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Public Safety and Mental Health Reporting Act
To direct the Attorney General to acquire data, for each calendar year, about interactions of law enforcement officers with people with mental illness, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill directs the Attorney General to collect and analyze data about interactions between law enforcement officers and people with mental illness for each calendar year. The data collection will be conducted in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, and guidelines for data collection will be established by the Attorney General. The collected data will be used only for research or statistical purposes and will not contain identifying information about crime victims. The Attorney General is required to submit an annual summary of the data to Congress and make it publicly available. The bill authorizes funding for the data collection program for fiscal years 2026 through 2036.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO)
9 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ)
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL)
- Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6] (D-LA)
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA)
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA)
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI)
Actions (2)
- May 29, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- May 29, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 29, 2025
Mr. Bell (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Fields, and Ms. Ansari) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To direct the Attorney General to acquire data, for each calendar year, about interactions of law enforcement officers with people with mental illness, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Public Safety and Mental Health Reporting Act”.
SEC. 2. ACQUISITION OF DATA ABOUT INTERACTIONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITH PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
(a) In General.—Under the authority of section 534 of title 28, United States Code, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall acquire data, for each calendar year, on interactions of law enforcement officers with people with mental illness.
(b) Guidelines.—The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Assistant Secretary of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, shall establish guidelines for the collection of such data.
(c) Uses of Data.—Data acquired under this section shall be used only for research or statistical purposes and may not contain any information that may reveal the identity of an individual victim of a crime.
(d) Annual Publication.—The Attorney General shall submit to Congress and make publicly available an annual summary of the data acquired under this section.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2036.
(f) Definition.—The term “mental illness” has the meaning given such term in section 2991(a)(7) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10651(a)(7)). <all>
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