attorney ,general certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,death in ,custody ,reporting ,act of #bjac4 #b4 ,state information regarding individuals who die in the custody of law enforcement 7a7 ,in ,general ,for each fiscal year after the expiration of the period specified in subsection 7c77#a7 in which a ,state receives funds for a program referred to in subsection 7c77#b71 the ,state shall report to the ,attorney ,general1 on a quarterly basis and pursuant to guidelines established by the ,attorney ,general1 information regarding the death of any person who is detained1 under arrest1 or is in the process of being arrested1 is en route to be incarcerated1 or is incarcerated at a municipal or county jail1 ,state prison1 ,state-run boot camp prison1 boot camp prison that is contracted out by the ,state1 any ,state or local contract facility1 or other local or ,state correctional facility 7including any juvenile facility74 7b7 ,information required ,the report required by this section shall contain information that1 at a minimum1 includes-- 7#a7 the name1 gender1 race1 ethnicity1 and age of the deceased2 7#b7 the date1 time1 and location of death2 7#c7 the law enforcement agency that detained1 arrested1 or was in the process of arresting the deceased2 and 7#d7 a brief description of the circumstances surrounding the death4 7c7 ,compliance and ,ineligibility 7#a7 ,compliance date ,each ,state shall have not more than #abj days from the date of enactment of this ,act to comply with subsection 7a71 except that-- 7,a7 the ,attorney ,general may grant an additional #abj days to a ,state that is making good faith efforts to comply with such subsection2 and 7,b7 the ,attorney ,general shall waive the requirements of subsection 7a7 if compliance with such subsection by a ,state would be unconstitutional under the constitution of such ,state4 7#b7 ,ineligibility for funds ,for any fiscal year after the expiration of the period specified in paragraph 7#a71 a ,state that fails to comply with subsection 7a71 shall1 at the discretion of the ,attorney ,general1 be subject to not more than a #aj-percent reduction of the funds that would otherwise be allocated for that fiscal year to the ,state under subpart #a of part ,e of title ,i of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cgej et seq471 whether characterized as the ,edward ,byrne ,memorial ,state and ,local ,law ,enforcement ,assistance ,programs1 the ,local ,government ,law ,enforcement ,block ,grants ,program1 the ,edward ,byrne ,memorial ,justice ,assistance ,grant ,program1 or otherwise4 7d7 ,reallocation ,amounts not allocated under a program referred to in subsection 7c77#b7 to a ,state for failure to fully comply with subsection 7a7 shall be reallocated under that program to ,states that have not failed to comply with such subsection4 7e7 ,definitions ,in this section the terms boot camp prison and ,state have the meaning given those terms1 respectively1 in section #ija7;a7 of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cgia7;a774 7f7 ,study and report of information relating to deaths in custody 7#a7 ,study required ,the ,attorney ,general shall carry out a study of the information reported under subsection 7b7 and section #c7;a7 to-- 7,a7 determine means by which such information can be used to reduce the number of such deaths2 and 7,b7 examine the relationship1 if any1 between the number of such deaths and the actions of management of such jails1 prisons1 and other specified facilities relating to such deaths4 7#b7 ,report ,not later than #b years after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,attorney ,general shall prepare and submit to ,congress a report that contains the findings of the study required by paragraph 7#a74 #c4 ,federal law enforcement death in custody reporting requirement 7a7 ,in general ,for each fiscal year 7beginning after the date that is #abj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act71 the head of each ,federal law enforcement agency shall submit to the ,attorney ,general a report 7in such form and manner specified by the ,attorney ,general7 that contains information regarding the death of any person who is-- 7#a7 detained1 under arrest1 or is in the process of being arrested by any officer of such ,federal law enforcement agency 7or by any ,state or local law enforcement officer while participating in and for purposes of a ,federal law enforcement operation1 task force1 or any other ,federal law enforcement capacity carried out by such ,federal law enforcement agency72 or 7#b7 en route to be incarcerated or detained1 or is incarcerated or detained at-- 7,a7 any facility 7including any immigration or juvenile facility7 pursuant to a contract with such ,federal law enforcement agency2 7,b7 any ,state or local government facility used by such ,federal law enforcement agency2 or 7,c7 any ,federal correctional facility or ,federal pre-trial detention facility located within the ,united ,states4 7b7 ,information required ,each report required by this section shall include1 at a minimum1 the information required by section #b7;b74 7c7 ,study and report ,information reported under subsection 7a7 shall be analyzed and included in the study and report required by section #b7;f74