H.R.5361

H. R. 5361

September 15, 2025

Mr. Ivey (for himself, Ms. Adams, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Balint, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bell, Mr. Bera, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Correa, Mr. Costa, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Crow, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DelBene, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Figures, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. McBath, Ms. McBride, Ms. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Omar, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pressley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Ross, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Simon, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Torres of New York, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Raskin, and Ms. Randall) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.

1. Short title; table of contents; 2. Definitions; TITLE I—POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY; 101. Deprivation of rights under color of law; 102. Qualified immunity reform; 103. Pattern and practice investigations; 104. Independent investigations; 111. Short title; 112. Definitions; 113. Accreditation of law enforcement agencies; 114. Law enforcement grants; 115. Attorney General to conduct study; 116. Authorization of appropriations; 117. National task force on law enforcement oversight; 118. Federal data collection on law enforcement practices; TITLE II—POLICING TRANSPARENCY THROUGH DATA; 201. Establishment of National Police Misconduct Registry; 202. Certification requirements for hiring of law enforcement officers; 221. Short title; 222. Definitions; 223. Use of force reporting; 224. Use of force data reporting; 225. Compliance with reporting requirements; 226. Federal law enforcement reporting; 227. Authorization of appropriations; TITLE III—IMPROVING POLICE TRAINING AND POLICIES; 301. Short title; 302. Definitions; PART I—PROHIBITION OF RACIAL PROFILING; 311. Prohibition; 312. Enforcement; PART II—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; 321. Policies to eliminate racial profiling; PART III—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING BY STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; 331. Policies required for grants; 332. Involvement of Attorney General; 333. Data collection demonstration project; 334. Development of best practices; 335. Authorization of appropriations; PART IV—DATA COLLECTION; 341. Attorney General to issue regulations; 342. Publication of data; 343. Limitations on publication of data; PART V—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REGULATIONS AND REPORTS ON RACIAL PROFILING IN THE UNITED STATES; 351. Attorney General to issue regulations and reports; 361. Training on racial bias and duty to intervene; 362. Ban on no-knock warrants in drug cases; 363. Incentivizing banning of chokeholds and carotid holds; 364. PEACE Act; 365. Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act; 366. Public safety innovation grants; PART 1—FEDERAL POLICE CAMERA AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; 371. Short title; 372. Requirements for Federal law enforcement officers regarding the use of body cameras; 373. Patrol vehicles with in-car video recording cameras; 374. Facial recognition technology; 375. GAO study; 376. Regulations; 377. Rule of construction; PART 2—POLICE CAMERA ACT; 381. Short title; 382. Law enforcement body-worn camera requirements; TITLE IV—CLOSING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSENT LOOPHOLE; 401. Short title; 402. Prohibition on engaging in sexual acts while acting under color of law; 403. Enactment of laws penalizing engaging in sexual acts while acting under color of law; 404. Reports to Congress; 405. Definition; TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS; 501. Severability; 502. Savings clause

Law enforcement body-worn cameras and recorded data