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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3335 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 

establish a grant program to help law enforcement agencies with civilian 

law enforcement tasks, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 15, 2023 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. GRASSLEY) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to establish a grant program to help law 

enforcement agencies with civilian law enforcement tasks, 

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 ‘‘Retired Federal Law 

5 Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 

2 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

3 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended 

4 by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘PART PP—CIVIL LAW ENFORCEMENT TASK 

6 GRANTS 

7 ‘‘SEC. 3061. DEFINITIONS. 

8 ‘‘In this part: 

9 ‘‘(1) CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT TASK.—The 

10 term ‘civilian law enforcement task’ includes— 

11 ‘‘(A) assisting in homicide investigations; 

12 ‘‘(B) assisting in carjacking investigations; 

13 ‘‘(C) assisting in financial crimes investiga14 tions; 

15 ‘‘(D) reviewing camera footage; 

16 ‘‘(E) crime scene analysis; 

17 ‘‘(F) forensics analysis; and 

18 ‘‘(G) providing expertise in computers, 

19 computer networks, information technology, or 

20 the internet. 

21 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en22 tity’ means a State or local law enforcement agency. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 3062. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 

24 ‘‘The Attorney General may award grants to eligible 

25 entities for the purpose of hiring retired personnel from 

26 Federal law enforcement agencies to— 


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1 ‘‘(1) train civilian employees of the eligible enti2 ty on civilian law enforcement tasks that can be per3 formed on behalf of a law enforcement agency; and 

4 ‘‘(2) perform civilian law enforcement tasks on 

5 behalf of the eligible entity. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 3063. ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS. 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A grant awarded under this part 

8 shall be subject to the accountability requirements of this 

9 section. 

10 ‘‘(b) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

11 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

12 ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding in a final 

13 audit report of the Inspector General of the Depart14 ment of Justice that an audited grantee has used 

15 grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or oth16 erwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved 

17 within 12 months from the date when the final audit 

18 report is issued. 

19 ‘‘(2) AUDITS.—Beginning in the first fiscal 

20 year beginning after the date of enactment of the 

21 Retired Federal Law Enforcement Officers Con22 tinuing Service Act, and in each fiscal year there23 after, the Inspector General of the Department of 

24 Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of grants 

25 under this part to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 


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1 of funds by grantees. The Inspector General of the 

2 Department of Justice shall determine the appro3 priate number of grantees to be audited each year. 

4 ‘‘(3) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient of 

5 grant funds under this part that is found to have an 

6 unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to re7 ceive grant funds under this part during the first 2 

8 fiscal years beginning after the end of the 12-month 

9 period described in paragraph (1). 

10 ‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

11 part, the Attorney General shall give priority to eli12 gible entities that did not have an unresolved audit 

13 finding during the 3 fiscal years before submitting 

14 an application for a grant under this part. 

15 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the fis16 cal year during which audits commence under subsection 

17 (a)(2), the Attorney General shall submit to the Com18 mittee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropria19 tions of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 

20 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

21 Representatives an annual certification— 

22 ‘‘(1) indicating whether— 

23 ‘‘(A) all audits issued by the Office of the 

24 Inspector General of the Department of Justice 

25 under subsection (a) have been completed and 


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1 reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney 

2 General or Director; and 

3 ‘‘(B) all mandatory exclusions required 

4 under subsection (a)(3) have been issued; and 

5 ‘‘(2) that includes a list of any grant recipients 

6 excluded under subsection (a)(3) from the previous 

7 year. 

8 ‘‘(d) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney Gen10 eral awards a grant to an eligible entity under this 

11 part, the Attorney General shall compare potential 

12 grant awards with other grants awarded by the At13 torney General to determine if grant awards are or 

14 have been awarded for a similar purpose. 

15 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—If the Attorney General awards 

16 grants to the same applicant for a similar purpose, 

17 the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee 

18 on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee 

19 on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a 

20 report that includes— 

21 ‘‘(A) a list of all such grants awarded, in22 cluding the total dollar amount of any such 

23 grants awarded; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) the reason the Attorney General 

2 awarded multiple grants to the same applicant 

3 for a similar purpose.’’. 

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