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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 768 |
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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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | ORTEZMASTO(for herself, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | B |
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| 12 | 12 | | LUMENTHAL, Mr. WARNOCK, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. COONS, Ms. COLLINS, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. K |
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| 14 | 14 | | ELLY, Mr. YOUNG, and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) introduced the following |
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| 15 | 15 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To establish a grant program to provide assistance to local |
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| 18 | 18 | | law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Invest to Protect Act 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) D |
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| 26 | 26 | | EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) D |
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| 28 | 28 | | E-ESCALATION TRAINING.—The term ‘‘de- 8 |
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| 29 | 29 | | escalation training’’ means training relating to tak-9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ing action or communicating verbally or non-verbally 1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | during a potential force encounter in an attempt to 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | stabilize the situation and reduce the immediacy of 3 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the threat so that more time, options, and resources 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | can be called upon to resolve the situation without 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the use of force or with a reduction in the force nec-6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | essary. 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) D |
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| 41 | 41 | | IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | the Director of the Office. 9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (3) E |
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| 44 | 44 | | LIGIBLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT .—The term 10 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘eligible local government’’ means— 11 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (A) a county, municipality, town, township, 12 |
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| 47 | 47 | | village, parish, borough, or other unit of general 13 |
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| 48 | 48 | | government below the State level that employs 14 |
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| 49 | 49 | | fewer than 175 law enforcement officers; and 15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (B) a Tribal government that employs 16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | fewer than 175 law enforcement officers. 17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (4) L |
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| 53 | 53 | | AW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER .—The term 18 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ has the meaning given the 19 |
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| 55 | 55 | | term ‘‘career law enforcement officer’’ in section 20 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 1709 of title I the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 21 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10389). 22 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (5) O |
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| 59 | 59 | | FFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of-23 |
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| 60 | 60 | | fice of Community Oriented Policing Services of the 24 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Department of Justice. 25 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 1 |
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| 66 | 66 | | the Office a grant program to— 2 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (1) provide training and access to mental health 3 |
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| 68 | 68 | | resources to local law enforcement officers; and 4 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (2) improve the recruitment and retention of 5 |
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| 70 | 70 | | local law enforcement officers. 6 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (c) A |
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| 72 | 72 | | UTHORITY.—Not later than 120 days after the 7 |
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| 73 | 73 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall award 8 |
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| 74 | 74 | | grants to eligible local governments as a part of the grant 9 |
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| 75 | 75 | | program established under subsection (b). 10 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (d) A |
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| 77 | 77 | | PPLICATIONS.— 11 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (1) B |
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| 79 | 79 | | ARRIERS.—The Attorney General shall de-12 |
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| 80 | 80 | | termine what barriers exist to establishing a stream-13 |
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| 81 | 81 | | lined application process for grants under this sec-14 |
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| 82 | 82 | | tion. 15 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (2) R |
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| 84 | 84 | | EPORT.— 16 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (A) I |
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| 86 | 86 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 17 |
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| 87 | 87 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, the At-18 |
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| 88 | 88 | | torney General shall submit to Congress a re-19 |
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| 89 | 89 | | port that includes a plan to execute a stream-20 |
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| 90 | 90 | | lined application process for grants under this 21 |
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| 91 | 91 | | section under which an eligible local government 22 |
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| 92 | 92 | | seeking a grant under this section can reason-23 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ably complete the application in not more than 24 |
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| 94 | 94 | | 2 hours. 25 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (B) CONTENTS OF PLAN .—The plan re-1 |
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| 99 | 99 | | quired under subparagraph (A) may include a 2 |
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| 100 | 100 | | plan for— 3 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (i) proactively providing eligible local 4 |
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| 102 | 102 | | governments seeking a grant under this 5 |
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| 103 | 103 | | section with information on the data eligi-6 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ble local governments will need to prepare 7 |
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| 105 | 105 | | before beginning the grant application; and 8 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (ii) ensuring technical assistance is 9 |
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| 107 | 107 | | available for eligible local governments 10 |
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| 108 | 108 | | seeking a grant under this section before 11 |
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| 109 | 109 | | and during the grant application process, 12 |
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| 110 | 110 | | including through dedicated liaisons within 13 |
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| 111 | 111 | | the Office. 14 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (3) A |
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| 113 | 113 | | PPLICATIONS.—In selecting eligible local 15 |
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| 114 | 114 | | governments to receive grants under this section, the 16 |
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| 115 | 115 | | Director shall use the streamlined application proc-17 |
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| 116 | 116 | | ess described in paragraph (2)(A). 18 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (e) E |
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| 118 | 118 | | LIGIBLEACTIVITIES.—An eligible local govern-19 |
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| 119 | 119 | | ment that receives a grant under this section may use 20 |
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| 120 | 120 | | amounts from the grant only for— 21 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (1) de-escalation training for law enforcement 22 |
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| 122 | 122 | | officers; 23 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (2) victim-centered training for law enforcement 24 |
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| 124 | 124 | | officers in handling situations of domestic violence; 25 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (3) evidence-based law enforcement safety 1 |
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| 129 | 129 | | training for— 2 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (A) active shooter situations; 3 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (B) the safe handling of illicit drugs and 4 |
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| 132 | 132 | | precursor chemicals; 5 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (C) rescue situations; 6 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (D) recognizing and countering ambush at-7 |
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| 135 | 135 | | tacks; or 8 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (E) response to calls for service involv-9 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ing— 10 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (i) persons with mental health needs; 11 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (ii) persons with substance use dis-12 |
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| 140 | 140 | | orders; 13 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (iii) veterans; 14 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (iv) persons with disabilities; 15 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (v) vulnerable youth; 16 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (vi) persons who are victims of domes-17 |
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| 145 | 145 | | tic violence, sexual assault, or trafficking; 18 |
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| 146 | 146 | | or 19 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (vii) persons experiencing homeless-20 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ness or living in poverty; 21 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (4) the offsetting of overtime costs associated 22 |
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| 150 | 150 | | with scheduling issues relating to the participation 23 |
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| 151 | 151 | | of a law enforcement officer in the training de-24 |
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| 152 | 152 | | scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3), (9), and (10); 25 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (5) a signing bonus for a law enforcement offi-1 |
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| 157 | 157 | | cer in an amount determined by the eligible local 2 |
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| 158 | 158 | | government; 3 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (6) a retention bonus for a law enforcement of-4 |
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| 160 | 160 | | ficer— 5 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (A) in an amount determined by the eligi-6 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ble local government that does not exceed 20 7 |
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| 163 | 163 | | percent of the salary of the law enforcement of-8 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ficer; and 9 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (B) who— 10 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (i) has been employed at the law en-11 |
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| 167 | 167 | | forcement agency for not fewer than 5 12 |
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| 168 | 168 | | years; 13 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (ii) has not been found by an internal 14 |
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| 170 | 170 | | investigation to have engaged in serious 15 |
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| 171 | 171 | | misconduct; and 16 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (iii) commits to remain employed by 17 |
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| 173 | 173 | | the law enforcement agency for not less 18 |
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| 174 | 174 | | than 3 years after the date of receipt of 19 |
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| 175 | 175 | | the bonus; 20 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (7) a stipend for the graduate education of law 21 |
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| 177 | 177 | | enforcement officers in the area of mental health, 22 |
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| 178 | 178 | | public health, or social work, which shall not exceed 23 |
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| 179 | 179 | | the lesser of— 24 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (A) $10,000; or 25 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (B) the amount the law enforcement offi-1 |
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| 185 | 185 | | cer pays towards such graduate education; 2 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (8) providing access to patient-centered behav-3 |
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| 187 | 187 | | ioral health services for law enforcement officers, 4 |
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| 188 | 188 | | which may include resources for risk assessments, 5 |
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| 189 | 189 | | evidence-based, trauma-informed care to treat post- 6 |
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| 190 | 190 | | traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder, 7 |
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| 191 | 191 | | peer support and counselor services and family sup-8 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ports, and the promotion of improved access to high 9 |
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| 193 | 193 | | quality mental health care through telehealth; 10 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (9) the implementation of evidence-based best 11 |
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| 195 | 195 | | practices and training on the use of lethal and non-12 |
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| 196 | 196 | | lethal force; 13 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (10) the implementation of evidence-based best 14 |
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| 198 | 198 | | practices and training on the duty of care and the 15 |
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| 199 | 199 | | duty to intervene; and 16 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (11) data collection for police practices relating 17 |
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| 201 | 201 | | to officer and community safety. 18 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (f) R |
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| 203 | 203 | | EPORTINGREQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTRECIPI-19 |
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| 204 | 204 | | ENTS.— 20 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (1) I |
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| 206 | 206 | | N GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 21 |
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| 207 | 207 | | reasonable reporting requirements specifically relat-22 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ing to a grant awarded under this section for eligible 23 |
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| 209 | 209 | | local governments that receive such a grant in order 24 |
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| 213 | 213 | | to assist with the evaluation by the Office of the pro-1 |
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| 214 | 214 | | gram established under this section. 2 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (2) C |
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| 216 | 216 | | ONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing require-3 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ments under paragraph (1), the Director shall con-4 |
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| 218 | 218 | | sider the capacity of law enforcement agencies with 5 |
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| 219 | 219 | | fewer than 175 officers to collect and report infor-6 |
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| 220 | 220 | | mation. 7 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (g) D |
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| 222 | 222 | | ISCLOSURE OFOFFICERRECRUITMENT AND 8 |
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| 223 | 223 | | R |
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| 224 | 224 | | ETENTIONBONUSES.— 9 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (1) I |
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| 226 | 226 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 10 |
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| 227 | 227 | | the date on which an eligible local government that 11 |
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| 228 | 228 | | receives a grant under this section awards a signing 12 |
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| 229 | 229 | | or retention bonus described in paragraph (5) or (6) 13 |
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| 230 | 230 | | of subsection (e), the eligible local government shall 14 |
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| 231 | 231 | | disclose to the Director and make publicly available 15 |
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| 232 | 232 | | on a website of the eligible local government the 16 |
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| 233 | 233 | | amount of the bonus. 17 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (2) R |
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| 235 | 235 | | EPORT.—The Attorney General shall sub-18 |
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| 236 | 236 | | mit to the appropriate congressional committees an 19 |
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| 237 | 237 | | annual report that includes each signing or retention 20 |
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| 238 | 238 | | bonus disclosed under paragraph (1) during the pre-21 |
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| 239 | 239 | | ceding year. 22 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (h) G |
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| 241 | 241 | | RANTACCOUNTABILITY.— 23 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (1) I |
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| 243 | 243 | | N GENERAL.—All grants awarded by the 24 |
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| 244 | 244 | | Director under this section shall be subject to the 25 |
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| 248 | 248 | | accountability provisions described in this sub-1 |
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| 249 | 249 | | section. 2 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (2) A |
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| 251 | 251 | | UDIT REQUIREMENT.— 3 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (A) D |
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| 253 | 253 | | EFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 4 |
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| 254 | 254 | | term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means a find-5 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ing in the final audit report of the Inspector 6 |
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| 256 | 256 | | General of the Department of Justice that the 7 |
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| 257 | 257 | | audited grantee has used grant funds for an 8 |
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| 258 | 258 | | unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallow-9 |
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| 259 | 259 | | able cost that is not closed or resolved within 10 |
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| 260 | 260 | | 12 months from the date when the final audit 11 |
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| 261 | 261 | | report is issued. 12 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (B) A |
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| 263 | 263 | | UDITS.—Beginning in the first fiscal 13 |
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| 264 | 264 | | year beginning after the date of enactment of 14 |
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| 265 | 265 | | this subsection, and in each fiscal year there-15 |
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| 266 | 266 | | after, the Inspector General of the Department 16 |
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| 267 | 267 | | of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 17 |
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| 268 | 268 | | grants under this section to prevent waste, 18 |
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| 269 | 269 | | fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The In-19 |
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| 270 | 270 | | spector General of the Department of Justice 20 |
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| 271 | 271 | | shall determine the appropriate number of 21 |
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| 272 | 272 | | grantees to be audited each year. 22 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (C) M |
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| 274 | 274 | | ANDATORY EXCLUSION .—A recipient 23 |
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| 275 | 275 | | of grant funds under this section that is found 24 |
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| 276 | 276 | | to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be 25 |
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| 280 | 280 | | eligible to receive grant funds under this section 1 |
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| 281 | 281 | | during the first 3 fiscal years beginning after 2 |
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| 282 | 282 | | the end of the 12-month period described in 3 |
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| 283 | 283 | | subparagraph (A). 4 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (D) R |
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| 285 | 285 | | EIMBURSEMENT.—If an eligible local 5 |
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| 286 | 286 | | government is awarded grant funds under this 6 |
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| 287 | 287 | | section during the 3-fiscal-year period during 7 |
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| 288 | 288 | | which the eligible local government is barred 8 |
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| 289 | 289 | | from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), 9 |
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| 290 | 290 | | the Attorney General shall— 10 |
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| 291 | 291 | | (i) deposit an amount equal to the 11 |
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| 292 | 292 | | amount of the grant funds that were im-12 |
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| 293 | 293 | | properly awarded to the grantee into the 13 |
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| 294 | 294 | | General Fund of the Treasury; and 14 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re-15 |
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| 296 | 296 | | payment to the fund from the grant recipi-16 |
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| 297 | 297 | | ent that was erroneously awarded grant 17 |
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| 298 | 298 | | funds. 18 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (3) A |
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| 300 | 300 | | NNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 19 |
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| 301 | 301 | | fiscal year during which audits commence under 20 |
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| 302 | 302 | | paragraph (2)(B), the Attorney General shall submit 21 |
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| 303 | 303 | | to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Com-22 |
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| 304 | 304 | | mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 23 |
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| 309 | 309 | | Appropriations of the House of Representatives an 1 |
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| 310 | 310 | | annual certification— 2 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (A) indicating whether— 3 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (i) all audits issued by the Office of 4 |
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| 313 | 313 | | the Inspector General of the Department 5 |
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| 314 | 314 | | of Justice under paragraph (2) have been 6 |
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| 315 | 315 | | completed and reviewed by the appropriate 7 |
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| 316 | 316 | | Assistant Attorney General or Director; 8 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (ii) all mandatory exclusions required 9 |
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| 318 | 318 | | under paragraph (2)(C) have been issued; 10 |
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| 319 | 319 | | and 11 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (iii) all reimbursements required 12 |
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| 321 | 321 | | under paragraph (2)(D) have been made; 13 |
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| 322 | 322 | | and 14 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (B) that includes a list of any grant recipi-15 |
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| 324 | 324 | | ents excluded under paragraph (2) from the 16 |
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| 325 | 325 | | previous year. 17 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (i) P |
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| 327 | 327 | | ROGRAMEVALUATION.—Not less frequently 18 |
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| 328 | 328 | | than annually, the Attorney General shall analyze the in-19 |
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| 329 | 329 | | formation provided by eligible local governments pursuant 20 |
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| 330 | 330 | | to the reporting requirements established under subsection 21 |
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| 331 | 331 | | (f)(1) to evaluate the efficacy of programs funded by the 22 |
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| 332 | 332 | | grant program under this section. 23 |
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| 333 | 333 | | (j) P |
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| 334 | 334 | | REVENTINGDUPLICATIVEGRANTS.— 24 |
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| 338 | 338 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Director awards 1 |
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| 339 | 339 | | a grant to an eligible local government under this 2 |
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| 340 | 340 | | section, the Attorney General shall compare poten-3 |
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| 341 | 341 | | tial grant awards with other grants awarded by the 4 |
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| 342 | 342 | | Attorney General to determine if grant awards are 5 |
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| 343 | 343 | | or have been awarded for a similar purpose. 6 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (2) R |
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| 345 | 345 | | EPORT.—If the Attorney General awards 7 |
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| 346 | 346 | | grants to the same applicant for a similar purpose, 8 |
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| 347 | 347 | | whether through the grant program under this sec-9 |
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| 348 | 348 | | tion or another grant program administered by the 10 |
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| 349 | 349 | | Department of Justice, the Attorney General shall 11 |
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| 350 | 350 | | submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 12 |
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| 351 | 351 | | Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 13 |
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| 352 | 352 | | House of Representatives a report that includes— 14 |
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| 353 | 353 | | (A) a list of all such grants awarded, in-15 |
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| 354 | 354 | | cluding the total dollar amount of any such 16 |
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| 355 | 355 | | grants awarded; and 17 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (B) the reason the Attorney General 18 |
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| 357 | 357 | | awarded multiple grants to the same applicant 19 |
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| 358 | 358 | | for a similar purpose. 20 |
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| 359 | 359 | | (k) A |
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| 360 | 360 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 21 |
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| 361 | 361 | | are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 22 |
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| 362 | 362 | | not more than $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 23 |
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| 363 | 363 | | through 2030. 24 |
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