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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2711 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement |
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| 6 | 6 | | agencies, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL8, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. G |
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| 10 | 10 | | OTTHEIMER(for himself, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | S |
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| 12 | 12 | | ORENSEN, Ms. GILLEN, Mr. COSTA, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. MAGAZINER, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Ms. S |
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| 14 | 14 | | CHOLTEN, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. VASQUEZ, Mr. RYAN, Mr. CASTEN, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Mr. P |
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| 16 | 16 | | ALLONE, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. HARDERof California, Mr. |
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| 17 | 17 | | C |
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| 18 | 18 | | ARBAJAL, Ms. LEEof Nevada, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. GOLDENof Maine, Mr. |
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| 19 | 19 | | K |
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| 20 | 20 | | ENNEDYof New York, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. CORREA, and Ms. PEREZ) |
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| 21 | 21 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the |
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| 22 | 22 | | Judiciary |
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| 23 | 23 | | A BILL |
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| 24 | 24 | | To establish a grant program to provide assistance to local |
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| 25 | 25 | | law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Invest to Protect Act 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) D |
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| 33 | 33 | | EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | mprince on LAP1J3WLY3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) DE-ESCALATION TRAINING.—The term ‘‘de- 1 |
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| 38 | 38 | | escalation training’’ means training relating to tak-2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ing action or communicating verbally or non-verbally 3 |
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| 40 | 40 | | during a potential force encounter in an attempt to 4 |
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| 41 | 41 | | stabilize the situation and reduce the immediacy of 5 |
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| 42 | 42 | | the threat so that more time, options, and resources 6 |
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| 43 | 43 | | can be called upon to resolve the situation without 7 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the use of force or with a reduction in the force nec-8 |
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| 45 | 45 | | essary. 9 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) D |
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| 47 | 47 | | IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 10 |
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| 48 | 48 | | the Director of the Office. 11 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) E |
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| 50 | 50 | | LIGIBLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT .—The term 12 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘eligible local government’’ means— 13 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (A) a county, municipality, town, township, 14 |
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| 53 | 53 | | village, parish, borough, or other unit of general 15 |
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| 54 | 54 | | government below the State level that employs 16 |
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| 55 | 55 | | fewer than 175 law enforcement officers; and 17 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (B) a Tribal government that employs 18 |
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| 57 | 57 | | fewer than 175 law enforcement officers. 19 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (4) L |
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| 59 | 59 | | AW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER .—The term 20 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ has the meaning given the 21 |
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| 61 | 61 | | term ‘‘career law enforcement officer’’ in section 22 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 1709 of title I the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 23 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10389). 24 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (5) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of-1 |
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| 68 | 68 | | fice of Community Oriented Policing Services of the 2 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Department of Justice. 3 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (b) E |
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| 71 | 71 | | STABLISHMENT.—There is established within 4 |
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| 72 | 72 | | the Office a grant program to— 5 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (1) provide training and access to mental health 6 |
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| 74 | 74 | | resources to local law enforcement officers; and 7 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (2) improve the recruitment and retention of 8 |
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| 76 | 76 | | local law enforcement officers. 9 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (c) A |
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| 78 | 78 | | UTHORITY.—Not later than 120 days after the 10 |
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| 79 | 79 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall award 11 |
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| 80 | 80 | | grants to eligible local governments as a part of the grant 12 |
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| 81 | 81 | | program established under subsection (b). 13 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (d) A |
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| 83 | 83 | | PPLICATIONS.— 14 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (1) B |
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| 85 | 85 | | ARRIERS.—The Attorney General shall de-15 |
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| 86 | 86 | | termine what barriers exist to establishing a stream-16 |
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| 87 | 87 | | lined application process for grants under this sec-17 |
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| 88 | 88 | | tion. 18 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (2) R |
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| 90 | 90 | | EPORT.— 19 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (A) I |
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| 92 | 92 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 20 |
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| 93 | 93 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, the At-21 |
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| 94 | 94 | | torney General shall submit to Congress a re-22 |
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| 95 | 95 | | port that includes a plan to execute a stream-23 |
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| 96 | 96 | | lined application process for grants under this 24 |
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| 97 | 97 | | section under which an eligible local government 25 |
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| 99 | 99 | | mprince on LAP1J3WLY3PROD with $$_JOB 4 |
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| 101 | 101 | | seeking a grant under this section can reason-1 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ably complete the application in not more than 2 |
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| 103 | 103 | | 2 hours. 3 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (B) C |
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| 105 | 105 | | ONTENTS OF PLAN .—The plan re-4 |
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| 106 | 106 | | quired under subparagraph (A) may include a 5 |
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| 107 | 107 | | plan for— 6 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (i) proactively providing eligible local 7 |
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| 109 | 109 | | governments seeking a grant under this 8 |
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| 110 | 110 | | section with information on the data eligi-9 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ble local governments will need to prepare 10 |
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| 112 | 112 | | before beginning the grant application; and 11 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (ii) ensuring technical assistance is 12 |
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| 114 | 114 | | available for eligible local governments 13 |
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| 115 | 115 | | seeking a grant under this section before 14 |
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| 116 | 116 | | and during the grant application process, 15 |
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| 117 | 117 | | including through dedicated liaisons within 16 |
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| 118 | 118 | | the Office. 17 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (3) A |
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| 120 | 120 | | PPLICATIONS.—In selecting eligible local 18 |
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| 121 | 121 | | governments to receive grants under this section, the 19 |
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| 122 | 122 | | Director shall use the streamlined application proc-20 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ess described in paragraph (2)(A). 21 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (e) E |
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| 125 | 125 | | LIGIBLEACTIVITIES.—An eligible local govern-22 |
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| 126 | 126 | | ment that receives a grant under this section may use 23 |
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| 127 | 127 | | amounts from the grant only for— 24 |
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| 130 | 130 | | •HR 2711 IH |
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| 131 | 131 | | (1) de-escalation training for law enforcement 1 |
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| 132 | 132 | | officers; 2 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (2) victim-centered training for law enforcement 3 |
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| 134 | 134 | | officers in handling situations of domestic violence; 4 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (3) evidence-based law enforcement safety 5 |
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| 136 | 136 | | training for— 6 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (A) active shooter situations; 7 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (B) the safe handling of illicit drugs and 8 |
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| 139 | 139 | | precursor chemicals; 9 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (C) rescue situations; 10 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (D) recognizing and countering ambush at-11 |
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| 142 | 142 | | tacks; or 12 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (E) response to calls for service involv-13 |
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| 144 | 144 | | ing— 14 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (i) persons with mental health needs; 15 |
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| 146 | 146 | | (ii) persons with substance use dis-16 |
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| 147 | 147 | | orders; 17 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (iii) veterans; 18 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (iv) persons with disabilities; 19 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (v) vulnerable youth; 20 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (vi) persons who are victims of domes-21 |
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| 152 | 152 | | tic violence, sexual assault, or trafficking; 22 |
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| 153 | 153 | | or 23 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (vii) persons experiencing homeless-24 |
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| 155 | 155 | | ness or living in poverty; 25 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (4) the offsetting of overtime costs associated 1 |
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| 160 | 160 | | with scheduling issues relating to the participation 2 |
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| 161 | 161 | | of a law enforcement officer in the training de-3 |
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| 162 | 162 | | scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3), (9), and (10); 4 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (5) a signing bonus for a law enforcement offi-5 |
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| 164 | 164 | | cer in an amount determined by the eligible local 6 |
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| 165 | 165 | | government; 7 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (6) a retention bonus for a law enforcement of-8 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ficer— 9 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (A) in an amount determined by the eligi-10 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ble local government that does not exceed 20 11 |
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| 170 | 170 | | percent of the salary of the law enforcement of-12 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ficer; and 13 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (B) who— 14 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (i) has been employed at the law en-15 |
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| 174 | 174 | | forcement agency for not fewer than 5 16 |
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| 175 | 175 | | years; 17 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (ii) has not been found by an internal 18 |
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| 177 | 177 | | investigation to have engaged in serious 19 |
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| 178 | 178 | | misconduct; and 20 |
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| 179 | 179 | | (iii) commits to remain employed by 21 |
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| 180 | 180 | | the law enforcement agency for not less 22 |
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| 181 | 181 | | than 3 years after the date of receipt of 23 |
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| 182 | 182 | | the bonus; 24 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (7) a stipend for the graduate education of law 1 |
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| 187 | 187 | | enforcement officers in the area of mental health, 2 |
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| 188 | 188 | | public health, or social work, which shall not exceed 3 |
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| 189 | 189 | | the lesser of— 4 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (A) $10,000; or 5 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (B) the amount the law enforcement offi-6 |
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| 192 | 192 | | cer pays towards such graduate education; 7 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (8) providing access to patient-centered behav-8 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ioral health services for law enforcement officers, 9 |
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| 195 | 195 | | which may include resources for risk assessments, 10 |
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| 196 | 196 | | evidence-based, trauma-informed care to treat post- 11 |
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| 197 | 197 | | traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder, 12 |
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| 198 | 198 | | peer support and counselor services and family sup-13 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ports, and the promotion of improved access to high 14 |
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| 200 | 200 | | quality mental health care through telehealth; 15 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (9) the implementation of evidence-based best 16 |
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| 202 | 202 | | practices and training on the use of lethal and non-17 |
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| 203 | 203 | | lethal force; 18 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (10) the implementation of evidence-based best 19 |
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| 205 | 205 | | practices and training on the duty of care and the 20 |
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| 206 | 206 | | duty to intervene; and 21 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (11) data collection for police practices relating 22 |
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| 208 | 208 | | to officer and community safety. 23 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (f) R |
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| 210 | 210 | | EPORTINGREQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTRECIPI-24 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ENTS.— 25 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 1 |
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| 216 | 216 | | reasonable reporting requirements specifically relat-2 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ing to a grant awarded under this section for eligible 3 |
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| 218 | 218 | | local governments that receive such a grant in order 4 |
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| 219 | 219 | | to assist with the evaluation by the Office of the pro-5 |
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| 220 | 220 | | gram established under this section. 6 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (2) C |
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| 222 | 222 | | ONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing require-7 |
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| 223 | 223 | | ments under paragraph (1), the Director shall con-8 |
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| 224 | 224 | | sider the capacity of law enforcement agencies with 9 |
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| 225 | 225 | | fewer than 175 officers to collect and report infor-10 |
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| 226 | 226 | | mation. 11 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (g) D |
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| 228 | 228 | | ISCLOSURE OFOFFICERRECRUITMENT AND 12 |
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| 229 | 229 | | R |
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| 230 | 230 | | ETENTIONBONUSES.— 13 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (1) I |
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| 232 | 232 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 14 |
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| 233 | 233 | | the date on which an eligible local government that 15 |
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| 234 | 234 | | receives a grant under this section awards a signing 16 |
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| 235 | 235 | | or retention bonus described in paragraph (5) or (6) 17 |
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| 236 | 236 | | of subsection (e), the eligible local government shall 18 |
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| 237 | 237 | | disclose to the Director and make publicly available 19 |
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| 238 | 238 | | on a website of the eligible local government the 20 |
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| 239 | 239 | | amount of the bonus. 21 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (2) R |
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| 241 | 241 | | EPORT.—The Attorney General shall sub-22 |
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| 242 | 242 | | mit to the appropriate congressional committees an 23 |
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| 243 | 243 | | annual report that includes each signing or retention 24 |
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| 247 | 247 | | bonus disclosed under paragraph (1) during the pre-1 |
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| 248 | 248 | | ceding year. 2 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (h) G |
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| 250 | 250 | | RANTACCOUNTABILITY.— 3 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (1) I |
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| 252 | 252 | | N GENERAL.—All grants awarded by the 4 |
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| 253 | 253 | | Director under this section shall be subject to the 5 |
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| 254 | 254 | | accountability provisions described in this sub-6 |
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| 255 | 255 | | section. 7 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (2) A |
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| 257 | 257 | | UDIT REQUIREMENT.— 8 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (A) D |
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| 259 | 259 | | EFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 9 |
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| 260 | 260 | | term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means a find-10 |
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| 261 | 261 | | ing in the final audit report of the Inspector 11 |
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| 262 | 262 | | General of the Department of Justice that the 12 |
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| 263 | 263 | | audited grantee has used grant funds for an 13 |
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| 264 | 264 | | unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallow-14 |
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| 265 | 265 | | able cost that is not closed or resolved within 15 |
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| 266 | 266 | | 12 months from the date when the final audit 16 |
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| 267 | 267 | | report is issued. 17 |
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| 268 | 268 | | (B) A |
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| 269 | 269 | | UDITS.—Beginning in the first fiscal 18 |
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| 270 | 270 | | year beginning after the date of enactment of 19 |
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| 271 | 271 | | this subsection, and in each fiscal year there-20 |
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| 272 | 272 | | after, the Inspector General of the Department 21 |
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| 273 | 273 | | of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 22 |
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| 274 | 274 | | grants under this section to prevent waste, 23 |
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| 275 | 275 | | fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The In-24 |
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| 276 | 276 | | spector General of the Department of Justice 25 |
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| 280 | 280 | | shall determine the appropriate number of 1 |
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| 281 | 281 | | grantees to be audited each year. 2 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (C) M |
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| 283 | 283 | | ANDATORY EXCLUSION .—A recipient 3 |
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| 284 | 284 | | of grant funds under this section that is found 4 |
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| 285 | 285 | | to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be 5 |
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| 286 | 286 | | eligible to receive grant funds under this section 6 |
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| 287 | 287 | | during the first 3 fiscal years beginning after 7 |
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| 288 | 288 | | the end of the 12-month period described in 8 |
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| 289 | 289 | | subparagraph (A). 9 |
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| 290 | 290 | | (D) R |
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| 291 | 291 | | EIMBURSEMENT.—If an eligible local 10 |
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| 292 | 292 | | government is awarded grant funds under this 11 |
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| 293 | 293 | | section during the 3-fiscal-year period during 12 |
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| 294 | 294 | | which the eligible local government is barred 13 |
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| 295 | 295 | | from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), 14 |
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| 296 | 296 | | the Attorney General shall— 15 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (i) deposit an amount equal to the 16 |
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| 298 | 298 | | amount of the grant funds that were im-17 |
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| 299 | 299 | | properly awarded to the grantee into the 18 |
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| 300 | 300 | | General Fund of the Treasury; and 19 |
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| 301 | 301 | | (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re-20 |
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| 302 | 302 | | payment to the fund from the grant recipi-21 |
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| 303 | 303 | | ent that was erroneously awarded grant 22 |
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| 304 | 304 | | funds. 23 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (3) A |
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| 306 | 306 | | NNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 24 |
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| 307 | 307 | | fiscal year during which audits commence under 25 |
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| 311 | 311 | | paragraph (2)(B), the Attorney General shall submit 1 |
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| 312 | 312 | | to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Com-2 |
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| 313 | 313 | | mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 3 |
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| 314 | 314 | | Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 4 |
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| 315 | 315 | | Appropriations of the House of Representatives an 5 |
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| 316 | 316 | | annual certification— 6 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (A) indicating whether— 7 |
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| 318 | 318 | | (i) all audits issued by the Office of 8 |
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| 319 | 319 | | the Inspector General of the Department 9 |
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| 320 | 320 | | of Justice under paragraph (2) have been 10 |
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| 321 | 321 | | completed and reviewed by the appropriate 11 |
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| 322 | 322 | | Assistant Attorney General or Director; 12 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (ii) all mandatory exclusions required 13 |
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| 324 | 324 | | under paragraph (2)(C) have been issued; 14 |
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| 325 | 325 | | and 15 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (iii) all reimbursements required 16 |
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| 327 | 327 | | under paragraph (2)(D) have been made; 17 |
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| 328 | 328 | | and 18 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (B) that includes a list of any grant recipi-19 |
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| 330 | 330 | | ents excluded under paragraph (2) from the 20 |
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| 331 | 331 | | previous year. 21 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (i) P |
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| 333 | 333 | | ROGRAMEVALUATION.—Not less frequently 22 |
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| 334 | 334 | | than annually, the Attorney General shall analyze the in-23 |
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| 335 | 335 | | formation provided by eligible local governments pursuant 24 |
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| 336 | 336 | | to the reporting requirements established under subsection 25 |
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| 340 | 340 | | (f)(1) to evaluate the efficacy of programs funded by the 1 |
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| 341 | 341 | | grant program under this section. 2 |
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| 342 | 342 | | (j) P |
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| 343 | 343 | | REVENTINGDUPLICATIVEGRANTS.— 3 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (1) I |
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| 345 | 345 | | N GENERAL.—Before the Director awards 4 |
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| 346 | 346 | | a grant to an eligible local government under this 5 |
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| 347 | 347 | | section, the Attorney General shall compare poten-6 |
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| 348 | 348 | | tial grant awards with other grants awarded by the 7 |
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| 349 | 349 | | Attorney General to determine if grant awards are 8 |
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| 350 | 350 | | or have been awarded for a similar purpose. 9 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (2) R |
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| 352 | 352 | | EPORT.—If the Attorney General awards 10 |
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| 353 | 353 | | grants to the same applicant for a similar purpose, 11 |
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| 354 | 354 | | whether through the grant program under this sec-12 |
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| 355 | 355 | | tion or another grant program administered by the 13 |
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| 356 | 356 | | Department of Justice, the Attorney General shall 14 |
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| 357 | 357 | | submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 15 |
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| 358 | 358 | | Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 16 |
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| 359 | 359 | | House of Representatives a report that includes— 17 |
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| 360 | 360 | | (A) a list of all such grants awarded, in-18 |
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| 361 | 361 | | cluding the total dollar amount of any such 19 |
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| 362 | 362 | | grants awarded; and 20 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (B) the reason the Attorney General 21 |
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| 364 | 364 | | awarded multiple grants to the same applicant 22 |
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| 365 | 365 | | for a similar purpose. 23 |
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| 366 | 366 | | (k) A |
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| 367 | 367 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 24 |
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| 368 | 368 | | are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 25 |
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| 372 | 372 | | not more than $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 1 |
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