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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 44
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
provide for the humane treatment of youths who are in police custody,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY9, 2023
Ms. J
ACKSONLEEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 to provide for the humane treatment of
youths who are in police custody, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Effective and Humane 4
Treatment of Youth Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘Kalief’s Law’’. 5
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY 6
BLOCK GRANTS. 7
Section 1810(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 8
Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by inserting before 9
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the period at the end the following: ‘‘and such sums as 1
may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2
2027’’. 3
SEC. 3. HUMANE TREATMENT OF YOUTH FOR GRANT ELIGI-4
BILITY. 5
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 1802 of the Omnibus 6
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 7
10403) is amended— 8
(1) in subsection (a)— 9
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 10
at the end; 11
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-12
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 13
(C) by adding at the end the following: 14
‘‘(3) assurances that the State and any unit of 15
local government to which the State provides fund-16
ing under section 1803(b), has in effect (or shall 17
have in effect, not later than 1 year after the date 18
that the State submits such application) laws, or has 19
implemented (or shall implement, not later than 1 20
year after the date that the State submits such ap-21
plication) policies and programs, that provide for a 22
right to speedy trial in accordance with subsection 23
(g), timely bail consideration in accordance with sub-24
section (h), and the restrictions on the use of tem-25
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porary separation in accordance with subsection 1
(i).’’; 2
(2) in subsection (b)— 3
(A) in paragraph (1)— 4
(i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik-5
ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 6
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 7
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 8
and’’; and 9
(B) by adding at the end the following: 10
‘‘(C) such assurances as the State shall re-11
quire, that, to the extent applicable, the unit of 12
local government has in effect (or shall have in 13
effect, not later than 1 year after the date that 14
the unit submits such application) laws, or has 15
implemented (or shall implement, not later than 16
1 year after the date that the unit submits such 17
application) policies and programs, that provide 18
for a right to speedy trial in accordance with 19
subsection (g), timely bail consideration in ac-20
cordance with subsection (h), and the restric-21
tions on the use of temporary separation in ac-22
cordance with subsection (i).’’; and 23
(3) by adding at the end the following: 24
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‘‘(g) RIGHT TOSPEEDYTRIAL.—The requirements 1
under this subsection relating to the right to a speedy trial 2
for a youth are, at a minimum, that in the case of a youth 3
who is held in custody, charges in any criminal case are 4
dismissed with prejudice not later than 60 days after the 5
date on which the youth was arrested (which shall be com-6
puted in accordance with section 3161(h) of title 18, 7
United States Code), if a trial has not commenced or there 8
has not been an adjudication of the case on the merits. 9
For purposes of this subsection, the determination of 10
whether an individual is a youth shall be based on the 11
individual’s age at the time that the individual is taken 12
into custody for the alleged criminal conduct. 13
‘‘(h) R
IGHT TOTIMELYBAILCONSIDERATION.— 14
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—The requirements under 15
this subsection relating to a youth’s right to timely 16
bail consideration are, at a minimum, that— 17
‘‘(A) the youth receives an initial detention 18
hearing not later than the second working day 19
after being taken into custody, except that— 20
‘‘(i) if the youth is taken into custody 21
on a Friday or Saturday, not later than 22
one working day after being taken into 23
custody; or 24
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‘‘(ii) in the case of an arrest for a sta-1
tus offense, not later than one working day 2
after being taken into custody; 3
‘‘(B) in the case of a youth who is 17 4
years of age or younger, the parent, guardian 5
or custodian of the youth receives from the 6
court reasonable notice of the detention hearing 7
if the parent, guardian or custodian can be lo-8
cated; 9
‘‘(C) prior to any detention hearing, the 10
youth is advised of the right to counsel, the 11
right to have counsel appointed by the court if 12
the youth is indigent, and the procedure for the 13
appointment of counsel; 14
‘‘(D) if at the initial detention hearing the 15
youth does not have counsel, the court shall ap-16
point counsel before making a ruling on wheth-17
er to release or continue detaining the youth; 18
‘‘(E) no statement made by the youth at 19
any detention hearing is admissible against the 20
youth at any other hearings or proceedings; 21
‘‘(F) if a youth is detained, a detention 22
hearing to review the release decision is held 23
every 10 working days, or every 15 working 24
days if the youth is held outside the county of 25
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jurisdiction, unless the youth waives review on 1
the advice of counsel; 2
‘‘(G) there is a presumption of release at 3
a detention hearing, unless— 4
‘‘(i) the youth will be removed from 5
the jurisdiction of the court prior to the 6
next scheduled hearing; 7
‘‘(ii) in the case of a youth who is 17 8
years of age or younger, the youth lacks 9
suitable and safe supervision, care, and 10
protection from a parent, guardian, custo-11
dian, or other person or agency; or 12
‘‘(iii) the youth may be a danger to 13
himself or herself, a threat to public safety, 14
or is likely to commit an offense if re-15
leased, and the court determines that such 16
danger, threat, or likelihood cannot be 17
overcome with appropriate supervision, 18
services, or treatment; and 19
‘‘(H) a detained youth who is not charged 20
with a criminal offense at an initial detention 21
hearing is released unless— 22
‘‘(i) in the case of a youth who is de-23
tained for delinquency, a probation viola-24
tion, or a status offense, the State brings 25
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a petition or formal charge against the 1
youth not later than 15 working days after 2
the initial detention decision; 3
‘‘(ii) except as provided in clause (i), 4
in the case of a youth who is detained for 5
criminal conduct for which the maximum 6
term of imprisonment is less than one 7
year, the State brings a formal charge 8
against the youth not later than 30 work-9
ing days after the initial detention deci-10
sion; or 11
‘‘(iii) except as provided in clause (i), 12
in the case of a youth who is detained for 13
criminal conduct for which the maximum 14
term of imprisonment is one year or great-15
er, the State brings a formal charge 16
against the youth not later than 60 days 17
after the initial detention decision. 18
‘‘(2) S
TATUS AS YOUTH.—For purposes of this 19
subsection, the determination of whether an indi-20
vidual is a youth shall be based on the individual’s 21
age at the time that the individual is taken into cus-22
tody for the alleged criminal conduct. 23
‘‘(3) D
EFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this 24
subsection: 25
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‘‘(A) The term ‘detention hearing’ means a 1
hearing— 2
‘‘(i) conducted by a duly appointed or 3
elected judge or, if a judge is not available, 4
a referee appointed for the purpose of con-5
ducting detention hearings; and 6
‘‘(ii) recorded at the request of any 7
party. 8
‘‘(B) The term ‘status offense’ means an 9
offense which prohibits conduct only for youths 10
and not for adults, based on their age, includ-11
ing truancy, running away, breach of curfew, 12
and age-based alcohol or drug offenses. 13
‘‘(i) B
AN ON THE USE OFSOLITARYCONFINE-14
MENT.— 15
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—The requirements under 16
this subsection relating to the restrictions on the use 17
of temporary separation are, at a minimum, that— 18
‘‘(A) temporary separation of a youth from 19
the general population in a detention facility is 20
not used for any purpose other than as a tem-21
porary response to behavior of the individual 22
that poses a serious and immediate risk of 23
physical harm to that individual or to others; 24
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‘‘(B) a good faith effort to employ less re-1
strictive techniques, including de-escalation and 2
intervention by facility employees, mental health 3
professionals, and other youths must occur be-4
fore the use of temporary separation; 5
‘‘(C) before or immediately after a youth is 6
placed in temporary separation, an employee of 7
the detention facility provides the individual 8
with an explanation of the reasons for the sepa-9
ration and under what circumstances it will 10
end; 11
‘‘(D) the duration for which a youth is 12
placed in temporary separation does not exceed 13
3 hours, and consecutive periods of temporary 14
separation for the same episode of behavior are 15
prohibited; 16
‘‘(E) a youth is released from temporary 17
separation as soon as he or she no longer poses 18
a risk of serious and immediate physical harm; 19
‘‘(F) in the case of a youth who continues 20
to pose a risk of serious and immediate physical 21
harm after being in temporary separation for 3 22
hours, prior to, or upon the conclusion of such 23
3-hour period, the facility initiates a transfer to 24
another facility that can provide necessary serv-25
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ices without the use of temporary separation or 1
refers the individual to a mental health facility 2
that can provide necessary services, in which 3
case the individual may remain in temporary 4
separation pending such transfer; 5
‘‘(G) the physical space used for temporary 6
separation— 7
‘‘(i) is at least 80 square feet, suicide- 8
resistant, and protrusion-free; 9
‘‘(ii) has adequate lighting and ven-10
tilation; 11
‘‘(iii) is kept at a reasonable tempera-12
ture; and 13
‘‘(iv) provides access to clean potable 14
water, toilet facilities, and hygiene sup-15
plies; and 16
‘‘(H) a youth placed in temporary separa-17
tion has access to appropriate medical and men-18
tal health services, and receives crisis interven-19
tion and one-on-one observation. 20
‘‘(2) D
EFINITION.—For the purpose of this 21
subsection, the term ‘temporary separation’ means 22
the involuntary restriction of an individual alone in 23
a cell, room, or other area isolated away from all 24
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human contact except for the employees of the de-1
tention facility.’’. 2
(b) Y
OUTHDEFINED.—Section 1809 of the Omnibus 3
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 4
10410) is amended by at the end the following: 5
‘‘(7) Y
OUTH.—The term ‘youth’ means an indi-6
vidual who is 21 years of age or younger.’’. 7
SEC. 4. TREATMENT OF YOUTH IN FEDERAL PRISONS AND 8
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. 9
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Chapter 401 of title 18, United 10
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-11
lowing: 12
‘‘§ 5004. Recording of custodial interrogations of 13
youth 14
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—A custodial interrogation of a 15
youth shall be electronically recorded in its entirety in 16
audio and visual form, except that if any part of the inter-17
rogation occurs outside of a place of detention, an audio 18
recording may be used. If the interrogation occurs in a 19
detention facility, the camera shall show both the interro-20
gator and the youth. 21
‘‘(b) I
NADMISSIBILITY OF STATEMENTSNOTRE-22
CORDED.—Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), and 23
(e), any statement made by a youth during a custodial 24
interrogation that is not recorded in accordance with sub-25
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section (a), is inadmissible as evidence against the youth 1
in any juvenile delinquency or criminal proceeding brought 2
against the youth. 3
‘‘(c) E
XCEPTIONSGENERALLY.—A statement made 4
by a youth in a custodial interrogation that would be inad-5
missible under subsection (b) may be admitted into evi-6
dence in a criminal or juvenile delinquency proceeding 7
brought against the youth if the court finds the following: 8
‘‘(1) The statement is admissible under the ap-9
plicable rules of evidence. 10
‘‘(2) The prosecution has proven by clear and 11
convincing evidence that the youth made the state-12
ment voluntarily, and that such statement is reliable. 13
‘‘(3) The prosecution has proven by clear and 14
convincing evidence that one or more of the fol-15
lowing circumstances existed at the time of the cus-16
todial interrogation: 17
‘‘(A) The questions put forth by law en-18
forcement personnel, and the youth’s responsive 19
statements, were part of the routine processing 20
or intake of the youth. 21
‘‘(B) Before or during a custodial interro-22
gation, after having consulted with his or her 23
lawyer, the youth unambiguously declared on 24
the recording that he or she would only respond 25
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to the officer’s questions if his or her state-1
ments were not recorded. 2
‘‘(C) The custodial interrogation took place 3
in another jurisdiction and was conducted by 4
officials of that jurisdiction in compliance with 5
the law of the jurisdiction. 6
‘‘(D) Exigent circumstances existed, which 7
prevented the making of, or rendered it not fea-8
sible to make, a recording of the custodial inter-9
rogation. 10
‘‘(d) E
XCEPTIONRELATING TOSTATEMENTSMADE 11
INCOURT.—A statement made by a youth in a custodial 12
interrogation which would be inadmissable under sub-13
section (b) may be admitted into evidence in a juvenile 14
delinquency or criminal proceeding brought against the 15
youth if the court finds the following: 16
‘‘(1) The statement was made before a grand 17
jury or in court. 18
‘‘(2) The statement is admissible under applica-19
ble rules of evidence. 20
‘‘(3) The prosecution has proven by clear and 21
convincing evidence that the youth made the state-22
ment voluntarily, and that such statement is reliable. 23
‘‘(e) E
XCEPTIONRELATING TOSTATEMENTSMADE 24
BYPRISONERS.— 25
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-1
graph (2), a statement made by a youth in a custo-2
dial interrogation which would be inadmissable 3
under subsection (b) may be admitted into evidence 4
in a juvenile delinquency or criminal proceeding 5
brought against the youth if, at the time of making 6
the statement, the youth was serving a term of im-7
prisonment in a Federal prison or correctional insti-8
tution. 9
‘‘(2) L
IMITATION.—A statement described in 10
paragraph (1) may not be admitted into evidence in 11
a juvenile delinquency or criminal proceeding 12
brought against the youth if the statement was 13
made in relation to an investigation of a crime com-14
mitted in the Federal prison or correctional institu-15
tion. 16
‘‘(f) H
ANDLING ANDPRESERVATION OFELECTRONIC 17
R
ECORDINGS.—Recordings of custodial interrogations 18
under this subsection shall be handled and preserved as 19
follows: 20
‘‘(1) The recording shall be clearly identified 21
and catalogued by law enforcement personnel. 22
‘‘(2) If a juvenile delinquency or criminal pro-23
ceeding is brought against a youth who was the sub-24
ject of an electronically recorded custodial interroga-25
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tion, the recording shall be preserved by law enforce-1
ment personnel until all appeals, post-conviction, and 2
habeas corpus proceedings are final and concluded, 3
or the time within which such proceedings must be 4
brought has expired. 5
‘‘(3) If no juvenile delinquency or criminal pro-6
ceeding is brought against a youth who has been the 7
subject of a recorded custodial interrogation, the re-8
lated recording shall be preserved by law enforce-9
ment personnel until all applicable State and Fed-10
eral statutes of limitations bar prosecution of the 11
youth. 12
‘‘(g) S
TUDY ANDREPORT.—Not later than 2 years 13
after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 14
thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress 15
a report that describes— 16
‘‘(1) the instances in which recorded interroga-17
tions were introduced as evidence in a juvenile delin-18
quency or criminal proceeding; 19
‘‘(2) the instances in which interrogations were 20
not recorded but were nonetheless introduced as evi-21
dence in a juvenile delinquency or criminal pro-22
ceeding; 23
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‘‘(3) the instances in which interrogations were 1
recorded and a plea of guilty was entered and ac-2
cepted by the court; and 3
‘‘(4) the instances in which interrogations were 4
not recorded and a plea of guilty was entered and 5
accepted by the court. 6
‘‘§ 5005. Ban on solitary confinement of youth 7
‘‘(a) P
ROHIBITION.—The placement of a youth in 8
temporary separation for any purpose other than as a tem-9
porary response to behavior of the individual that poses 10
a serious and immediate risk of physical harm to that indi-11
vidual or to others, is prohibited. 12
‘‘(b) L
ESSRESTRICTIVETECHNIQUES.—Techniques 13
that are less restrictive than temporary separation, includ-14
ing de-escalation and intervention by facility employees, 15
mental health professionals, and other youths shall be em-16
ployed before the use of temporary separation. 17
‘‘(c) E
XPLANATION.—Before or immediately after an 18
individual is placed in temporary separation, an employee 19
of the detention facility shall provide the individual with 20
an explanation of the reasons for the temporary separation 21
and under what circumstances it will end. 22
‘‘(d) M
AXIMUMTIME.—A youth shall not be placed 23
in temporary separation for more than 3 hours and con-24
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secutive periods of temporary separation for the same epi-1
sode of behavior are prohibited. 2
‘‘(e) R
ELEASE.—A youth shall be released from tem-3
porary separation as soon as he or she no longer poses 4
a risk of serious and immediate physical harm. If a youth 5
continues to pose a risk of serious and immediate physical 6
harm after being in temporary separation for 3 hours, the 7
facility shall, prior to, or upon the conclusion of such 3- 8
hour period, initiate a transfer to another facility that can 9
provide necessary services without the use of temporary 10
separation or refer the individual to a mental health facil-11
ity that can provide necessary services, in which case the 12
individual may remain in temporary separation pending 13
such transfer. 14
‘‘(f) C
ONDITIONS.—The physical space used for tem-15
porary separation shall— 16
‘‘(1) be at least 80 square feet, suicide-resist-17
ant, and protrusion-free; 18
‘‘(2) have adequate lighting and ventilation; 19
‘‘(3) be kept at a reasonable temperature; and 20
‘‘(4) provide access to clean potable water, toi-21
let facilities, and hygiene supplies. 22
‘‘(g) S
ERVICES.—A youth placed in temporary sepa-23
ration shall have access to appropriate medical and mental 24
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health services, and receive crisis intervention and one-on- 1
one observation. 2
‘‘§ 5006. Restrictions on shackling of youth 3
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—Instruments of restraint, such as 4
handcuffs, chains, irons, straitjackets, or similar items, 5
may not be used on a youth during a court proceeding 6
and must be removed prior to the youth’s entry into a 7
courtroom, unless the court finds that— 8
‘‘(1) the use of restraints is necessary— 9
‘‘(A) to prevent physical harm to the youth 10
or another person; or 11
‘‘(B) to prevent the youth from fleeing the 12
court; and 13
‘‘(2) a less restrictive alternative, such as the 14
presence of additional court personnel, law enforce-15
ment officers, or bailiffs, will not be sufficient to 16
prevent the behavior described in subparagraphs (A) 17
and (B) of paragraph (1). 18
‘‘(b) O
PPORTUNITYTORESPOND.—Before ordering 19
the use of restraints, the court shall provide the youth with 20
the opportunity to respond to any evidence presented 21
under subsection (a). 22
‘‘(c) C
ERTAINSHACKLINGPROHIBITED.—A court 23
may not order the use of restraints that— 24
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‘‘(1) restrict movement of the youth’s hands, 1
such that the youth is unable to read and handle 2
documents used during the court proceeding; or 3
‘‘(2) are fixed to a wall, the floor, or furniture. 4
‘‘§ 5007. Definitions 5
‘‘For purposes of this chapter: 6
‘‘(1) The term ‘custodial interrogation’ means 7
questioning or other conduct by a law enforcement 8
officer which is reasonably likely to elicit an incrimi-9
nating response from an individual and occurs when 10
reasonable individuals in the same circumstances 11
would consider themselves in custody. 12
‘‘(2) The term ‘temporary separation’ means 13
the involuntary restriction of an individual alone in 14
a cell, room, or other area isolated away from all 15
human contact except for the employees of the de-16
tention facility. 17
‘‘(3) The term ‘youth’ means an individual who 18
is 21 years of age or younger.’’. 19
(b) T
ECHNICAL AND CONFORMINGAMENDMENT.— 20
The table of sections for chapter 401 of title 18, United 21
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-22
lowing: 23
‘‘5004. Ban on solitary confinement of youth.
‘‘5005. Recording of custodial interrogations of youth.
‘‘5006. Restrictions on shackling of youth.
‘‘5007. Definitions.’’.
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(c) STUDY ANDREPORT ONTEMPORARYSEPARA-1
TION OFYOUTH INFEDERALFACILITIES.—Not later 2
than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and 3
annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to 4
Congress a report that contains— 5
(1) a detailed description of the types and con-6
ditions of temporary separation used for Federal 7
prisoners or detainees who are youths; and 8
(2) a list of the number of instances in which 9
temporary separation was used for Federal prisoners 10
or detainees who are youths, disaggregated by age, 11
race, ethnicity, gender, and a description of the cir-12
cumstances specific to each such instance, including 13
the cause, length, and result. 14
SEC. 5. YOUTH CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION RECORDING 15
GRANTS. 16
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 17
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 18
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 19
‘‘PART PP—YOUTH CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION 20
VIDEO RECORDING GRANTS 21
‘‘SEC. 3051. CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION VIDEO RECORD-22
ING GRANTS. 23
‘‘(a) G
RANTPROGRAM.—The Attorney General shall 24
make grants to States and units of local government to 25
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take whatever steps the Attorney General determines to 1
be necessary to achieve complete and accurate recording, 2
by both audio and video means, of every custodial interro-3
gation of a youth occurring within the State or unit of 4
local government. 5
‘‘(b) M
ATCHINGREQUIREMENT.—The portion of the 6
costs of a program funded by a grant under this section 7
may not exceed 75 percent. 8
‘‘(c) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9
‘‘(1) The term ‘custodial interrogation’ means 10
questioning or other conduct by a law enforcement 11
officer which is reasonably likely to elicit an incrimi-12
nating response from an individual and occurs when 13
reasonable individuals in the same circumstances 14
would consider themselves in custody. 15
‘‘(2) The term ‘youth’ means an individual who 16
is 21 years of age or younger.’’. 17
(b) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 18
1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 19
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)) is amended by 20
adding at the end the following: 21
‘‘(29) There are authorized to be appropriated 22
to carry out part PP such sums as may be necessary 23
for each of the first 5 fiscal years beginning after 24
the date of the enactment of such part.’’. 25
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SEC. 6. POLICE-YOUTH INTERACTIONS. 1
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Beginning after the end of the im-2
plementation period, in the case of a State or unit of local 3
government that received a grant award under subpart 1 4
of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 5
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.), or 6
under part Q of title I of such Act (34 U.S.C. 10381 et 7
seq.), if that State or unit of local government fails by 8
the end of a fiscal year to substantially comply with the 9
requirements of subsections (c) and (d), the Attorney Gen-10
eral shall reduce the amount that would otherwise be 11
awarded to that State or unit of government under such 12
grant program in the following fiscal year by 5 percent. 13
(b) R
EALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under a 14
program referred to in subsection (a) to a State for failure 15
to be in compliance with this section shall be reallocated 16
under the program to States that are in compliance with 17
this section. 18
(c) P
OLICE-YOUTHINTERACTIONPOLICY.—A State 19
or unit of local government shall have in effect a policy 20
establishing procedures, standards, and training on police- 21
youth interactions that are grounded in evidence-based 22
practices and address, at a minimum, de-escalation, verbal 23
communication, physical contact, use of restraints, use of 24
lethal and nonlethal force, notification of a parent or 25
guardian, interviews and questioning, custodial interroga-26
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tion, searches, audio and video recording, conditions of 1
custody, alternatives to arrest, diversion and community 2
resources, referral to child protection agencies, removal 3
from school grounds or campus, mental health and crisis 4
intervention, and any needs specific to minority youth. 5
(d) P
OLICE-YOUTHINTERACTION TRAINING.—A 6
State or unit of local government shall have in effect a 7
policy requiring all law enforcement officers to receive 8
training on the police-youth interaction policy described in 9
subsection (c), and on police-youth interaction and mental 10
health crisis intervention generally, that is equal to the 11
quality and number of hours of training received for fire-12
arms and use of force, but not less than 12 hours at the 13
start of employment and 6 hours annually thereafter. 14
(e) G
UIDANCE.—Not later than 1 year after the date 15
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue 16
guidance on the establishment of police-youth interaction 17
policies and training in order to assist States and local 18
governments in complying with subsection (a). 19
(f) I
MPLEMENTATION PERIOD.—The term ‘‘imple-20
mentation period’’ means the period beginning on the date 21
of enactment of this Act and ending on the later of— 22
(1) the date that is 1 year after the date of en-23
actment of this Act; or 24
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(2) the date that is 1 year after the date on 1
which the Attorney General issues the guidance re-2
quired under subsection (e). 3
The Attorney General may extend such period by an addi-4
tional year not more than once. 5
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