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Senate Bill 540
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2021
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 2, 2021
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Democrat
Introduced
Mar 2, 2021
Latest Action
Mar 2, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
540
Congress
117
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime and Law Enforcement
Primary focus of measure is criminal offenses, investigation and prosecution, procedure and sentencing; corrections and imprisonment; juvenile crime; law enforcement administration. Measures concerning terrorism may fall under Emergency Management or International Affairs policy areas.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Tim Kaine
Virginia
Democrat
Ed Markey
Massachusetts
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2021

This bill establishes a framework to collect and publish data on allegations of misconduct by law enforcement officers at the federal, state, and local levels.

Specifically, the bill requires federal law enforcement agencies to report data to the Department of Justice (DOJ) about allegations of misconduct by federal law enforcement officers and amounts paid as judgments or settlements with respect to the allegations. State and local law enforcement agencies must report substantially similar data to DOJ to receive a full allocation of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program.

The bill directs DOJ to release annual summaries of the data and create and maintain an online database with the reported data. The bill also directs the Government Accountability Office to report on costs and other issues related to law enforcement misconduct.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
March 2, 2021
Related Bills (1)
Mar 02, 2021
Introduced in House
25
Sponsorship
House Bill 1481
Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2021
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.
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CRS
Actions (2)
03/02/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S994-995)
03/02/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Mar 8, 2023 8:12:14 PM
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