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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4882 

To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to provide training to 

improve police responses for people with mental illness and intellectual 

and developmental disabilities, to increase the authorization of appropriations for mental health awareness training grants, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 28, 2019 

Mr. MCCAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 

the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to provide 

training to improve police responses for people with mental illness and intellectual and developmental disabilities, 

to increase the authorization of appropriations for mental 

health awareness training grants, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Safety Act 

5 of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ACADEMIC-BASED TRAINING INITIATIVE TO IM2 PROVE POLICE RESPONSES FOR PEOPLE 

3 WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND INTELLECTUAL 

4 AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. 

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General is au6 thorized to make grants, in the form of cooperative agree7 ments, to eligible entities to provide training and technical 

8 assistance to law enforcement and other criminal justice 

9 agencies and their behavioral health service partners to 

10 improve responses and reduce crime and recidivism associ11 ated with people who have mental illnesses and intellectual 

12 and developmental disabilities. 

13 (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—For purposes of 

14 this section, the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a public or 

15 private academic organization, a nonprofit academic orga16 nization (including a tribal nonprofit organization), and 

17 a public university or colleges (including a tribal institu18 tion of higher education). 

19 (c) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity seeking a grant 

20 under this section shall submit to the Attorney General 

21 an application at such time, in such manner, and con22 taining such information as the Attorney General may rea23 sonably require, including information demonstrating ex24 perience working in a law enforcement training environ25 ment and with local governments, law enforcement agen26 cies, State and county mental and behavioral health sysVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:48 Nov 02, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4882.IH H4882

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1 tems, organizations serving people with mental illness and 

2 intellectual and developmental disabilities, and criminal 

3 justice systems. 

4 (d) COLLABORATION.—An eligible entity receiving a 

5 grant under this section shall collaborate with other recipi6 ents in order to better service the training needs of local 

7 communities. 

8 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

9 authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 to carry out this 

10 section for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025. 

11 SEC. 3. INCREASING AMOUNT AUTHORIZED TO BE APPRO12 PRIATED FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS 

13 TRAINING GRANTS. 

14 Section 520J of the Public Health Service Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 290bb–41) is amended by— 

16 (1) striking paragraph (7) of subsection (b); 

17 and 

18 (2) adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

21 $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025.’’. 

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