Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2015
Latest action · Jun 1, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 13, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2015
Requires states receiving funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program, the Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Program, or the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to: (1) require all individuals enrolled in an academy of a law enforcement agency and all law enforcement officers of the state to fulfill a training session on sensitivity each fiscal year, including training on ethnic and racial bias, cultural diversity, and police interaction with the disabled, mentally ill, and new immigrants; and (2) certify to the Attorney General that such training sessions have been completed. Subjects a state that fails to comply to a reduction of up to 20% of such funds that would otherwise be allocated to the state. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive such requirements if compliance would violate a state's Constitution.
Directs the Attorney General to reduce by 20% the amount that would otherwise be awarded to a state or local government under such grant programs for a fiscal year if it fails to enact or have in effect by the end of the previous fiscal year a statute requiring the appointment of an independent prosecutor to conduct any criminal investigation and prosecution in which: (1) one or more of the possible defendants is a law enforcement officer, (2) one or more of the alleged offenses involves the law enforcement officer's use of deadly force in the course of carrying out that officer's duty, and (3) the law enforcement officer's use of deadly force resulted in a death or injury.
Cosponsors 100
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 13, 2015 to Sep 28, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | May 13, 2015 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | May 14, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | May 14, 2015 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | May 14, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | May 14, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | May 14, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | May 14, 2015 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | May 15, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | May 15, 2015 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 18, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 18, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | May 18, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | May 18, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | May 18, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | May 19, 2015 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | May 19, 2015 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | May 21, 2015 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | May 21, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | May 21, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | May 21, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Jun 3, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jun 3, 2015 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jun 15, 2015 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jun 25, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jul 7, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Jul 10, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Dec 1, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Dec 1, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Dec 2, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Dec 2, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Dec 3, 2015 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Dec 7, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Dec 7, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Dec 9, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Dec 9, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Dec 10, 2015 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Dec 10, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Dec 10, 2015 | |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Dec 11, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Dec 11, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Dec 15, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Dec 16, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jan 5, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Jan 6, 2016 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jan 6, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jan 6, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jan 7, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jan 11, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Jan 12, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Jan 12, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Jan 13, 2016 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Jul 7, 2016 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Jul 8, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jul 8, 2016 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jul 8, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 8, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jul 8, 2016 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Jul 8, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jul 8, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Jul 11, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jul 11, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jul 11, 2016 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jul 11, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Jul 11, 2016 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Jul 11, 2016 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jul 11, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Jul 18, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jul 25, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Sep 26, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Sep 27, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Sep 28, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 13, 2015 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Jun 1, 2015 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 1, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- May 13, 2015Introduced in House
- May 13, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E698-699)
- May 13, 2015Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5808 | Steve Cohen D-TN | Sep 22, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8655 | Steve Cohen D-TN | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E698 | Steve Cohen D-TN | May 13, 2015 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 73, May 13, 2015, page H2959.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-88 | OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE100 pages | Judiciary Committee | Jul 12, 2016 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1065 | POST Act of 2015 | Related bill | Mar 16, 2015 |
| HR 1870 | Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2017 | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 4, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require that States receiving Byrne JAG funds to require sensitivity training for law enforcement officers of that State and to incentivize States to enact laws requiring the independent investigation and prosecution of the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Disability and paralysis
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Mental health
- Racial and ethnic relations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 13, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
