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House Bill 7188
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Walter Scott Notification Act of 2020
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jun 11, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jun 11, 2020
Latest Action
Jun 11, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
7188
Congress
116
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Sponsorship by Party
Republican
William Timmons
South Carolina
Republican
French Hill
Arkansas
Democrat
TJ Cox
California
Republican
Fred Upton
Michigan
Democrat
Dean Phillips
Minnesota
Republican
Dan Bishop
North Carolina
Republican
Troy Balderson
Ohio
Republican
Lloyd Smucker
Pennsylvania
Republican
Will Hurd
Texas
Republican
Ben Cline
Virginia
Republican
Jaime Herrera Beutler
Washington
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Walter Scott Notification Act of 2020

This bill establishes new requirements for existing grant programs to incentivize reporting on deadly shootings by law enforcement.

Specifically, it requires a state that receives funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program to report certain data on deadly shootings by law enforcement officers. It reduces by 10% the JAG allocation of a state that fails to comply.

Additionally, for an initial four-year period, the Department of Justice (DOJ) may give preference to a Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program grant applicant from a state that reports data on deadly shootings by law enforcement. Beginning in the fifth year, DOJ must reduce by 20% the COPS allocation of a state that fails to report such data.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
June 11, 2020
Related Bills (1)
Jun 03, 2020
Introduced in Senate
8
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 3873
Walter Scott Notification Act of 2020
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (2)
06/11/2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
06/11/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 9, 2022 2:11:57 AM
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