,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehcj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aj1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia 7for himself1 
,mr4 ,ellison1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 
,grayson1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,rangel1   
,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,ms4 ,lee of
 ,california1 and ,mr4 ,conyers7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide that 
in the case of a law enforcement officer
 who uses deadly force against a person1
 and thereby causes the death of that   
person1 a hearing shall be conducted    
before a judge to determine whether     
there is probable cause for the ,state  
to bring criminal charges against the   
law enforcement officer relating to the 
death of the person1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,grand ,jury ,reform
 ,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,findings ,the     
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,grand juries are typically used as the 

process by which allegations of police  
misconduct are prosecuted4  7#b7 ,there 
exists a symbiotic relationship between 
local prosecutors and the law           
enforcement officers who regularly      
testify in routine grand jury           
investigations4  7#c7 ,the closeness of 
this relationship creates public        
suspicion that accused police officers  
receive preferential consideration from 
grand juries when they are subject to   
grand jury investigations4  7#d7 ,police
 officers have the right to appear      
before the grand jury investigating     
allegations of wrongdoing by said       
officer1 and give testimony not subject 
to a thorough cross examination4  7#e7  
,grand jury proceedings are by law      
secret proceedings4  7#f7 ,the secret   
grand jury process has historically     
resulted in a refusal to indict when the
 subject of their investigation is a    
local law enforcement officer4  7#g7    
,the recent grand jury proceedings      
following the deaths of ,michael ,brown 

and ,eric ,garner have followed         
historical tradition1 ending with a     
refusal to indict the law enforcement   
officers involved in their deaths4  7#h7
 ,the ,american people have lost        
confidence in the secretive grand jury  
process when it is used to evaluate     
allegations of police misconduct4  7#i7 
,the loss of confidence in our system of
 justice leads to the undermining of the
 principles of equality and justice upon
 which this country was founded4  #c4   
,hearing before a judge required  7a7   
,receipt of grant funds ,in order for a 
,state or unit of local government in a 
,state to be eligible to receive        
,federal funding 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 
the ,state shall comply with the        
requirements of this section4  7b7      
,hearing requirement2 appointment of    
special prosecutor ,in the case of a law
 enforcement officer who uses deadly    

force against a person1 and thereby     
causes the death of that person1 the    
,governor of the ,state in which the    
death occurred shall appoint a special  
prosecutor to present evidence on behalf
 of the ,state at a hearing before a    
judge in the appropriate court1 in order
 to determine whether probable cause    
exists for the ,state to bring criminal 
charges against the law enforcement     
officer relating to the death of the    
person1 which determination shall be    
made by the judge4 ,the ,governor shall 
use a random process to select the      
special prosecutor from among the       
prosecutors in the ,state1 excluding the
 prosecutors of the locality in which   
the death took place4  7c7 ,written     
determination of probable cause ,the    
judge presiding over a hearing described
 in subsection 7b7 shall issue the      
determination described in subsection   
7b7 in writing1 and shall submit such   
determination to the chief prosecutor of
 the locality in which the death took   

place4  7d7 ,recommendations of the     
special prosecutor ,upon the conclusion 
of a hearing described in subsection    
7b71 the special prosecutor shall submit
 written recommendations to the chief   
prosecutor of the locality in which the 
death took place1 including a           
recommendation regarding whether        
criminal charges should be brought      
against the law enforcement officer     
relating to the death of the person4    
7e7 ,court ,to ,remain ,open to the     
,public ,in a hearing described in      
subsection 7a71 the court shall remain  
open to the public1 except as determined
 appropriate by the presiding judge4