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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4820 

To direct the Attorney General to establish a single grant program to make 

grants to hire prosecutors, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 29, 2024 

Mr. CASEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To direct the Attorney General to establish a single grant 

program to make grants to hire prosecutors, 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 ‘‘Helping Improve Re5 cruitment and Retention Efforts for Prosecutors Act of 

6 2024’’ or as the ‘‘HIRRE Prosecutors Act of 2024’’. 

7 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR PROSECUTORS. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 

10 shall establish a program (in this Act referred to as the 


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1 ‘‘Program’’) to assist a State, territory, unit of local gov2 ernment, or tribal government in hiring prosecutors. 

3 (b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—In carrying out the Pro4 gram, the Attorney General may award a grant on a com5 petitive basis in accordance with this section. 

6 (c) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—The Attorney General 

7 may award a grant under the Program each year to a 

8 prosecutor’s office of a State, territory, unit of local gov9 ernment, or tribal government that submits an application 

10 pursuant to subsection (d). 

11 (d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 

12 the Program, an eligible recipient shall submit to the At13 torney General an application in such form, at such time, 

14 and containing such information as the Attorney General 

15 determines to be appropriate. 

16 (e) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Grant funds awarded 

17 under the Program may only be used to hire, retain, and 

18 train prosecutors or support staff for a prosecutor’s office 

19 of a State, territory, unit of local government, or tribal 

20 government. 

21 (f) USE OF COMPONENTS.—The Attorney General 

22 may use any component of the Department of Justice in 

23 carrying out this section. 

24 (g) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF APPLICA25 TIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS.—In awarding grants under 


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1 this section, the Attorney General may give preferential 

2 consideration to an application— 

3 (1) to hire and train new prosecutors or sup4 port staff for a prosecutor’s office of a State, terri5 tory, unit of local government, or tribal government; 

6 (2) to rehire prosecutors who have been laid off 

7 as a result of State, territory, unit of local govern8 ment, or tribal government budget reductions; and 

9 (3) from a jurisdiction representing a tribal, re10 mote, or rural area, as defined in section 40002(a) 

11 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 

12 U.S.C. 12291(a)). 

13 (h) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

14 (1) FEDERAL SHARE.— The Federal share of 

15 the cost of a project assisted with a grant under the 

16 Program shall not exceed 75 percent. 

17 (2) WAIVER.—The Attorney General may waive 

18 the 25 percent matching requirement under para19 graph (1) upon making a determination that a waiv20 er is equitable in view of the financial circumstances 

21 affecting the ability of the eligible recipient to meet 

22 that requirement. 

23 (3) NONSUPPLANTING REQUIREMENT.—Funds 

24 made available under the Program shall not be used 

25 to supplant State or local funds, or, in the case of 


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1 Indian tribal governments, funds awarded by the 

2 Bureau of Indian Affairs, but shall be used to in3 crease the amount of funds that would, in the ab4 sence of Federal funds received under the Program, 

5 be made available from State or local sources, or in 

6 the case of Indian tribal governments, from funds 

7 supplied by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

8 (4) NON-FEDERAL COSTS.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—A State or unit of local 

10 or tribal government may use assets received 

11 through the assets forfeiture equitable sharing 

12 program. 

13 (B) INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.— 

14 Funds appropriated by Congress for the activi15 ties of any agency of an Indian tribal govern16 ment or the Bureau of Indian Affairs per17 forming prosecutorial functions on any Indian 

18 lands may be used to provide the non-Federal 

19 share of the cost of programs or projects fund20 ed under this section. 

21 (i) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.— 

22 (1) MONITORING COMPONENTS.—Each project 

23 funded by a grant under the Program shall contain 

24 a monitoring component, including the systematic 

25 identification and collection of data about activities, 


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1 accomplishments, and programs undertaken pursu2 ant to the Program. 

3 (2) EVALUATION COMPONENTS.—The Attorney 

4 General shall evaluate each project funded by a 

5 grant under the Program, individually or as part of 

6 a national evaluation. 

7 (3) PERIODIC REVIEW AND REPORTS.—The At8 torney General may require a project funded under 

9 the Program to submit to the Attorney General the 

10 results of the monitoring component and evaluation 

11 under paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, as well 

12 as any other information as the Attorney General 

13 deems necessary. 

14 (4) REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF FUND15 ING.—If the Attorney General determines, as a re16 sult of evaluation under this subsection, or other17 wise, that a grant under the Program is not in sub18 stantial compliance with the terms and requirements 

19 of the Program, the Attorney General may revoke or 

20 suspend funding of that grant, in whole or in part. 

21 (j) GENERAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Attor22 ney General may promulgate regulations and guidelines 

23 to carry out this section. 

24 (k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

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1 gram $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2025 

2 through 2029. 

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