,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dddj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bj1      
#bjai,mr4 ,cohen 7for himself and ,ms4  
,norton7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish
 protocols for the investigation of uses
 of deadly force by ,federal law        
enforcement officers1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,deadly ,force      
,independent ,review ,act of #bjai4  #b4
 ,protocol for investigation of use of  
deadly force by ,federal law enforcement
 officer ,each ,federal law enforcement 
agency shall establish a protocol for   
investigating any use of deadly force   
and shall commence such an investigation
 on each occasion that an officer of    
that agency uses deadly force4  #c4     
,role of inspectors general  7a7 ,review
 of agency investigations ,if the       
investigation is not conducted by the   
inspector general for that agency then  

the inspector general shall conduct an  
independent review of the findings to   
verify that the investigation was       
sufficiently thorough1 complied with the
 protocols1 and that the findings were  
adequately supported by the evidence4   
,if the investigation uncovers any      
wrongdoing1 the findings will be        
reported to proper authorities for      
appropriate disciplinary action1        
including prosecution in the case of any
 criminal activity4  7b7 ,council ,to   
establish uniform procedures ,the       
,council of ,inspectors ,general on     
,integrity and ,efficiency shall        
establish a uniform1 ,governmentwide    
methodology for the reporting of any    
incident regarding the use of deadly    
force by an officer of a ,federal law   
enforcement agency and develop uniform1 
,governmentwide guidelines for the      
investigation of such uses of deadly    
force4  #d4 ,report  7a7 ,in general    
,the ,council of ,inspectors ,general   
shall submit a report each calendar     

quarter including a description of all  
instances of the use of deadly force by 
an officer of a ,federal law enforcement
 agency1 including any referrals for    
criminal prosecution1 to--  7#a7 the    
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform of 
the ,house of ,representatives2  7#b7   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs of the       
,senate2  7#c7 the ,committees on the   
,judiciary of the ,senate and of the    
,house of ,representatives2 and  7#d7   
the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united
 ,states4  7b7 ,data collection ,the    
data collected and reported on under    
subsection 7a7 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--  7,a7 race or 
ethnicity2  7,b7 gender2  7,c7          
approximate age2 and  7,d7 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 #e4    
#e4 ,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