Deaths in Custody Reporting Act of 2000

PUBLIC LAW 106–297—OCT. 13, 2000

114 STAT. 1045

Public Law 106–297
106th Congress
An Act
To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to ensure
that certain information regarding prisoners is reported to the Attorney General.

Oct. 13, 2000
[H.R. 1800]

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 ‘‘Death in Custody Reporting
Act of 2000’’.

Death in Custody
Reporting Act of
2000.
42 USC 13701
note.

SEC. 2. REPORTING OF INFORMATION.

Section 20104(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13704(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; and
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as
clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B)’’;
(3) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C)’’;
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as
clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and
(C) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(2) such State has provided assurances that it will follow
guidelines established by the Attorney General in reporting,
on a quarterly basis, information regarding the death of any
person who is in the process of arrest, is en route to be incarcerated, or is incarcerated at a municipal or county jail, State
prison, or other local or State correctional facility (including
any juvenile facility) that, at a minimum, includes—
‘‘(A) the name, gender, race, ethnicity, and age of the
deceased;
‘‘(B) the date, time, and location of death; and
‘‘(C) a brief description of the circumstances surrounding the death.’’.
Approved October 13, 2000.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1800:
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000):
July 24, considered and passed House.
Oct. 3, considered and passed Senate.

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