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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 3912 (Introduced in Senate) — To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform... · Sec. 103

Sec. 103. Pattern and practice investigations

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Section 210401 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12601 ) is amended— in subsection (b), by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting subsection
(a); and by adding at the end the following: In carrying out the authority in subsection (b), the Attorney General may require by subpoena the production of all information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, and other data in any medium (including electronically stored information), as well as any tangible thing and documentary evidence, and the attendance and testimony of witnesses necessary in the performance of the Attorney General under subsection (b). Such a subpoena, in the case of contumacy or refusal to obey, shall be enforceable by order of any appropriate district court of the United States. . The Attorney General may award a grant to a State to assist the State in conducting pattern and practice investigations at the State level. In order for a State to be eligible for a grant under paragraph (1), the attorney general of the State, or similar State official, shall have the authority to conduct pattern and practice investigations, as described in section 210401 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12601 ), of governmental agencies in the State. A State seeking a grant under paragraph
(1)shall submit an application in such form, at such time, and containing such information as the Attorney General may require. There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 to the Attorney General for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2022 to carry out this subsection.
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