117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4003 

AN ACT 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to provide for training on alternatives to 

use of force, de-escalation, and mental and behavioral 

health and suicidal crises. 

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 ‘‘Law Enforcement De3 Escalation Training Act of 2022’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TRAINING ON ALTERNATIVES TO USE OF FORCE, 

5 DE-ESCALATION, AND MENTAL AND BEHAV6 IORAL HEALTH CRISES. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 901(a) of title I of the 

8 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

9 U.S.C. 10251(a)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (27), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

11 end; 

12 (2) in paragraph (28), by striking the period at 

13 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(29) the term ‘de-escalation’ means taking ac16 tion or communicating verbally or non-verbally dur17 ing a potential force encounter in an attempt to sta18 bilize the situation and reduce the immediacy of the 

19 threat so that more time, options, and resources can 

20 be called upon to resolve the situation without the 

21 use of force or with a reduction in the force nec22 essary; 

23 ‘‘(30) the term ‘mental or behavioral health or 

24 suicidal crisis’— 

25 ‘‘(A) means a situation in which the behav26 ior of a person— 
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1 ‘‘(i) puts the person at risk of hurting 

2 himself or herself or others; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) impairs or prevents the person 

4 from being able to care for himself or her5 self or function effectively in the commu6 nity; and 

7 ‘‘(B) includes a situation in which a per8 son— 

9 ‘‘(i) is under the influence of a drug 

10 or alcohol, is suicidal, or experiences symp11 toms of a mental illness; or 

12 ‘‘(ii) may exhibit symptoms, including 

13 emotional reactions (such as fear or 

14 anger), psychological impairments (such as 

15 inability to focus, confusion, or psychosis), 

16 and behavioral reactions (such as the trig17 ger of a freeze, fight, or flight response); 

18 ‘‘(31) the term ‘disability’ has the meaning 

19 given that term in section 3 of the Americans with 

20 Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102); 

21 ‘‘(32) the term ‘crisis intervention team’ means 

22 a collaborative, interdisciplinary team that brings to23 gether specially trained law enforcement officers, 

24 mental health providers, and other community stake25 holders to respond to mental health-related calls, use 
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1 appropriate de-escalation techniques, and assess if 

2 referral to services or transport for mental health 

3 evaluation is appropriate; and 

4 ‘‘(33) the term ‘covered mental health profes5 sional’ means a mental health professional working 

6 on a crisis intervention team— 

7 ‘‘(A) as an employee of a law enforcement 

8 agency; or 

9 ‘‘(B) under a legal agreement with a law 

10 enforcement agency.’’. 

11 (b) COPS PROGRAM.—Section 1701 of title I of the 

12 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

13 U.S.C. 10381) is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(n) TRAINING IN ALTERNATIVES TO USE OF

16 FORCE, DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES, AND MENTAL

17 AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISES.— 

18 ‘‘(1) TRAINING CURRICULA.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

20 days after the date of enactment of this sub21 section, the Attorney General shall develop 

22 training curricula or identify effective existing 

23 training curricula for law enforcement officers 

24 and for covered mental health professionals re25 garding— 
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1 ‘‘(i) de-escalation tactics and alter2 natives to use of force; 

3 ‘‘(ii) safely responding to an indi4 vidual experiencing a mental or behavioral 

5 health or suicidal crisis or an individual 

6 with a disability, including techniques and 

7 strategies that are designed to protect the 

8 safety of that individual, law enforcement 

9 officers, mental health professionals, and 

10 the public; 

11 ‘‘(iii) successfully participating on a 

12 crisis intervention team; and 

13 ‘‘(iv) making referrals to community14 based mental and behavioral health serv15 ices and support, housing assistance pro16 grams, public benefits programs, the Na17 tional Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and 

18 other services. 

19 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The training cur20 ricula developed or identified under this para21 graph shall include— 

22 ‘‘(i) scenario-based exercises; 

23 ‘‘(ii) pre-training and post-training 

24 tests to assess relevant knowledge and 

25 skills covered in the training curricula; and 
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1 ‘‘(iii) follow-up evaluative assessments 

2 to determine the degree to which partici3 pants in the training apply, in their jobs, 

4 the knowledge and skills gained in the 

5 training. 

6 ‘‘(C) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney Gen7 eral shall develop and identify training curricula 

8 under this paragraph in consultation with rel9 evant law enforcement agencies of States and 

10 units of local government, associations that rep11 resent individuals with mental or behavioral 

12 health diagnoses or individuals with disabilities, 

13 labor organizations, professional law enforce14 ment organizations, local law enforcement labor 

15 and representative organizations, law enforce16 ment trade associations, mental health and sui17 cide prevention organizations, family advocacy 

18 organizations, and civil rights and civil liberties 

19 groups. 

20 ‘‘(2) CERTIFIED PROGRAMS AND COURSES.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

22 days after the date on which training curricula 

23 are developed or identified under paragraph 

24 (1)(A), the Attorney General shall establish a 

25 process to— 
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1 ‘‘(i) certify training programs and 

2 courses offered by public and private enti3 ties to law enforcement officers or covered 

4 mental health professionals using 1 or 

5 more of the training curricula developed or 

6 identified under paragraph (1), or equiva7 lents to such training curricula, which may 

8 include certifying a training program or 

9 course that an entity began offering on or 

10 before the date on which the Attorney Gen11 eral establishes the process; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) terminate the certification of a 

13 training program or course if the program 

14 or course fails to continue to meet the 

15 standards under the training curricula de16 veloped or identified under paragraph (1). 

17 ‘‘(B) PARTNERSHIPS WITH MENTAL

18 HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL

19 INSTITUTIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 

20 the date on which training curricula are devel21 oped or identified under paragraph (1)(A), the 

22 Attorney General shall develop criteria to en23 sure that public and private entities that offer 

24 training programs or courses that are certified 
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1 under subparagraph (A) collaborate with local 

2 mental health organizations to— 

3 ‘‘(i) enhance the training experience 

4 of law enforcement officers through con5 sultation with and the participation of indi6 viduals with mental or behavioral health 

7 diagnoses or disabilities, particularly such 

8 individuals who have interacted with law 

9 enforcement officers; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) strengthen relationships between 

11 health care services and law enforcement 

12 agencies. 

13 ‘‘(3) TRANSITIONAL REGIONAL TRAINING PRO14 GRAMS FOR STATE AND LOCAL AGENCY PER15 SONNEL.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—During the period be17 ginning on the date on which the Attorney Gen18 eral establishes the process required under 

19 paragraph (2)(A) and ending on the date that 

20 is 18 months after that date, the Attorney Gen21 eral shall, and thereafter the Attorney General 

22 may, provide, in collaboration with law enforce23 ment training academies of States and units of 

24 local government as appropriate, regional train25 ing to equip personnel from law enforcement 
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1 agencies of States and units of local govern2 ment in a State to offer training programs or 

3 courses certified under paragraph (2)(A). 

4 ‘‘(B) CONTINUING EDUCATION.—The At5 torney General shall develop and implement 

6 continuing education requirements for personnel 

7 from law enforcement agencies of States and 

8 units of local government who receive training 

9 to offer training programs or courses under 

10 subparagraph (A). 

11 ‘‘(4) LIST.—Not later than 1 year after the At12 torney General completes the activities described in 

13 paragraphs (1) and (2), the Attorney General shall 

14 publish a list of law enforcement agencies of States 

15 and units of local government employing law en16 forcement officers or using covered mental health 

17 professionals who have successfully completed a 

18 course using 1 or more of the training curricula de19 veloped or identified under paragraph (1), or equiva20 lents to such training curricula, which shall in21 clude— 

22 ‘‘(A) the total number of law enforcement 

23 officers that are employed by the agency; 

24 ‘‘(B) the number of such law enforcement 

25 officers who have completed such a course; 
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1 ‘‘(C) whether personnel from the law en2 forcement agency have been trained to offer 

3 training programs or courses under paragraph 

4 (3); 

5 ‘‘(D) the total number of covered mental 

6 health professionals who work with the agency; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(E) the number of such covered mental 

9 health professionals who have completed such a 

10 course. 

11 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

12 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

13 this subsection— 

14 ‘‘(A) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

15 ‘‘(B) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

16 ‘‘(C) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 

17 ‘‘(D) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 

18 (c) BYRNE JAG PROGRAM.—Subpart 1 of part E of 

19 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

20 of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) is amended— 

21 (1) by redesignating section 508 as section 509; 

22 and 

23 (2) by inserting after section 507 the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 508. LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS. 

2 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘certified 

3 training program or course’ means a program or course 

4 using 1 or more of the training curricula developed or 

5 identified under section 1701(n)(1), or equivalents to such 

6 training curricula— 

7 ‘‘(1) that is provided by the Attorney General 

8 under section 1701(n)(3); or 

9 ‘‘(2) that is— 

10 ‘‘(A) provided by a public or private entity, 

11 including the personnel of a law enforcement 

12 agency or law enforcement training academy of 

13 a State or unit of local government who have 

14 been trained to offer training programs or 

15 courses under section 1701(n)(3); and 

16 ‘‘(B) certified by the Attorney General 

17 under section 1701(n)(2). 

18 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

20 after the Attorney General completes the activities 

21 required by paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 

22 1701(n), the Attorney General shall, from amounts 

23 made available to fund training programs pursuant 

24 to subsection (h), make grants to States for use by 

25 the State or a unit of government located in the 

26 State to— 
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1 ‘‘(A) pay for— 

2 ‘‘(i) costs associated with conducting a 

3 certified training program or course or, 

4 subject to paragraph (2), a certified train5 ing program or course that provides con6 tinuing education; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) attendance by law enforcement 

8 officers or covered mental health profes9 sionals at a certified training program or 

10 course, including a course provided by a 

11 law enforcement training academy of a 

12 State or unit of local government; 

13 ‘‘(B) procure a certified training program 

14 or course or, subject to paragraph (2), a cer15 tified training program or course that provides 

16 continuing education on 1 or more of the topics 

17 described in section 1701(n)(1)(A); 

18 ‘‘(C) in the case of a law enforcement 

19 agency of a unit of local government that em20 ploys fewer than 50 employees (determined on 

21 a full-time equivalent basis), pay for the costs 

22 of overtime accrued as a result of the attend23 ance of a law enforcement officer or covered 

24 mental health professional at a certified train25 ing program or course for which the costs asso-
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1 ciated with conducting the certified training 

2 program or course are paid using amounts pro3 vided under this section; 

4 ‘‘(D) pay for the costs of developing mech5 anisms to comply with the reporting require6 ments established under subsection (d), in an 

7 amount not to exceed 5 percent of the total 

8 amount of the grant award; and 

9 ‘‘(E) pay for the costs associated with par10 ticipation in the voluntary National Use-of11 Force Data Collection of the Federal Bureau of 

12 Investigation, in an amount not to exceed 5 

13 percent of the total amount of the grant award, 

14 if a law enforcement agency of the State or unit 

15 of local government is not already reporting to 

16 the National Use-of-Force Data Collection. 

17 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR USE FOR CON18 TINUING EDUCATION.— 

19 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

20 term ‘covered topic’ means a topic covered 

21 under the curricula developed or identified 

22 under clause (i), (ii), or (iv) of section 

23 1701(n)(1)(A). 

24 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE INITIAL

25 TRAINING.—A State or unit of local government 
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1 shall ensure that all officers who have been em2 ployed with the State or unit of local govern3 ment for at least 2 years have received training 

4 as part of a certified training program or 

5 course on all covered topics before the State or 

6 unit of local government uses amounts received 

7 under a grant under paragraph (1) for con8 tinuing education with respect to any covered 

9 topic. 

10 ‘‘(C) START DATE OF AVAILABILITY OF

11 FUNDING.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

13 (ii), a State or unit of local government 

14 may not use amounts received under a 

15 grant under paragraph (1) for continuing 

16 education with respect to a covered topic 

17 until the date that is 2 years after the date 

18 of enactment of the Law Enforcement De19 Escalation Training Act of 2022. 

20 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—A State or unit of 

21 local government may use amounts re22 ceived under a grant under paragraph (1) 

23 for continuing education with respect to a 

24 covered topic during the 2-year period be25 ginning on the date of enactment of the 
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1 Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training 

2 Act of 2022 if the State or unit of local 

3 government has complied with subpara4 graph (B) using amounts available to the 

5 State or unit of local government other 

6 than amounts received under a grant 

7 under paragraph (1). 

8 ‘‘(3) MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS WITH

9 LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS.—A State 

10 or unit of local government that receives funds 

11 under this section shall establish and maintain rela12 tionships between law enforcement officers and local 

13 mental health organizations and health care services. 

14 ‘‘(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount appro16 priated to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the 

17 Attorney General shall allocate funds to each State 

18 in proportion to the total number of law enforcement 

19 officers in the State that are employed by the State 

20 or a unit of local government within the State, as 

21 compared to the total number of law enforcement of22 ficers in the United States. 

23 ‘‘(2) RETENTION OF FUNDS FOR TRAINING FOR

24 STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PROPOR25 TIONAL TO NUMBER OF STATE OFFICERS.—Each 
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1 fiscal year, each State may retain, for use for the 

2 purposes described in this section, from the total 

3 amount of funds provided to the State under para4 graph (1) an amount that is not more than the 

5 amount that bears the same ratio to such total 

6 amount as the ratio of— 

7 ‘‘(A) the total number of law enforcement 

8 officers employed by the State; to 

9 ‘‘(B) the total number of law enforcement 

10 officers in the State that are employed by the 

11 State or a unit of local government within the 

12 State. 

13 ‘‘(3) PROVISION OF FUNDS FOR TRAINING FOR

14 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State shall make 

16 available to units of local government in the 

17 State for the purposes described in this section 

18 the amounts remaining after a State retains 

19 funds under paragraph (2). 

20 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL USES.—A State may, 

21 with the approval of a unit of local government, 

22 use the funds allocated to the unit of local gov23 ernment under subparagraph (A)— 

24 ‘‘(i) to facilitate offering a certified 

25 training program or course or, subject to 
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1 subsection (b)(2), a certified training pro2 gram or course that provide continuing 

3 education in 1 or more of the topics de4 scribed in section 1701(n)(1)(A) to law en5 forcement officers employed by the unit of 

6 local government; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) for the costs of training local law 

8 enforcement officers, including through law 

9 enforcement training academies of States 

10 and units of local government, to conduct 

11 a certified training program or course. 

12 ‘‘(C) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney Gen13 eral, in consultation with relevant law enforce14 ment agencies of States and units of local gov15 ernment, associations that represent individuals 

16 with mental or behavioral health diagnoses or 

17 individuals with disabilities, labor organizations, 

18 professional law enforcement organizations, 

19 local law enforcement labor and representative 

20 organizations, law enforcement trade associa21 tions, mental health and suicide prevention or22 ganizations, family advocacy organizations, and 

23 civil rights and civil liberties groups, shall de24 velop criteria governing the allocation of funds 

25 to units of local government under this para-
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1 graph, which shall ensure that the funds are 

2 distributed as widely as practicable in terms of 

3 geographical location and to both large and 

4 small law enforcement agencies of units of local 

5 government. 

6 ‘‘(D) ANNOUNCEMENT OF ALLOCATIONS.— 

7 Not later than 30 days after the date on which 

8 a State receives an award under paragraph (1), 

9 the State shall announce the allocations of 

10 funds to units of local government under sub11 paragraph (A). A State shall submit to the At12 torney General a report explaining any delays 

13 in the announcement of allocations under this 

14 subparagraph. 

15 ‘‘(d) REPORTING.— 

16 ‘‘(1) UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—Any 

17 unit of local government that receives funds from a 

18 State under subsection (c)(3) for a certified training 

19 program or course shall submit to the State or the 

20 Attorney General an annual report with respect to 

21 the first fiscal year during which the unit of local 

22 government receives such funds and each of the 2 

23 fiscal years thereafter that— 

24 ‘‘(A) shall include the number of law en25 forcement officers employed by the unit of local 
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1 government that have completed a certified 

2 training program or course, including a cer3 tified training program or course provided on or 

4 before the date on which the Attorney General 

5 begins certifying training programs and courses 

6 under section 1701(n)(2), the topics covered in 

7 those courses, and the number of officers who 

8 received training in each topic; 

9 ‘‘(B) may, at the election of the unit of 

10 local government, include the number of law en11 forcement officers employed by the unit of local 

12 government that have completed a certified 

13 training program or course using funds pro14 vided from a source other than the grants de15 scribed under subsection (b), the topics covered 

16 in those courses, and the number of officers 

17 who received training in each topic; 

18 ‘‘(C) shall include the total number of law 

19 enforcement officers employed by the unit of 

20 local government; 

21 ‘‘(D) shall include a description of any bar22 riers to providing training on the topics de23 scribed in section 1701(n)(1)(A); 

24 ‘‘(E) shall include information gathered 

25 through— 
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1 ‘‘(i) pre-training and post-training 

2 tests that assess relevant knowledge and 

3 skills covered in the training curricula, as 

4 specified in section 1701(n)(1); and 

5 ‘‘(ii) follow-up evaluative assessments 

6 to determine the degree to which partici7 pants in the training apply, in their jobs, 

8 the knowledge and skills gained in the 

9 training; and 

10 ‘‘(F) shall include the amount of funds re11 ceived by the unit of local government under 

12 subsection (c)(3) and a tentative plan for train13 ing all law enforcement officers employed by the 

14 unit of local government using available and an15 ticipated funds. 

16 ‘‘(2) STATES.—A State receiving funds under 

17 this section shall submit to the Attorney General— 

18 ‘‘(A) any report the State receives from a 

19 unit of local government under paragraph (1); 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(B) if the State retains funds under sub22 section (c)(2) for a fiscal year, a report by the 

23 State for that fiscal year, and each of the 2 fis24 cal years thereafter— 
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1 ‘‘(i) indicating the number of law en2 forcement officers employed by the State 

3 that have completed a certified training 

4 program or course, including a certified 

5 training program or course provided on or 

6 before the date on which the Attorney Gen7 eral begins certifying training programs or 

8 courses under section 1701(n)(2), the top9 ics covered in those courses, and the num10 ber of officers who received training in 

11 each topic, including, at the election of the 

12 State, a certified training program or 

13 course using funds provided from a source 

14 other than the grants described under sub15 section (b); 

16 ‘‘(ii) indicating the total number of 

17 law enforcement officers employed by the 

18 State; 

19 ‘‘(iii) providing information gathered 

20 through— 

21 ‘‘(I) pre-training and post-train22 ing tests that assess relevant knowl23 edge and skills covered in the training 

24 curricula, as specified in section 

25 1701(n)(1); and 
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1 ‘‘(II) follow-up evaluative assess2 ments to determine the degree to 

3 which participants in the training 

4 apply, in their jobs, the knowledge 

5 and skills gained in the training; 

6 ‘‘(iv) discussing any barriers to pro7 viding training on the topics described in 

8 section 1701(n)(1)(A); and 

9 ‘‘(v) indicating the amount of funding 

10 retained by the State under subsection 

11 (c)(2) and providing a tentative plan for 

12 training all law enforcement officers em13 ployed by the State using available and an14 ticipated funds. 

15 ‘‘(3) REPORTING TOOLS.—Not later than 180 

16 days after the date of enactment of this section, the 

17 Attorney General shall develop a portal through 

18 which the data required under paragraphs (1) and 

19 (2) may be collected and submitted. 

20 ‘‘(4) REPORTS ON THE USE OF DE-ESCALATION

21 TACTICS AND OTHER TECHNIQUES.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, 

23 in consultation with the Director of the Federal 

24 Bureau of Investigation, relevant law enforce25 ment agencies of States and units of local gov-
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1 ernment, associations that represent individuals 

2 with mental or behavioral health diagnoses or 

3 individuals with disabilities, labor organizations, 

4 professional law enforcement organizations, 

5 local law enforcement labor and representative 

6 organizations, law enforcement trade associa7 tions, mental health and suicide prevention or8 ganizations, family advocacy organizations, and 

9 civil rights and civil liberties groups, shall es10 tablish— 

11 ‘‘(i) reporting requirements on inter12 actions in which de-escalation tactics and 

13 other techniques in curricula developed or 

14 identified under section 1701(n)(1) are 

15 used by each law enforcement agency that 

16 receives funding under this section; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) mechanisms for each law enforce18 ment agency to submit such reports to the 

19 Department of Justice. 

20 ‘‘(B) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The 

21 requirements developed under subparagraph (A) 

22 shall— 

23 ‘‘(i) specify— 
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1 ‘‘(I) the circumstances under 

2 which an interaction shall be reported, 

3 considering— 

4 ‘‘(aa) the cost of collecting 

5 and reporting the information; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(bb) the value of that infor8 mation for determining wheth9 er— 

10 ‘‘(AA) the objectives of 

11 the training have been met; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(BB) the training re14 duced or eliminated the risk 

15 of serious physical injury to 

16 officers, subjects, and third 

17 parties; and 

18 ‘‘(II) the demographic and other 

19 relevant information about the officer 

20 and subjects involved in the inter21 action that shall be included in such a 

22 report; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) require such reporting be done in 

24 a manner that— 
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1 ‘‘(I) is in compliance with all ap2 plicable Federal and State confiden3 tiality laws; and 

4 ‘‘(II) does not disclose the identi5 ties of law enforcement officers, sub6 jects, or third parties. 

7 ‘‘(C) REVIEW OF REPORTING REQUIRE8 MENTS.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

9 of enactment of this section, and every 2 years 

10 thereafter, the Attorney General, in consulta11 tion with the entities specified under subpara12 graph (A), shall review and consider updates to 

13 the reporting requirements. 

14 ‘‘(5) FAILURE TO REPORT.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An entity receiving 

16 funds under this section that fails to file a re17 port as required under paragraph (1) or (2), as 

18 applicable and as determined by the Attorney 

19 General, shall not be eligible to receive funds 

20 under this section for a period of 2 fiscal years. 

21 ‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

22 in subparagraph (A) shall be construed to pro23 hibit a State that fails to file a report as re24 quired under paragraph (2), and is not eligible 

25 to receive funds under this section, from mak-
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1 ing funding available to a unit of local govern2 ment of the State under subsection (c)(3), if 

3 the unit of local government has complied with 

4 the reporting requirements. 

5 ‘‘(e) ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.—Not later 

7 than 2 years after the date of enactment of this sec8 tion, and each year thereafter in which grants are 

9 made under this section, the Attorney General shall 

10 submit a report to Congress on the implementation 

11 of activities carried out under this section. 

12 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report under para13 graph (1) shall include, at a minimum, information 

14 on— 

15 ‘‘(A) the number, amounts, and recipients 

16 of awards the Attorney General has made or in17 tends to make using funds authorized under 

18 this section; 

19 ‘‘(B) the selection criteria the Attorney 

20 General has used or intends to use to select re21 cipients of awards using funds authorized under 

22 this section; 

23 ‘‘(C) the number of law enforcement offi24 cers of a State or unit of local government who 

25 were not able to receive training on the topics 
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1 described in section 1701(n)(1)(A) due to un2 availability of funds and the amount of funds 

3 that would be required to complete the training; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(D) the nature, frequency, and amount of 

6 information that the Attorney General has col7 lected or intends to collect under subsection (d). 

8 ‘‘(3) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—A report under 

9 paragraph (1) shall not disclose the identities of in10 dividual law enforcement officers who received, or 

11 did not receive, training under a certified training 

12 program or course. 

13 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE STUDY.— 

14 ‘‘(1) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than 2 

15 years after the first grant award using funds author16 ized under this section, the National Institute of 

17 Justice shall conduct a study of the implementation 

18 of training under a certified training program or 

19 course in at least 6 jurisdictions representing an 

20 array of agency sizes and geographic locations, 

21 which shall include— 

22 ‘‘(A) a process evaluation of training im23 plementation, which shall include an analysis of 

24 the share of officers who participated in the 

25 training, the degree to which the training was 
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1 administered in accordance with the curriculum, 

2 and the fidelity with which the training was ap3 plied in the field; and 

4 ‘‘(B) an impact evaluation of the training, 

5 which shall include an analysis of the impact of 

6 the training on interactions between law en7 forcement officers and the public, any factors 

8 that prevent or preclude law enforcement offi9 cers from successfully de-escalating law enforce10 ment interactions, and any recommendations on 

11 modifications to the training curricula and 

12 methods that could improve outcomes. 

13 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE ACCESS

14 TO PORTAL.—For the purposes of preparing the re15 port under paragraph (1), the National Institute of 

16 Justice shall have direct access to the portal devel17 oped under subsection (d)(3). 

18 ‘‘(3) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—The study under 

19 paragraph (1) shall not disclose the identities of in20 dividual law enforcement officers who received, or 

21 did not receive, training under a certified training 

22 program or course. 

23 ‘‘(4) FUNDING.—Not more than 1 percent of 

24 the amount appropriated to carry out this section 
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1 during any fiscal year shall be made available to 

2 conduct the study under paragraph (1). 

3 ‘‘(g) GAO REPORT.— 

4 ‘‘(1) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than 3 

5 years after the first grant award using funds author6 ized under this section, the Comptroller General of 

7 the United States shall review the grant program 

8 under this section and submit to Congress a report 

9 assessing the grant program, including— 

10 ‘‘(A) the process for developing and identi11 fying curricula under section 1701(n)(1), in12 cluding the effectiveness of the consultation by 

13 the Attorney General with the agencies, associa14 tions, and organizations identified under section 

15 1701(n)(1)(C); 

16 ‘‘(B) the certification of training programs 

17 and courses under section 1701(n)(2), including 

18 the development of the process for certification 

19 and its implementation; 

20 ‘‘(C) the training of law enforcement per21 sonnel under section 1701(n)(3), including the 

22 geographic distribution of the agencies that em23 ploy the personnel receiving the training and 

24 the sizes of those agencies; 
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1 ‘‘(D) the allocation of funds under sub2 section (c), including the geographic distribu3 tion of the agencies that receive funds and the 

4 degree to which both large and small agencies 

5 receive funds; and 

6 ‘‘(E) the amount of funding distributed to 

7 agencies compared with the amount appro8 priated under this section, the amount spent for 

9 training, and whether plans have been put in 

10 place by the recipient agencies to use unspent 

11 available funds. 

12 ‘‘(2) GAO ACCESS TO PORTAL.—For the pur13 poses of preparing the report under paragraph (1), 

14 the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

15 have direct access to the portal developed under sub16 section (d)(3). 

17 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

18 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 

19 ‘‘(1) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 

20 ‘‘(2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 

Passed the Senate August 1, 2022. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4003 

AN ACT 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

tal and behavioral health and suicidal crises. ternatives to use of force, de-escalation, and menStreets Act of 1968 to provide for training on al-