118THCONGRESS
2
DSESSION H. R. 7581
AN ACT
To require the Attorney General to develop reports relating
to violent attacks against law enforcement officers, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Law En-2
forcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act 3
of 2024’’. 4
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 5
Congress finds the following: 6
(1) There has been a rise in anti-police rhetoric 7
and a corresponding rise in violence against law en-8
forcement officers. 9
(2) In 2022, a total of 60 police officers were 10
feloniously killed in the line of duty. 11
(3) Nearly 30 percent of police officer killings 12
in 2022 were caused by unprovoked attacks or am-13
bushes on officers. 14
(4) Law enforcement officers bravely put them-15
selves at risk for the betterment of society. 16
(5) A data collection that represents the full 17
circumstances surrounding violent attacks and am-18
bush attacks on law enforcement officers is vital for 19
the provision of needed Federal resources to Fed-20
eral, State, and local law enforcement officers. 21
(6) Police suffer assaults and other offenses 22
that do not rise to the level of Law Enforcement Of-23
ficers Killed and Assaulted or National Incident- 24
Based Reporting System reporting due to the fre-25
quency of such incidents, lower risk to officers, and 26 3
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minimal administrative resources to report such fre-1
quent events. 2
(7) The mental health of law enforcement offi-3
cers has suffered due to overwork, recruitment 4
issues, and the general stress of their work. 5
(8) The people of the United States will always 6
remember the victims of these hateful attacks 7
against law enforcement officers and stand in soli-8
darity with individuals affected by these senseless 9
tragedies and incidents of hate that have affected 10
law enforcement communities and their families. 11
(9) The United States must demonstrate to its 12
brave law enforcement officers that they are impor-13
tant, valued, and respected. 14
(10) Congress has made a commitment to help-15
ing communities protect the lives of their police offi-16
cers, as evidenced by the Bulletproof Vest Partner-17
ship Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 18
(Public Law 114–155; 130 Stat. 389) and other 19
laws. 20
(11) Subsection (c) of the Uniform Federal 21
Crime Reporting Act of 1988 (34 U.S.C. 41303(c)) 22
requires the Attorney General to ‘‘acquire, collect, 23
classify, and preserve national data on Federal 24
criminal offenses as part of the Uniform Crime Re-25 4
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ports’’ and requires all Federal departments and 1
agencies that investigate criminal activity to ‘‘report 2
details about crime within their respective jurisdic-3
tion to the Attorney General in a uniform matter 4
and on a form prescribed by the Attorney General’’. 5
SEC. 3. ATTACKS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS RE-6
PORTING REQUIREMENT. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 8
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in 9
consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of 10
Investigation, the Director of the National Institute of 11
Justice, and the Director of the Criminal Justice Informa-12
tion Services Division of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-13
tion, shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of 14
the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 15
House of Representatives a report that includes— 16
(1) the number of offenders that intentionally 17
target law enforcement officers because of their sta-18
tus as law enforcement officers; 19
(2) the number of incidents reported to the 20
Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted 21
Data Collection that occur through the coordinated 22
actions of 2 or more parties; 23 5
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(3) a description of the Federal response to am-1
bushes and violent attacks on Federal law enforce-2
ment officers; 3
(4) a detailed survey of what State and local re-4
sponses are to ambushes and violent attacks on 5
State and local law enforcement officers; 6
(5) recommendations for improving State, local, 7
and Federal responses to ambushes and violent at-8
tacks on law enforcement officers; 9
(6) a detailed survey of Federal and State- 10
based training programs that law enforcement offi-11
cers receive in preparation for violent attacks, in-12
cluding ambush attacks; 13
(7) an analysis of the effectiveness of the pro-14
grams described in paragraph (6) in preparing law 15
enforcement officers for violent attacks, including 16
ambush attacks; 17
(8) recommendations on how to improve State, 18
local, and Federal training programs for law en-19
forcement officers relating to ambush attacks; 20
(9) an analysis of, with respect to the Patrick 21
Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership under part Y of 22
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 23
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10530 et seq.)— 24 6
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(A) the efficacy of the Partnership in dis-1
tributing protective gear to law enforcement of-2
ficers across the United States, including any 3
location-specific limitations to the distribution 4
under such Partnership; and 5
(B) the general limitations of the Partner-6
ship, including any location-specific limitations 7
to the distributions under the Partnership, con-8
sidering the fact that law enforcement officers 9
are suffering from ambush attacks; 10
(10) an analysis of the ability of the Depart-11
ment of Justice to combine the Law Enforcement 12
Officers Killed and Assaulted Data Collection and a 13
09C Justifiable Homicide report for officer-involved 14
shooting reports and any roadblocks to producing a 15
clear report with such information; 16
(11) an analysis of the ability of the Criminal 17
Justice Information Services of the Federal Bureau 18
of Investigation to expand data collection to include 19
a suspect offender’s level of injury at the time of a 20
reported Law Enforcement Officers Killed and As-21
saulted Data Collection incident; 22
(12) an analysis of the existence and extent of, 23
and reasons for, disparities in the availability and 24
reporting of data between— 25 7
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(A) data relating to ambush attacks 1
against law enforcement officers; and 2
(B) other types of violent crime data; and 3
(13) an analysis of any additional legislative 4
tools or authorities that may be helpful or necessary 5
to assist in deterring ambush attacks against law en-6
forcement officers. 7
(b) D
EVELOPMENT.—In developing the report re-8
quired under subsection (a), the Attorney General, the Di-9
rector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director 10
of the National Institute of Justice, and the Director of 11
the Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the 12
Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall consult relevant 13
stakeholders, including— 14
(1) Federal, State, Tribal, and local law en-15
forcement agencies; and 16
(2) nongovernmental organizations, inter-17
national organizations, academies, or other entities. 18
SEC. 4. AGGRESSION AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-19
CERS REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 20
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 21
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in 22
consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of 23
Investigation and the Director of the National Institute 24
of Justice, shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 25 8
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of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 1
House of Representatives a report on— 2
(1) an analysis of the ability to implement a 3
new category in the Uniform Crime Reporting Sys-4
tem and the National Incident-Based Reporting Sys-5
tem on aggressive actions, conduct, or other trauma- 6
inducing incidents against law enforcement officers 7
that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, are not 8
reported in such systems; 9
(2) the level of detail the category described in 10
paragraph (1) would include and the standard of 11
evidence that would be used for any reported inci-12
dents; 13
(3) an analysis of how to engage State and local 14
law enforcement agencies in reporting the data de-15
scribed in paragraph (1), despite the fact that such 16
data is beyond the standard crime-based reporting to 17
the systems described in paragraph (1); 18
(4) an analysis of potential uses by the Depart-19
ment of Justice and any component agencies of the 20
Department of Justice of the data described in para-21
graph (1); 22
(5) an analysis of the existence and extent of, 23
and reasons for, disparities in the availability and 24
reporting of data between— 25 9
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(A) data relating to aggressive actions or 1
other trauma-inducing incidents against law en-2
forcement officers that do not rise to the level 3
of crimes; and 4
(B) other types of violent crime data; and 5
(6) an analysis of additional legislative tools or 6
authorities that may be helpful or necessary to assist 7
in deterring aggressive actions, conduct, or other 8
trauma-inducing incidents against law enforcement 9
officers. 10
(b) D
EVELOPMENT.—In developing the report under 11
subsection (a), the Attorney General, the Director of the 12
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of the 13
National Institute of Justice shall consult relevant stake-14
holders, including— 15
(1) Federal, State, Tribal, and local law en-16
forcement agencies; and 17
(2) nongovernmental organizations, inter-18
national organizations, academies, or other entities. 19
SEC. 5. MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS REPORTING RE-20
QUIREMENT. 21
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 22
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in 23
consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of 24
Investigation and the Director of the National Institute 25 10
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of Justice, shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 1
of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 2
House of Representatives a report on— 3
(1) the types, frequency, and severity of mental 4
health and stress-related responses of law enforce-5
ment officers to aggressive actions or other trauma- 6
inducing incidents against law enforcement officers; 7
(2) mental health and stress-related resources 8
or programs that are available to law enforcement 9
officers at the Federal, State, and local levels, espe-10
cially peer-to-peer programs; 11
(3) the extent to which law enforcement officers 12
use the resources or programs described in para-13
graph (2); 14
(4) the availability of, or need for, mental 15
health screening within Federal, State, and local law 16
enforcement agencies; and 17
(5) additional legislative tools or authorities 18
that may be helpful or necessary to assist in assess-19
ing, monitoring, and improving the mental health 20
and wellness of Federal, State, and local law en-21
forcement officers. 22
(b) D
EVELOPMENT.—In developing the report re-23
quired under subsection (a), the Attorney General, the Di-24
rector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Di-25 11
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rector of the National Institute of Justice shall consult 1
relevant stakeholders, including— 2
(1) Federal, State, Tribal and local law enforce-3
ment agencies; and 4
(2) nongovernmental organizations, inter-5
national organizations, academies, or other entities. 6
Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2024.
Attest:
Clerk. 118
TH
CONGRESS
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D
S
ESSION
H. R. 7581
AN ACT
To require the Attorney General to develop reports
relating to violent attacks against law enforce-
ment officers, and for other purposes.