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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 1563
5	5	To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
6	6	establish a grant program to help law enforcement agencies with civilian
7	7	law enforcement tasks, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	MAY1, 2025
10	10	Ms. K
11	11	LOBUCHAR(for herself and Mr. GRASSLEY) introduced the following bill;
12	12	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
15	15	Act of 1968 to establish a grant program to help law
16	16	enforcement agencies with civilian law enforcement tasks,
17	17	and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Retired Law Enforce-4
22	22	ment Officers Continuing Service Act’’. 5
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26	26	SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 1
27	27	Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 2
28	28	Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended 3
29	29	by adding at the end the following: 4
30	30	‘‘PART PP—CIVIL LAW ENFORCEMENT TASK 5
31	31	GRANTS 6
32	32	‘‘SEC. 3061. DEFINITIONS. 7
33	33	‘‘In this part: 8
34	34	‘‘(1) C
35	35	IVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT TASK .—The 9
36	36	term ‘civilian law enforcement task’ includes— 10
37	37	‘‘(A) assisting in homicide investigations; 11
38	38	‘‘(B) assisting in carjacking investigations; 12
39	39	‘‘(C) assisting in financial crimes investiga-13
40	40	tions; 14
41	41	‘‘(D) reviewing camera footage; 15
42	42	‘‘(E) crime scene analysis; 16
43	43	‘‘(F) forensics analysis; and 17
44	44	‘‘(G) providing expertise in computers, 18
45	45	computer networks, information technology, or 19
46	46	the internet. 20
47	47	‘‘(2) E
48	48	LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-21
49	49	tity’ means a State, local, Tribal, or territorial law 22
50	50	enforcement agency. 23
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54	54	‘‘SEC. 3062. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 1
55	55	‘‘The Attorney General may award grants to eligible 2
56	56	entities for the purpose of hiring retired personnel from 3
57	57	law enforcement agencies to— 4
58	58	‘‘(1) train civilian employees of the eligible enti-5
59	59	ty on civilian law enforcement tasks that can be per-6
60	60	formed on behalf of a law enforcement agency; and 7
61	61	‘‘(2) perform civilian law enforcement tasks on 8
62	62	behalf of the eligible entity. 9
63	63	‘‘SEC. 3063. ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS. 10
64	64	‘‘(a) I
65	65	NGENERAL.—A grant awarded under this part 11
66	66	shall be subject to the accountability requirements of this 12
67	67	section. 13
68	68	‘‘(b) A
69	69	UDITREQUIREMENT.— 14
70	70	‘‘(1) D
71	71	EFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 15
72	72	‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding in a final 16
73	73	audit report of the Inspector General of the Depart-17
74	74	ment of Justice that an audited grantee has used 18
75	75	grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or oth-19
76	76	erwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved 20
77	77	within 12 months from the date when the final audit 21
78	78	report is issued. 22
79	79	‘‘(2) A
80	80	UDITS.—Beginning in the first fiscal 23
81	81	year beginning after the date of enactment of the 24
82	82	Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Serv-25
83	83	ice Act, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the In-26
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87	87	spector General of the Department of Justice shall 1
88	88	conduct audits of recipients of grants under this 2
89	89	part to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 3
90	90	grantees. The Inspector General of the Department 4
91	91	of Justice shall determine the appropriate number of 5
92	92	grantees to be audited each year. 6
93	93	‘‘(3) M
94	94	ANDATORY EXCLUSION .—A recipient of 7
95	95	grant funds under this part that is found to have an 8
96	96	unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to re-9
97	97	ceive grant funds under this part during the first 2 10
98	98	fiscal years beginning after the end of the 12-month 11
99	99	period described in paragraph (1). 12
100	100	‘‘(4) P
101	101	RIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 13
102	102	part, the Attorney General shall give priority to eli-14
103	103	gible entities that did not have an unresolved audit 15
104	104	finding during the 3 fiscal years before submitting 16
105	105	an application for a grant under this part. 17
106	106	‘‘(c) A
107	107	NNUALCERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the fis-18
108	108	cal year during which audits commence under subsection 19
109	109	(b)(2), the Attorney General shall submit to the Com-20
110	110	mittee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropria-21
111	111	tions of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 22
112	112	and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 23
113	113	Representatives an annual certification— 24
114	114	‘‘(1) indicating whether— 25
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118	118	‘‘(A) all audits issued by the Office of the 1
119	119	Inspector General of the Department of Justice 2
120	120	under subsection (b) have been completed and 3
121	121	reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney 4
122	122	General or Director; and 5
123	123	‘‘(B) all mandatory exclusions required 6
124	124	under subsection (b)(3) have been issued; and 7
125	125	‘‘(2) that includes a list of any grant recipients 8
126	126	excluded under subsection (b)(3) from the previous 9
127	127	year. 10
128	128	‘‘(d) P
129	129	REVENTINGDUPLICATIVEGRANTS.— 11
130	130	‘‘(1) I
131	131	N GENERAL.—Before the Attorney Gen-12
132	132	eral awards a grant to an eligible entity under this 13
133	133	part, the Attorney General shall compare potential 14
134	134	grant awards with other grants awarded by the At-15
135	135	torney General to determine if grant awards are or 16
136	136	have been awarded for a similar purpose. 17
137	137	‘‘(2) R
138	138	EPORT.—If the Attorney General awards 18
139	139	grants to the same applicant for a similar purpose, 19
140	140	the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee 20
141	141	on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee 21
142	142	on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a 22
143	143	report that includes— 23
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147	147	‘‘(A) a list of all such grants awarded, in-1
148	148	cluding the total dollar amount of any such 2
149	149	grants awarded; and 3
150	150	‘‘(B) the reason the Attorney General 4
151	151	awarded multiple grants to the same applicant 5
152	152	for a similar purpose.’’. 6
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