HR 1240 United States House · 119th Congress

National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act of 2025

HR 1240 requires all federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to collect standardized data on every use of deadly force by officers, including the target's demographics (race, gender, age, religion), location, circumstances, type of force used, and whether non-lethal options were attempted. Agencies must submit this data to the Department of Justice within 4 years of collection, with the Bureau of Justice Statistics publishing it publicly (excluding personal identifiers) for transparency. Failure to comply results in a 10% reduction to Byrne JAG grants the following fiscal year. The bill directly affects all law enforcement agencies receiving federal grants and aims to create a national dataset on officer-involved deadly force incidents.
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Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025
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