HR 3299 106th Congress House

Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act of 1999

Official title: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to insure that law enforcement officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that m… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to insure that law enforcement officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer.

Introduced: November 10, 1999 See on congress.gov

Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative remediesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCross-examinationDisciplining of employees

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Dismissal of employeesDrug abuseDrug law enforcementDue process of lawEconomics and Public FinanceEmployee rightsFederal aid to law enforcementGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernmental investigationsGrievance proceduresLabor and EmploymentLawLaw enforcement officersLocal employeesPolicePolice brutalityPolice corruptionRight to counselState aid to local areasState employeesTransfer of employees

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Nov 17, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Nov 10, 1999

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Nov 10, 1999

Introduced in House

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Latest action November 17, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act of 1999 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require at least five percent of the drug control program funds provided to a State to be reserved for distribution to law enforcement agencies to establish an administrative process which requires that a law enforcement agency that investigates a law enforcement officer for matters which could lead to disciplinary action (including dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer) provide recourse for such officer that includes access to the administrative process prior to the imposition of disciplinary action, as well as the right to a hearing, representation, and the confronting of witnesses.

Authorizes the immediate suspension of an officer: (1) whose continued presence is considered a substantial and immediate threat to the welfare of such agency or the public; (2) who refuses to obey a direct order issued to conform with the agency's written and disseminated rules and regulations; or (3) who is accused of committing an illegal act.

Exempts from this Act an employing agency that has in effect an established system, board, or procedure which meets or exceeds such minimum standards.

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 2

Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 2

COLLINS, MAC

· May 16, 2000

Bishop, Sanford D.

Georgia · Nov 10, 1999

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