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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3860 

To establish a grant program to provide assistance to local governments 

with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 17, 2022 

Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. WARNOCK, and Mr. 

CASSIDY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish a grant program to provide assistance to local 

governments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers, 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 ‘‘Invest to Protect Act 

5 of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

8 (1) DE-ESCALATION TRAINING.—The term ‘‘de9 escalation training’’ means a process or tactic used 


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1 to prevent, reduce, or manage behaviors associated 

2 with conflict (including verbal or physical agitation, 

3 aggression, violence, or similar behaviors) during an 

4 interaction between not less than 2 individuals. 

5 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

6 the Director of the Office. 

7 (3) ELIGIBLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term 

8 ‘‘eligible local government’’ means— 

9 (A) a county, municipality, town, township, 

10 village, parish, borough, or other unit of general 

11 government below the State level that employs 

12 fewer than 200 law enforcement officers; and 

13 (B) a Tribal government that employs 

14 fewer than 200 law enforcement officers. 

15 (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The term 

16 ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ has the meaning given the 

17 term in section 2503 of the Omnibus Crime Control 

18 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10533). 

19 (5) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of20 fice of Community Oriented Policing Services of the 

21 Department of Justice. 

22 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

23 the Office a grant program to— 


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1 (1) provide training, body cameras, and access 

2 to mental health resources to local law enforcement 

3 officers; and 

4 (2) improve the recruitment and retention of 

5 local law enforcement officers. 

6 (c) AUTHORITY.—Not later than 60 days after the 

7 date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall award 

8 grants to eligible local governments as a part of the grant 

9 program established under subsection (b). 

10 (d) APPLICATIONS.— 

11 (1) BARRIERS.—The Attorney General shall de12 termine what barriers exist to establishing a stream13 lined application process for grants under this sec14 tion. 

15 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the 

16 date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 

17 shall submit to Congress a report that includes a 

18 plan to execute a streamlined application process for 

19 grants under this section under which an eligible 

20 local government seeking a grant under this section 

21 can complete the application in not more than 30 

22 minutes. 

23 (3) APPLICATIONS.—In selecting eligible local 

24 governments to receive grants under this section, the 


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1 Director shall use the streamlined application proc2 ess described in paragraph (2). 

3 (e) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible local govern4 ment that receives a grant under this section may use 

5 amounts from the grant only for— 

6 (1) de-escalation training for law enforcement 

7 officers; 

8 (2) training for law enforcement officers in han9 dling situations of domestic violence; 

10 (3) law enforcement officer safety training; 

11 (4) the offsetting of overtime costs associated 

12 with scheduling issues when a law enforcement offi13 cer participates in the training described in para14 graphs (1) through (3); 

15 (5) the purchasing, storage, operation, and se16 curing of body cameras in accordance with guide17 lines established by the eligible local government or 

18 the Attorney General under subsection (f)(2) until 

19 the eligible local government establishes such guide20 lines; 

21 (6) a signing bonus for a law enforcement offi22 cer in an amount determined by the eligible local 

23 government; 


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1 (7) a retention bonus for a law enforcement of2 ficer in an amount determined by the eligible local 

3 government; 

4 (8) a stipend for the graduate education of law 

5 enforcement officers in the area of mental health, 

6 public health, or social work, which shall not exceed 

7 the lesser of— 

8 (A) $10,000; or 

9 (B) the amount the law enforcement offi10 cer pays towards such graduate education; and 

11 (9) providing access to patient-centered behav12 ioral health services for law enforcement officers, 

13 which may include resources for risk assessments, 

14 evidence-based, trauma-informed care to treat post15 traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder, 

16 peer support and counselor services and family sup17 ports, and the promotion of improved access to high 

18 quality mental health care through telehealth. 

19 (f) BODY CAMERA GUIDELINES.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible local government 

21 that uses funds from a grant under this section for 

22 the purpose described in subsection (e)(5) shall— 

23 (A) follow guidelines established by the eli24 gible local government or the State in which the 

25 eligible local government is located relating to 


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1 the purchasing, storage, operation, and securing 

2 of body cameras based on existing industry best 

3 practices; or 

4 (B) if the guidelines described in subpara5 graph (A) do not yet exist, follow the guidelines 

6 established under paragraph (2). 

7 (2) FEDERAL GUIDELINES.—Not later than 60 

8 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the At9 torney General shall establish guidelines relating to 

10 the purchasing, storage, operation, and securing of 

11 body cameras that are based on existing industry 

12 best practices. 

13 (g) DISCLOSURE OF OFFICER RECRUITMENT AND

14 RETENTION BONUSES.—Not later than 60 days after the 

15 date on which an eligible local government that receives 

16 a grant under this section awards a signing or retention 

17 bonus described in paragraph (6) or (7) of subsection (e), 

18 the eligible local government shall disclose to the Director 

19 and make publicly available on a website of the eligible 

20 local government the amount of such bonus. 

21 (h) GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY.—All grants awarded 

22 by the Director under this section shall be subject to the 

23 following accountability provisions: 

24 (1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 


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1 (A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

2 term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means a find3 ing in the final audit report of the Inspector 

4 General of the Department of Justice that the 

5 audited grantee has used grant funds for an 

6 unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallow7 able cost that is not closed or resolved within 

8 12 months from the date when the final audit 

9 report is issued. 

10 (B) AUDITS.—Beginning in the first fiscal 

11 year beginning after the date of enactment of 

12 this subsection, and in each fiscal year there13 after, the Inspector General of the Department 

14 of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 

15 grants under this section to prevent waste, 

16 fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The In17 spector General of the Department of Justice 

18 shall determine the appropriate number of 

19 grantees to be audited each year. 

20 (C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient 

21 of grant funds under this section that is found 

22 to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be 

23 eligible to receive grant funds under this section 

24 during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after 


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1 the end of the 12-month period described in 

2 subparagraph (A). 

3 (D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under 

4 this section, the Director shall give priority to 

5 eligible local governments that did not have an 

6 unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 

7 years before submitting an application for a 

8 grant under this section. 

9 (E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an eligible local 

10 government is awarded grant funds under this 

11 section during the 2-fiscal-year period during 

12 which the eligible local government is barred 

13 from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), 

14 the Attorney General shall— 

15 (i) deposit an amount equal to the 

16 amount of the grant funds that were im17 properly awarded to the grantee into the 

18 General Fund of the Treasury; and 

19 (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re20 payment to the fund from the grant recipi21 ent that was erroneously awarded grant 

22 funds. 

23 (2) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 

24 fiscal year during which audits commence under 

25 paragraph (1)(B), the Attorney General shall submit 


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1 to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Com2 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

3 Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 

4 Appropriations of the House of Representatives an 

5 annual certification— 

6 (A) indicating whether— 

7 (i) all audits issued by the Office of 

8 the Inspector General of the Department 

9 of Justice under paragraph (1) have been 

10 completed and reviewed by the appropriate 

11 Assistant Attorney General or Director; 

12 (ii) all mandatory exclusions required 

13 under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 

14 and 

15 (iii) all reimbursements required 

16 under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; 

17 and 

18 (B) that includes a list of any grant recipi19 ents excluded under paragraph (1) from the 

20 previous year. 

21 (i) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Director awards 

23 a grant to an eligible local government under this 

24 section, the Attorney General shall compare poten25 tial grant awards with other grants awarded by the 


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1 Attorney General to determine if grant awards are 

2 or have been awarded for a similar purpose. 

3 (2) REPORT.—If the Attorney General awards 

4 grants to the same applicant for a similar purpose 

5 the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee 

6 on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee 

7 on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a 

8 report that includes— 

9 (A) a list of all such grants awarded, in10 cluding the total dollar amount of any such 

11 grants awarded; and 

12 (B) the reason the Attorney General 

13 awarded multiple grants to the same applicant 

14 for a similar purpose. 

15 (j) FUNDING.—In carrying out this section, the Di16 rector— 

17 (1) shall use amounts otherwise made available 

18 to the Office; and 

19 (2) may use not more than $50,000,000 of such 

20 amounts for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. 

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