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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4466 

To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to improve public safety, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 6, 2020 

Ms. SMITH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to improve 

public safety, 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 ‘‘Supporting Innovation 

5 in Public Safety Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INNOVATION IN SAFETY DEMONSTRATION PROJ7 ECTS. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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1 mittees’’ means the Committee on the Judiciary of 

2 the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of 

3 the House of Representatives. 

4 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti5 ty’’ means a State government, a local government, 

6 or a Tribal government. 

7 (3) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term 

8 ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means any government 

9 agency that has the principal functions of— 

10 (A) the prevention, detection, and inves11 tigation of crime; and 

12 (B) the apprehension of alleged criminal 

13 offenders. 

14 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 

15 State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 

16 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 

17 States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the 

18 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

19 and any possession of the United States. 

20 (5) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘Tribal 

21 government’’ means the government of an Indian 

22 tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-De23 termination and Education Assistance Act (25 

24 U.S.C. 5304)). 

25 (b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

2 award grants, on a competitive basis, to not less 

3 than 100 eligible entities to perform a demonstration 

4 project described in paragraph (2). 

5 (2) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—An eligible 

6 entity receiving a grant under paragraph (1) shall 

7 perform a demonstration project that supports the 

8 development and implementation of programs and 

9 policies that improve public safety with innovative 

10 strategies, including— 

11 (A) improving mental health crisis re12 sponse; 

13 (B) reassigning some functions of law en14 forcement officers to unarmed public employees; 

15 (C) creating programs designed to reduce 

16 the incidence of violence, harassment, and civil 

17 rights violations by law enforcement officers; 

18 (D) reducing the financial and operational 

19 reliance of law enforcement agencies on the col20 lection of fines, fees, and other charges; and 

21 (E) identifying, and making publicly avail22 able a report relating to, potential— 

23 (i) reforms to State criminal statutes 

24 in order to— 


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1 (I) eliminate unnecessary fines, 

2 fees, and other charges; and 

3 (II) eliminate or reduce manda4 tory minimum sentences; and 

5 (ii) reforms to State criminal statutes 

6 and local ordinances that— 

7 (I) contribute to the criminaliza8 tion of poverty; or 

9 (II) are enforced in a racially dis10 parate manner. 

11 (3) DURATION.—A demonstration project per12 formed under paragraph (2) shall be performed for 

13 a period of not less than 5 years. 

14 (4) LIMITATION ON RECEIPT AND USE OF

15 FUNDS.—A law enforcement agency may not receive 

16 or use any funds from a grant awarded under this 

17 subsection. 

18 (c) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT ALLOCATIONS.—In award19 ing grants under subsection (b), the Attorney General 

20 shall allocate to eligible entities that are Tribal govern21 ments not less than 10 percent of the funds that are made 

22 available to carry out that subsection. 

23 (d) DATA COLLECTION.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

25 collect the following data for the jurisdiction of an 


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1 eligible entity performing a demonstration project 

2 with a grant under subsection (b) for each year dur3 ing which the eligible entity performs the demonstra4 tion project: 

5 (A) Population characteristics, including 

6 statistics on race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, 

7 average and median income levels, and poverty. 

8 (B) Average educational attainment. 

9 (C) Employment rates. 

10 (D) Housing market characteristics. 

11 (E) Demographic characteristics of individ12 uals who are arrested, charged, and convicted of 

13 crimes during the period of performance of the 

14 demonstration project by the eligible entity. 

15 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

16 date of enactment of this Act, and annually there17 after until the date on which each demonstration 

18 project performed under subsection (b) is complete, 

19 the Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate 

20 congressional committees a report that includes— 

21 (A) the total number of eligible entities 

22 performing demonstration projects with a grant 

23 under subsection (b); 


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1 (B) a description and status assessment of 

2 each demonstration project described in sub3 paragraph (A); and 

4 (C) the data collected under paragraph (1). 

5 (e) EVALUATION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

7 the date on which the Secretary awards the first 

8 grant under subsection (b)(1), and annually there9 after until the date on which each demonstration 

10 project performed under subsection (b) is complete, 

11 the Attorney General, in consultation with the heads 

12 of other appropriate agencies, shall submit to the 

13 appropriate congressional committees an evaluation 

14 relating to the demonstration project performed by 

15 each eligible entity receiving a grant under sub16 section (b). 

17 (2) CONTENTS.—The evaluation required under 

18 paragraph (1) shall include, for each eligible entity 

19 performing a demonstration project with a grant 

20 under subsection (b)— 

21 (A) whether the demonstration project— 

22 (i) has saved costs for the eligible en23 tity; 

24 (ii) has contributed to a reduced inci25 dence of use of force by law enforcement 


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1 officers in the jurisdiction of the eligible 

2 entity; and 

3 (iii) has contributed to improved rela4 tions between community members and law 

5 enforcement agencies and officers in the 

6 jurisdiction of the eligible entity; and 

7 (B) other appropriate analysis of the out8 come of the demonstration project. 

9 (3) USE OF DATA.—In preparing the evaluation 

10 required under paragraph (1), the Attorney General 

11 shall use the data collected under subsection (d). 

12 (4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The evaluation re13 quired under paragraph (1) shall be publicly avail14 able. 

15 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 are authorized to be appropriated— 

17 (1) to carry out subsection (b) $500,000,000; 

18 and 

19 (2) to carry out subsections (d) and (e) 

20 $100,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 

21 2025. 

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