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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7136 

To require the creation and adoption of national minimum training 

requirements for law enforcement personnel. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 8, 2020 

Mr. POCAN (for himself and Mrs. HAYES) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require the creation and adoption of national minimum 

training requirements for law enforcement personnel. 

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 ‘‘Police Training and 

5 Accountability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING REQUIREMENT AND 

7 STANDARDS. 

8 (a) TRAINING REQUIREMENT.—The Civilian Com9 mission on Modern Law Enforcement Training shall es10 tablish a single national training requirement every law 


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1 enforcement officer in America should, at minimum, meet 

2 before being permitted to perform the duties of a law en3 forcement officer. 

4 (b) TRAINING STANDARDS.—The training require5 ment established pursuant to this section shall be uniform 

6 and include, at minimum, standards pertaining to— 

7 (1) a minimum level of education attainment 

8 (while not prohibiting high school graduates from 

9 employment consideration for entry-level positions); 

10 (2) a minimum number of training hours; 

11 (3) use of force; 

12 (4) use of lethal force; 

13 (5) implicit bias; 

14 (6) conflict resolution, mediation, and de-esca15 lation practices; 

16 (7) pursuit; 

17 (8) video technology; 

18 (9) stop and search procedures; and 

19 (10) intervention programs. 

20 SEC. 3. ADOPTION OF TRAINING STANDARDS REQUIRED. 

21 Any employer of a law enforcement officer who has 

22 not completed training satisfying the requirements of sec23 tion 2 of this Act shall be ineligible for any Federal funds 

24 made available by the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 

25 Assistance Grant Program. 


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1 SEC. 4. CIVILIAN-LAW ENFORCEMENT BILL OF RIGHTS. 

2 The Civilian Commission on Modern Law Enforce3 ment Training established by this Act shall issue a Civil4 ian-Law Enforcement Bill of Rights describing the rights 

5 every person has when interacting with law enforcement. 

6 This Bill of Rights shall be adhered to by every recipient 

7 of an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 

8 Program award. 

9 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

10 In this Act: 

11 (a) The term ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ means any 

12 officer, agent, or employee of the Federal Government, a 

13 State, a unit of local government, or an Indian tribe au14 thorized by law or by a government agency to engage in 

15 or supervise the prevention, detection, or investigation of 

16 any violation of criminal law, or authorized by law to su17 pervise sentenced criminal offenders. 

18 (b) The term ‘‘Civilian Commission on Modern Law 

19 Enforcement Training’’ means an independent commis20 sion established pursuant to this Act within the Depart21 ment of Justice that consists of persons without a history 

22 of military or law enforcement employment. Members of 

23 the Commission shall be equally appointed by the Speaker 

24 of the U.S. House of Representatives and the majority 

25 leader of the U.S. Senate. 

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