HR 2240 — Congress 119
Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act
Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2240
Congress.gov subjects: Data collection, sharing, protection; Government studies and investigations; Law enforcement officers; Mental health; Violent crime; Crime and Law Enforcement
Issues impacted: Healthcare (congress_subject, high), Gun Policy (congress_subject, high), Criminal Justice & Public Safety (ai, high)
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119 HR 2240 IH: Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-03-21 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2240 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2025 Mr. Moore of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Cuellar , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Suozzi , Mr. Donalds , Mr. Nunn of Iowa , Mr. Edwards , Ms. Foxx , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Harris of North Carolina , Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia , Ms. Malliotakis , and Mrs. Bice ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act of 2025 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) There has been a rise in anti-police rhetoric and a corresponding rise in violence against law enforcement officers. (2) In 2022, a total of 60 police officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty. (3) Nearly 30 percent of police officer killings in 2022 were caused by unprovoked attacks or ambushes on officers. (4) Law enforcement officers bravely put themselves at risk for the betterment of society. (5) A data collection that represents the full circumstances surrounding violent attacks and ambush attacks on law enforcement officers is vital for the provision of needed Federal resources to Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers. (6) Police suffer assaults and other offenses that do not rise to the level of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted or National Incident-Based Reporting System reporting due to the frequency of such incidents, lower risk to officers, and minimal administrative resources to report such frequent events. (7) The mental health of law enforcement officers has suffered due to overwork, recruitment issues, and the general stress of their work. (8) The people of the United States will always remember the victims of these hateful attacks against law enforcement officers and stand in solidarity with individuals affected by these senseless tragedies and incidents of hate that have affected law enforcement communities and their families. (9) The United States must demonstrate to its brave law enforcement officers that they are important, valued, and respected. (10) Congress has made a commitment to helping communities protect the lives of their police officers, as evidenced by the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 ( Public Law 114–155 ; 130 Stat. 389) and other laws. (11) Subsection (c) of the Uniform Federal Crime Reporting Act of 1988 ( 34 U.S.C. 41303(c) ) requires the Attorney General to acquire, collect, classify, and preserve national data on Federal criminal offenses as part of the Uniform Crime Reports and requires all Federal departments and agencies that investigate criminal activity to report details about crime within their respective jurisdiction to the Attorney General in a uniform matter and on a form prescribed by the Attorney General . 3. Attacks on law enforcement officers reporting requirement (a) In general Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of the National Institute of Justice, and the Director of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that includes— (1) the number of offenders that intentionally target law enforcement officers because of their status as law enforcement officers; (2) the number of incidents reported to the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted Data Collection that occur through the coordinated actions of 2 or more parties; (3) a description of the Federal response to ambushes and violent attacks on Federal law enforcement officers; (4) a detailed survey of what State and local responses are to ambushes and violent attacks on State and local law enforcement officers; (5) recommendations for improving State, local, and Federal responses to ambushes and violent attacks on law enforcement officers; (6) a detailed survey of Federal and State-based training programs that law enforcement officers receive in preparation for violent attacks, including ambush attacks; (7) an analysis of the effectiveness of the programs described in paragraph (6) in preparing law enforcement officers for violent attacks, including ambush attacks; (8) recommendations on how to improve State, local, and Federal training programs for law enforcement officers relating to ambush attacks; (9) an analysis of, with respect to the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership under part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10530 et seq. )— (A) the efficacy of the Partnership in distributing protective gear to law enforcement officers across the United States, including any location-specific limitations to the distribution under such Partnership; and (B) the general limitations of the Partnership, including any location-specific limitations to the distributions under the Partnership, considering the fact that law enforcement officers are suffering from ambush attacks; (10) an analysis of the ability of the Department of Justice to combine the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted Data Collection and a 09C Justifiable Homicide report for officer-involved shooting reports and any roadblocks to producing a clear report with such information; (11) an analysis of the ability of the Criminal Justice Information Services of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to expand data collection to include a suspect offender’s level of injury at the time of a reported Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted Data Collection incident; (12) an analysis of the existence and extent of, and reasons for, disparities in the availability and reporting of data between— (A) data relating to ambush attacks against law enforcement officers; and (B) other types of violent crime data; and (13) an analysis of any additional legislative tools or authorities that may be helpful or necessary to assist in deterring ambush attacks against law enforcement officers. (b) Development In developing the report required under subsection (a), the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of the National Institute of Justice, and the Director of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall consult relevant stakeholders, including— (1) Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies; and (2) nongovernmental organizations, international organizations, academies, or other entities. 4. Aggression against law enforcement officers reporting requirement (a) In general Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Director of the National Institute of Justice, shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on— (1) an analysis of the ability to implement a new category in the Uniform Crime Reporting System and the National Incident-Based Reporting System on aggressive actions, conduct, or other trauma-inducing incidents against law enforcement officers that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, are not reported in such systems; (2) the level of detail the category described in paragraph (1) would include and the standard of evidence that would be used for any reported incidents; (3) an analysis of how to engage State and local law enforcement agencies in reporting the data described in paragraph (1), despite the fact that such data is beyond the standard crime-based reporting to the systems described in paragraph (1); (4) an analysis of potential uses by the Department of Justice and any component agencies of the Department of Justice of the data described in paragraph (1); (5) an analysis of the existence and extent of, and reasons for, disparities in the availability and reporting of data between— (A) data relating to aggressive actions or other trauma-inducing incidents against law enforcement officers that do not rise to the level of crimes; and (B) other types of violent crime data; and (6) an analysis of additional legislative tools or authorities that may be helpful or necessary to assist in deterring aggressive actions, conduct, or other trauma-inducing incidents against law enforcement officers. (b) Development In developing the report under subsection (a), the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of the National Institute of Justice shall consult relevant stakeholders, including— (1) Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies; and (2) nongovernmental organizations, international organizations, academies, or other entities. 5. Mental health and wellness reporting requirement (a) In general Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Director of the National Institute of Justice, shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on— (1) the types, frequency, and severity of mental health and stress-related responses of law enforcement officers to aggressive actions or other trauma-inducing incidents against law enforcement officers; (2) mental health and stress-related resources or programs that are available to law enforcement officers at the Federal, State, and local levels, especially peer-to-peer programs; (3) the extent to which law enforcement officers use the resources or programs described in paragraph (2); (4) the availability of, or need for, mental health screening within Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies; and (5) additional legislative tools or authorities that may be helpful or necessary to assist in assessing, monitoring, and improving the mental health and wellness of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers. (b) Development In developing the report required under subsection (a), the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of the National Institute of Justice shall consult relevant stakeholders, including— (1) Federal, State, Tribal and local law enforcement agencies; and (2) nongovernmental organizations, international organizations, academies, or other entities.
Plain-English summary
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This bill asks the Justice Department to dig into better data on attacks against police and on officers’ mental health—and then tell Congress what it finds.
Within about nine months of the bill becoming law, the Attorney General (working with the FBI and related research shops) would send three reports to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. The first looks at violent attacks and ambushes on officers: how often people target cops because they’re cops, how federal and local agencies respond, what training officers get, how well the bulletproof-vest grant program works, and where the data gaps are. It also asks whether existing crime databases can be joined up more clearly and what extra tools might help deter ambushes.
The second report checks whether the main national crime-reporting systems could add a new category for aggressive or trauma-causing incidents against officers that don’t currently get counted as crimes. It would cover how detailed that data should be, how to get state and local departments to report it, and how the Justice Department might use it.
The third report focuses on officers’ mental health and stress after those kinds of incidents—what resources exist (especially peer support), how much they’re used, whether agencies screen for mental health needs, and what else Congress might do to help. All three reports would be built with input from federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement and other outside groups.
In plain terms: the bill doesn’t change street-level policing rules or hand out new money by itself. It orders a set of fact-finding reports so Congress has clearer numbers on officer safety, underreported aggression, and wellness.
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| Issue | Yea advances | Nay advances | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Public Safety | Targeted tools and interdiction capacity | Status quo / reject this change | A yea vote supports mandatory federal data collection, analysis, and reporting on ambushes, violent attacks, and related training/protective-gear capacity for law enforcement—narrow operational and interdiction-oriented information tools rather than new sentencing or treatment mandates. A nay vote opposes those reporting requirements; no catalog position cleanly frames opposition to LEO-attack data studies. |
| Healthcare | Public health and system capacity | Status quo / reject this change | A yea vote supports the required report on officer mental-health and stress responses, available peer and agency wellness resources, screening capacity, and related legislative tools—system-capacity and workforce wellness analysis rather than insurance coverage or drug-pricing changes. A nay vote opposes that mental-health reporting mandate; no catalog position cleanly maps to opposing LEO wellness studies alone. |