117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3860 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Invest to Protect Act 

3 of 2022’’. 

4 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

6 (1) DE-ESCALATION TRAINING.—The term ‘‘de7 escalation training’’ means training relating to tak8 ing action or communicating verbally or non-verbally 

9 during a potential force encounter in an attempt to 

10 stabilize the situation and reduce the immediacy of 

11 the threat so that more time, options, and resources 

12 can be called upon to resolve the situation without 

13 the use of force or with a reduction in the force nec14 essary. 

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

16 the Director of the Office. 

17 (3) ELIGIBLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term 

18 ‘‘eligible local government’’ means— 

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

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

21 government below the State level that employs 

22 fewer than 200 law enforcement officers; and 

23 (B) a Tribal government that employs 

24 fewer than 200 law enforcement officers. 

25 (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The term 

26 ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ has the meaning given the 
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1 term ‘‘career law enforcement officer’’ in section 

2 1709 of title I the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

3 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10389). 

4 (5) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of5 fice of Community Oriented Policing Services of the 

6 Department of Justice. 

7 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

8 the Office a grant program to— 

9 (1) provide training and access to mental health 

10 resources to local law enforcement officers; and 

11 (2) improve the recruitment and retention of 

12 local law enforcement officers. 

13 (c) AUTHORITY.—Not later than 120 days after the 

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

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

16 program established under subsection (b). 

17 (d) APPLICATIONS.— 

18 (1) BARRIERS.—The Attorney General shall de19 termine what barriers exist to establishing a stream20 lined application process for grants under this sec21 tion. 

22 (2) REPORT.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 

24 after the date of enactment of this Act, the At25 torney General shall submit to Congress a re-
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1 port that includes a plan to execute a stream2 lined application process for grants under this 

3 section under which an eligible local government 

4 seeking a grant under this section can reason5 ably complete the application in not more than 

6 2 hours. 

7 (B) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan re8 quired under subparagraph (A) may include a 

9 plan for— 

10 (i) proactively providing eligible local 

11 governments seeking a grant under this 

12 section with information on the data such 

13 eligible local governments will need to pre14 pare before beginning the grant applica15 tion; and 

16 (ii) ensuring technical assistance is 

17 available for eligible local governments 

18 seeking a grant under this section before 

19 and during the grant application process, 

20 including through dedicated liaisons within 

21 the Office. 

22 (3) APPLICATIONS.—In selecting eligible local 

23 governments to receive grants under this section, the 

24 Director shall use the streamlined application proc25 ess described in paragraph (2)(A). 
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1 (e) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible local govern2 ment that receives a grant under this section may use 

3 amounts from the grant only for— 

4 (1) de-escalation training for law enforcement 

5 officers; 

6 (2) victim-centered training for law enforcement 

7 officers in handling situations of domestic violence; 

8 (3) evidence-based law enforcement safety 

9 training, including training for— 

10 (A) active shooter situations; 

11 (B) the safe handling of illicit drugs and 

12 precursor chemicals; 

13 (C) rescue situations; 

14 (D) high speed or pursuit driving; 

15 (E) recognizing and countering ambush at16 tacks; 

17 (F) contact with individuals with mental 

18 health needs; 

19 (G) contact with individuals with substance 

20 use disorders; 

21 (H) contact with veterans; 

22 (I) contact with individuals with disabil23 ities; 

24 (J) contact with vulnerable youth; 
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1 (K) contact with individuals who are vic2 tims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or 

3 trafficking; or 

4 (L) contact with individuals experiencing 

5 homelessness or living in poverty; 

6 (4) the offsetting of overtime costs associated 

7 with scheduling issues relating to the participation 

8 of a law enforcement officer in the training de9 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3); 

10 (5) a signing bonus for a law enforcement offi11 cer in an amount determined by the eligible local 

12 government; 

13 (6) a retention bonus for a law enforcement of14 ficer— 

15 (A) in an amount determined by the eligi16 ble local government that does not exceed 20 

17 percent of the salary of the law enforcement of18 ficer; and 

19 (B) who— 

20 (i) has been employed at the law en21 forcement agency for not fewer than 5 

22 years; and 

23 (ii) has not been found by an internal 

24 investigation to have engaged in serious 

25 misconduct; 
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1 (7) a stipend for the graduate education of law 

2 enforcement officers in the area of mental health, 

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

4 the lesser of— 

5 (A) $10,000; or 

6 (B) the amount the law enforcement offi7 cer pays towards such graduate education; and 

8 (8) providing access to patient-centered behav9 ioral health services for law enforcement officers, 

10 which may include resources for risk assessments, 

11 evidence-based, trauma-informed care to treat post12 traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder, 

13 peer support and counselor services and family sup14 ports, and the promotion of improved access to high 

15 quality mental health care through telehealth. 

16 (f) DISCLOSURE OF OFFICER RECRUITMENT AND

17 RETENTION BONUSES.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

19 the date on which an eligible local government that 

20 receives a grant under this section awards a signing 

21 or retention bonus described in paragraph (5) or (6) 

22 of subsection (e), the eligible local government shall 

23 disclose to the Director and make publicly available 

24 on a website of the eligible local government the 

25 amount of such bonus. 
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1 (2) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall sub2 mit to the appropriate congressional committees an 

3 annual report that includes each signing or retention 

4 bonus disclosed under paragraph (1) during the pre5 ceding year. 

6 (g) GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY.—All grants awarded 

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

8 following accountability provisions: 

9 (1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

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

11 term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means a find12 ing in the final audit report of the Inspector 

13 General of the Department of Justice that the 

14 audited grantee has used grant funds for an 

15 unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallow16 able cost that is not closed or resolved within 

17 12 months from the date when the final audit 

18 report is issued. 

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

20 year beginning after the date of enactment of 

21 this subsection, and in each fiscal year there22 after, the Inspector General of the Department 

23 of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 

24 grants under this section to prevent waste, 

25 fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The In-
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1 spector General of the Department of Justice 

2 shall determine the appropriate number of 

3 grantees to be audited each year. 

4 (C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient 

5 of grant funds under this section that is found 

6 to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be 

7 eligible to receive grant funds under this section 

8 during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after 

9 the end of the 12-month period described in 

10 subparagraph (A). 

11 (D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under 

12 this section, the Director shall give priority to 

13 eligible local governments that did not have an 

14 unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 

15 years before submitting an application for a 

16 grant under this section. 

17 (E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an eligible local 

18 government is awarded grant funds under this 

19 section during the 2-fiscal-year period during 

20 which the eligible local government is barred 

21 from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), 

22 the Attorney General shall— 

23 (i) deposit an amount equal to the 

24 amount of the grant funds that were im-
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1 properly awarded to the grantee into the 

2 General Fund of the Treasury; and 

3 (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re4 payment to the fund from the grant recipi5 ent that was erroneously awarded grant 

6 funds. 

7 (2) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 

8 fiscal year during which audits commence under 

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

10 to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Com11 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

12 Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 

13 Appropriations of the House of Representatives an 

14 annual certification— 

15 (A) indicating whether— 

16 (i) all audits issued by the Office of 

17 the Inspector General of the Department 

18 of Justice under paragraph (1) have been 

19 completed and reviewed by the appropriate 

20 Assistant Attorney General or Director; 

21 (ii) all mandatory exclusions required 

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

23 and 
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1 (iii) all reimbursements required 

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

3 and 

4 (B) that includes a list of any grant recipi5 ents excluded under paragraph (1) from the 

6 previous year. 

7 (h) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 

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

9 a grant to an eligible local government under this 

10 section, the Attorney General shall compare poten11 tial grant awards with other grants awarded by the 

12 Attorney General to determine if grant awards are 

13 or have been awarded for a similar purpose. 

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

15 grants to the same applicant for a similar purpose, 

16 the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee 

17 on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee 

18 on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a 

19 report that includes— 

20 (A) a list of all such grants awarded, in21 cluding the total dollar amount of any such 

22 grants awarded; and 

23 (B) the reason the Attorney General 

24 awarded multiple grants to the same applicant 

25 for a similar purpose. 
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1 (i) FUNDING.—In carrying out this section, the Di2 rector— 

3 (1) shall use amounts otherwise made available 

4 to the Office; and 

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

6 amounts for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. 

Passed the Senate August 1, 2022. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3860 

AN ACT 

To establish a grant program to provide assistance 

forcement officers, and for other purposes. to local governments with fewer than 200 law en-