H.R.1280 - George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021

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Just passed in the House.

117th CONGRESS 1st Session

H. R. 1280

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AN ACT

To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT LE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short le.—This Act may be cited as the “George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021”.

(b) Table Of Contents.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows:


Sec. 1. Short le; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.

LE I—POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
Sub le A—Holding Police Accountable In The Courts

Sec. 101. Deprivation of rights under color of law.
Sec. 102. Qualified immunity reform.
Sec. 103. Pattern and practice investigations.
Sec. 104. Independent investigations.

Sub le B—Law Enforcement Trust And Integrity Act

Sec. 111. Short le.
Sec. 112. Definitions.
Sec. 113. Accreditation of law enforcement agencies.
Sec. 114. Law enforcement grants.
Sec. 115. Attorney General to conduct study.
Sec. 116. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 117. National task force on law enforcement oversight.
Sec. 118. Federal data collection on law enforcement practices.

LE II—POLICING TRANSPARENCY THROUGH DATA
Sub le A—National Police Misconduct Registry

Sec. 201. Establishment of National Police Misconduct Registry.
Sec. 202. Certification requirements for hiring of law enforcement officers.

Sub le B—PRIDE Act

Sec. 221. Short le.
Sec. 222. Definitions.
Sec. 223. Use of force reporting.
Sec. 224. Use of force data reporting.
Sec. 225. Compliance with reporting requirements.
Sec. 226. Federal law enforcement reporting.
Sec. 227. Authorization of appropriations.

LE III—IMPROVING POLICE TRAINING AND POLICIES
Sub le A—End Racial And Religious Profiling Act

Sec. 301. Short le.
Sec. 302. Definitions.

PART I—PROHIBITION OF RACIAL PROFILING

Sec. 311. Prohibition.
Sec. 312. Enforcement.

PART II—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

Sec. 321. Policies to eliminate racial profiling.

PART III—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING BY STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

Sec. 331. Policies required for grants.
Sec. 332. Involvement of Attorney General.
Sec. 333. Data collection demonstration project.
Sec. 334. Development of best practices.
Sec. 335. Authorization of appropriations.

PART IV—DATA COLLECTION

Sec. 341. Attorney General to issue regulations.
Sec. 342. Publication of data.
Sec. 343. Limitations on publication of data.

PART V—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REGULATIONS AND REPORTS ON RACIAL PROFILING IN THE UNITED STATES

Sec. 351. Attorney General to issue regulations and reports.

Sub le B—Additional Reforms

Sec. 361. Training on racial bias and duty to intervene.
Sec. 362. Ban on no-knock warrants in drug cases.
Sec. 363. Incentivizing banning of chokeholds and carotid holds.
Sec. 364. PEACE Act.
Sec. 365. Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act.
Sec. 366. Public safety innovation grants.

Sub le C—Law Enforcement Body Cameras

PART 1—FEDERAL POLICE CAMERA AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

Sec. 371. Short le.
Sec. 372. Requirements for Federal law enforcement officers regarding the use of body cameras.
Sec. 373. Patrol vehicles with in-car video recording cameras.
Sec. 374. Facial recognition technology.
Sec. 375. GAO study.
Sec. 376. Regulations.
Sec. 377. Rule of construction.

PART 2—POLICE CAMERA ACT

Sec. 381. Short le.
Sec. 382. Law enforcement body-worn camera requirements.

LE IV—CLOSING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSENT LOOPHOLE

Sec. 401. Short le.
Sec. 402. Prohibition on engaging in sexual acts while acting under color of law.
Sec. 403. Enactment of laws penalizing engaging in sexual acts while acting under color of law.
Sec. 404. Reports to Congress.
Sec. 405. Definition.

LE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 501. Severability.
Sec. 502. Savings clause.

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