Arrest Statistics Reporting Act of 2015

Arrest Statistics Reporting Act of 2015

This bill requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to publish annually and make publicly available a report that includes for each person arrested during the preceding year, and for whom a request was submitted to the Law Enforcement Support Center or any potential matches forwarded under the information sharing program between the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, the following information:

• the person's nationality and immigration status, and
• the offense for which the person was arrested.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall:

• revise the Uniform Crime Reports to require that each arrest report shall include such published arrest information, and
• publish a summary of the data which shall include a table containing the National Crime Information Center offense codes and the corresponding occurrences for each nationality and immigration status category.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3151 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3151

To require the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to 
  submit annual reports regarding certain demographic information on 
                            aliens arrested.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2015

    Mr. Brooks of Alabama (for himself, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Mr. 
  Farenthold, and Mr. Smith of Texas) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to 
  submit annual reports regarding certain demographic information on 
                            aliens arrested.

    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 ``Arrest Statistics Reporting Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING OF INFORMATION ON ARRESTEES.

    The Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall, 
beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and annually thereafter, publish and make publicly available 
on the Internet a report that includes, for each person arrested during 
the year preceding the date of the report and regarding whom a request 
was submitted to the Law Enforcement Support Center authorized under 
section 236(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1226(d)) or any potential matches forwarded under the information 
sharing program between the Department of Justice and the Department of 
Homeland Security (formerly known as ``Secure Communities''), the 
following information, when available:
            (1) The immigration status of the person.
            (2) The nationality of the person.
            (3) The offense for which the person was arrested, 
        represented by the appropriate National Crime Information 
        Center offense code.

SEC. 3. REPORTING BY FBI DIRECTOR.

    The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall revise 
the Uniform Crime Reports to require that each report pertaining to an 
arrest shall include the information about the arrest published under 
section 2, and the Director shall also publish a summary of the data 
which shall include--
            (1) a table containing the National Crime Information 
        Center offense codes and the corresponding occurrences for each 
        immigration status category; and
            (2) a table containing the National Crime Information 
        Center offense codes and the corresponding occurrences for each 
        nationality.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``immigration status'' includes status as--
                    (A) a United States citizen or national;
                    (B) a lawful permanent resident of the United 
                States;
                    (C) a nonimmigrant alien lawfully present in the 
                United States; or
                    (D) an alien not lawfully present in the United 
                States.
            (2) The term ``Uniform Crime Reports'' means the reports 
        authorized under section 534 of title 28, United States Code, 
        and administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which 
        compiles nationwide criminal statistics for use in law 
        enforcement administration, operation, and management and to 
        assess the nature and type of crime in the United States.
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