,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gadd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #h1 #bjbj,ms4  
,velzquez 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,mfume1    
,mr4 ,ryan1 and ,mr4 ,carson of         
,indiana7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
prohibit the reckless use of excessive  
force under the color of law1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,law           
,enforcement ,oversight and ,reform ,act
 of #bjbj4  #b4 ,prohibition on         
excessive force1 respiratory chokeholds 
under the color of law  7a7 ,in general 
,chapter #ac of title #ah1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #bej4 ,excessive
 force under the color of law  7a7 ,in  
general ,whoever1 being a law           
enforcement officer1 under color of any 
law1 statute1 ordinance1 regulation1 or 
custom1 subjects any person in any      

,state1 ,territory1 ,commonwealth1      
,possession1 or ,district1 recklessly   
subjects any person to force in         
violation of the ,fourth ,amendment's   
prohibition against unreasonable        
seizures1 shall be punished as provided 
in subsection 7c74  7b7 ,chokeholds ,a  
respiratory chokehold shall not be      
considered force that is reasonably     
necessary under subsection 7a74  7c7    
,punishment  7#a7 ,in general ,the      
punishment for an offense under this    
section is a fine of not less than      
#aj1jjj1 imprisonment under paragraph   
7#b71 or both4  7#b7 ,term of           
imprisonment ,the term of imprisonment  
for an offense under this section is--  
7,a7 if death results1 for any term of  
years or for life1 but no less than #aj 
years2  7,b7 if serious bodily injury   
other than death results1 for not more  
than #aj years1 but no less than #e     
years2 and  7,c7 in any other case1 for 
not more than #c years1 but no less than
 one year4  7d7 ,rule of construction   

,nothing in this section shall be       
construed to limit the ,attorney        
,general's responsibilities or provision
 of relief under section #bajdja of the 
,violent ,crime ,control and ,law       
,enforcement ,act of #aiid 7#cd         
,u4,s4,c4 #abfja74  7e7 ,definition ,the
 term law enforcement officer-- 7#a7    
means an official empowered by law to   
conduct investigations of1 to make      
arrests for1 or to detain individuals   
suspected or convicted of1 criminal or  
civil offenses2 and  7#b7 includes an   
official ordered to perform a function  
described in paragraph 7#a7 by a        
superior empowered to do so under law1  
or by ,executive order4  7f7 ,report ,on
 the date that is one year after the    
date of enactment of this section1 and  
annually thereafter1 the ,attorney      
,general shall submit to the ,committees
 on the ,judiciary of the ,house of     
,representatives and of the ,senate a   
report that includes a description of   
and the number of convictions under this

 section during the previous year4  4   
7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of   
sections for chapter #ac of title #ah is
 amended by adding after the item       
related to section #bdi the following3  
#bej4 ,excessive force under the color  
of law4  4  #c4 ,application to ,states 
7a7 ,in general ,a ,state or unit of    
local government may not receive funds  
that the jurisdiction would otherwise   
receive under subpart #a of part ,e of  
title ,i of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control
 and ,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd  
,u4,s4,c4 #ajaea et seq47 for any fiscal
 year in which the jurisdiction does not
 have in place a law that is consistent 
with section #bej of title #ah1 ,united 
,states ,code1 as determined by the     
,attorney ,general4  7b7 ,subsequent    
enactment after denial of funds ,in the 
case that funds are withheld from a     
,state or other jurisdiction pursuant to
 subsection 7a71 and the ,state or other
 jurisdiction subsequently enacts or    
puts in place a law described in        

subsection 7a71 and demonstrates        
substantial efforts to enforce such law1
 the ,state or other jurisdiction shall 
be eligible1 in the subsequent fiscal   
year1 to receive the total amount that  
the ,state or other jurisdiction would  
have received in each fiscal year for   
which funds were withheld1 not to exceed
 funds that the jurisdiction would have 
received during the previous #b-year    
period4  7c7 ,application ,this section 
shall apply beginning in the first      
fiscal year that begins after the date  
that is one year after the date of the  
enactment of this ,act4  7d7 ,rulemaking
 ,not later than #cj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,attorney ,general shall publish in the 
,federal ,register interim final rules  
implementing this section4 ,the         
,attorney ,general shall finalize such  
rules not later than #ij days after the 
date of publication of the interim final
 rules4