,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aai  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,mr4 ,cohen 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,connolly1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4         
,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,ms4 ,jackson
 ,lee1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,johnson of  
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,ms4 ,lee of    
,california1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,norton1 
,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,rush1
 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 and   
,mr4 ,vargas7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to require the ,attorney ,general to   
issue rules pertaining to the collection
 and compilation of data on the use of  
deadly force by law enforcement         
officers4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,national           
,statistics on ,deadly ,force           
,transparency ,act of #bjai4  #b4       
,attorney general to issue regulations  
7a7 ,regulations ,not later than #f     
months after the date of enactment of   

this ,act1 the ,attorney ,general1 in   
consultation with stakeholders1         
including ,federal1 ,state1 and local   
law enforcement agencies and community1 
professional1 research1 and civil rights
 organizations1 shall issue regulations 
for the collection and compilation of   
data pertaining to the use of deadly    
force by ,federal1 ,state1 or local law 
enforcement officers4  7b7 ,requirements
 ,the regulations issued under          
subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7 require the 
collection of data on all instances     
wherein deadly force was used by a      
,federal1 ,state1 or local law          
enforcement officer2  7#b7 require that 
the data collected shall-- 7,a7 include 
identifying characteristics of the      
person who was the target of the use of 
deadly force and the officer who used   
deadly force1 including--  7i7 race or  
ethnicity2  7ii7 gender2  7iii7         
approximate age2 and  7iv7 the actual or
 perceived religious affiliation2  7,b7 
include the date1 time1 and location of 

such use of deadly force2  7,c7 include 
the alleged criminal activity of the    
person who was the target of the use of 
deadly force2  7,d7 include the nature  
of the deadly force used1 including the 
use of a firearm2  7,e7 include an      
explanation1 if any1 from the relevant  
law enforcement agency on why deadly    
force was used2  7,f7 include a copy of 
any use of deadly force guidelines in   
effect at the relevant law enforcement  
agency at the time deadly force was     
used2  7,g7 include a description of any
 non-lethal efforts employed to         
apprehend or subdue the person who was  
the target of the use of deadly force   
before deadly force was used2 and  7,h7 
not include personally identifiable     
information described in section #d2    
7#c7 provide that a standardized form   
shall be made available to law          
enforcement agencies for the submission 
of data collected pursuant to this ,act 
to the ,department of ,justice2  7#d7   
require that law enforcement agencies   

compile data using the standardized form
 made available under paragraph 7#c71   
and submit the form to the ,department  
of ,justice ,bureau of ,justice         
,statistics and any other component of  
the ,department of ,justice that the    
,attorney ,general determines           
appropriate2 and  7#e7 require that law 
enforcement agencies shall maintain all 
data collected under this ,act for not  
less than #d years4  #c4 ,duties of the 
bureau of justice statistics ,the       
,department of ,justice ,bureau of      
,justice ,statistics shall provide to   
,congress and make available to the     
public the data collected pursuant to   
this ,act1 excluding any personally     
identifiable information described in   
section #d4  #d4 ,limitations on        
publication of data ,the name or        
identifying information of a law        
enforcement officer1 person who was the 
target of the use of deadly force1 or   
any other individual involved in any    
activity for which data is collected and

 compiled under this ,act shall not be--
  7#a7 released to the public2  7#b7    
disclosed to any person1 except for--   
7,a7 such disclosures as are necessary  
to comply with this ,act2  7,b7         
disclosures of information regarding a  
particular person to that person2 or    
7,c7 disclosures pursuant to litigation2
 or  7#c7 subject to disclosure under   
section #eeb of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code 7commonly known as the    
,freedom of ,information ,act71 except  
for disclosures of information regarding
 a particular person to that person4    
#e4 ,byrne ,,jag grant reduced for      
failure to report ,in the case of a     
,state or unit of local government that 
received a grant award 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 
if that ,state or unit of local         
government fails substantially to comply
 with the requirement under section #b  
for a fiscal year1 the ,attorney        

,general shall reduce the amount that   
would otherwise be awarded to that      
,state or unit of local government under
 such grant program in the following    
fiscal year by #aj percent4