# 116-hr-4799: Preservation of Public Evidence Act of 2019

116-hr-4799, Preservation of Public Evidence Act of 2019, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-4799
- Congress: 116
- Title: Preservation of Public Evidence Act of 2019
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Introduced: 2019-10-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Preservation of Public Evidence Act of 2019 This bill reduces certain federal funding for law enforcement activities to jurisdictions that do not require their law enforcement agencies to provide the Department of Justice with relevant records and evidence concerning any investigation of a death or injury of an individual that was caused by a law enforcement officer or occurred in law enforcement custody.

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- 116-hr-8544: STRONG Support for Children Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8453: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5302 Galveston Road in Houston, Texas, as the "Vanessa Guillén Post Office Building".
- 116-hr-8402: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National Statuar…

## Sources
- [116-hr-4799 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4799)

## Related
- [116-hr-8995: SCALE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8995)
- [116-hr-8858: ACCESS 45Q Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8858)
- [116-hr-8595: To nullify the effect of Executive Order 13950 relating to combating race and s…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8595)
- [116-hr-8544: STRONG Support for Children Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8544)
- [116-hr-8453: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5302 G…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8453)
- [116-hr-8402: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Ruth Bader G…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8402)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4799 (as of 2025-11-18).