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H.R. 3621

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 3621, the Public Safety and Mental Health Reporting Act, was introduced in the House on May 29, 2025 by Rep. Wesley Bell (D) with 9 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on May 29, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 3621 has 9 co-sponsors.

hb3621/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 3621 IH: Public Safety and Mental Health Reporting Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-05-29
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 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. 3621  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   May 29, 2025   Mr. Bell  (for himself,  Ms. Norton ,  Mr. Smith of Washington ,  Ms. Budzinski ,  Mr. Fields , and  Ms. Ansari ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To direct the Attorney General to acquire data, for each calendar year, about interactions of law enforcement officers with people with mental illness, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Public Safety and Mental Health Reporting Act  .
2.
Acquisition of data about interactions of law enforcement officers with people with mental illness
(a)
In general
Under the authority of section 534 of title 28, United States Code, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall acquire data, for each calendar year, on interactions of law enforcement officers with people with mental illness.
(b)
Guidelines
The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Assistant Secretary of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, shall establish guidelines for the collection of such data.
(c)
Uses of data
Data acquired under this section shall be used only for research or statistical purposes and may not contain any information that may reveal the identity of an individual victim of a crime.
(d)
Annual publication
The Attorney General shall submit to Congress and make publicly available an annual summary of the data acquired under this section.
(e)
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2036.
(f)
Definition
The term  mental illness  has the meaning given such term in section 2991(a)(7) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10651(a)(7) ).

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-05-29
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To direct the Attorney General to acquire data, for each calendar year, about interactions of law enforcement officers with people with mental illness, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Wesley Bell (D) sponsors H.R. 3621, and 9 members have co-sponsored it, 5 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 3621 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary
Judiciary
Referred To · May 29, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 3621 has taken 2 actions since May 29, 2025.

ChamberAction
May 29, 2025
House
Introduced in House
May 29, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.Judiciary Committee

Votes

H.R. 3621 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 3621 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Public Safety and Mental Health Reporting Act — Display Title
  • Public Safety and Mental Health Reporting Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To direct the Attorney General to acquire data, for each calendar year, about interactions of law enforcement officers with people with mental illness, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 3 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 3621 in 5 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Education, Health Issues, Housing, Insurance, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS—Virginia15—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS15—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
HANNAH WESOLOWSKI115
JOANNA ROSEN115
MICHAEL LINSKEY115

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESSNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS2026 second_quarter$20K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESSNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS2025 second_quarter$20K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESSNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS2026 first_quarter$10K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESSNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS2025 fourth_quarter$10K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESSNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS2025 third_quarter$10K3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3621 under Crime and Law Enforcement, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3621’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

hr3621/policy-areas.txt
Crime and Law EnforcementAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

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