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HR 4331 115th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure and sentencing Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Violent crime

Police Accountability Act of 2017

Introduced: November 9, 2017 Introduced by: Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 13, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Nov 9, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 9, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Police Accountability Act of 2017

This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a new criminal offense for conduct by certain state and local law enforcement officers in the line of duty that constitutes murder or manslaughter.

What's happening now December 13, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 9, 2017
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Nov 9, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4331: Police Accountability Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4331/
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"H.R. 4331: Police Accountability Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4331/.
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H.R. 4331, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4331/.
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