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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4003 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 5, 2022 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. 

SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. COONS, Mrs. CAPITO, and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) 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 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement De5 Escalation Training Act of 2022’’. 


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

2 DE-ESCALATION, AND MENTAL AND BEHAV3 IORAL HEALTH CRISES. 

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

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

6 U.S.C. 10251(a)) is amended— 

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

8 end; 

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

10 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

12 ‘‘(29) the term ‘de-escalation’ means taking ac13 tion or communicating verbally or non-verbally dur14 ing a potential force encounter in an attempt to sta15 bilize the situation and reduce the immediacy of the 

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

17 be called upon to resolve the situation without the 

18 use of force or with a reduction in the force nec19 essary; 

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

21 suicidal crisis’— 

22 ‘‘(A) means a situation in which the behav23 ior of a person— 

24 ‘‘(i) puts the person at risk of hurting 

25 himself or herself or others; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) impairs or prevents the person 

2 from being able to care for himself or her3 self or function effectively in the commu4 nity; and 

5 ‘‘(B) includes a situation in which a per6 son— 

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

8 or alcohol, is suicidal, or experiences symp9 toms of a mental illness; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) may exhibit symptoms, including 

11 emotional reactions (such as fear or 

12 anger), psychological impairments (such as 

13 inability to focus, confusion, or psychosis), 

14 and behavioral reactions (such as the trig15 ger of a freeze, fight, or flight response); 

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

17 given that term in section 3 of the Americans with 

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

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

20 a collaborative, interdisciplinary team that brings to21 gether specially trained law enforcement officers, 

22 mental health providers, and other community stake23 holders to respond to mental health-related calls, use 

24 appropriate de-escalation techniques, and assess if 


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1 referral to services or transport for mental health 

2 evaluation is appropriate; and 

3 ‘‘(33) the term ‘covered mental health profes4 sional’ means a mental health professional working 

5 on a crisis intervention team— 

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

7 agency; or 

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

9 enforcement agency.’’. 

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

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

12 U.S.C. 10381) is amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

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

15 FORCE, DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES, AND MENTAL

16 AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISES.— 

17 ‘‘(1) TRAINING CURRICULA.— 

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

19 days after the date of enactment of this sub20 section, the Attorney General shall develop 

21 training curricula and identify effective existing 

22 training curricula for law enforcement officers 

23 and for covered mental health professionals re24 garding— 


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1 ‘‘(i) alternatives to use of force and 

2 de-escalation tactics; 

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 liberties groups. 

19 ‘‘(2) CERTIFIED PROGRAMS.— 

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

21 days after the date of enactment of this sub22 section, the Attorney General shall establish a 

23 process to— 

24 ‘‘(i) certify public and private entities 

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1 cers or covered mental health professionals 

2 using 1 or more of the training curricula 

3 developed or identified under paragraph 

4 (1), or equivalents to such training cur5 ricula, which may include certifying an en6 tity that was providing such a course on or 

7 before the date on which the Attorney Gen8 eral establishes the process; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) terminate the certification of an 

10 entity if the courses offered by the entity 

11 fail to continue to meet the standards 

12 under the training curricula developed or 

13 identified under paragraph (1). 

14 ‘‘(B) PARTNERSHIPS WITH MENTAL

15 HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL

16 INSTITUTIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 

17 the date of enactment of this subsection, the 

18 Attorney General shall develop criteria to en19 sure that public and private entities certified 

20 under subparagraph (A) collaborate with local 

21 mental health organizations to— 

22 ‘‘(i) enhance the training experience 

23 of law enforcement officers through con24 sultation with and the participation of indi25 viduals with mental or behavioral health 


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1 diagnoses or disabilities, particularly such 

2 individuals who have interacted with law 

3 enforcement officers; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) strengthen relationships between 

5 health care services and law enforcement 

6 agencies. 

7 ‘‘(3) TRANSITIONAL REGIONAL TRAINING PRO8 GRAMS FOR STATE AND LOCAL AGENCY PER9 SONNEL.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Until the date that is 

11 2 years after the date on which the Attorney 

12 General develops and identifies training cur13 ricula under paragraph (1), the Attorney Gen14 eral shall, and thereafter may, provide, in col15 laboration with law enforcement training acad16 emies of States and units of local government 

17 as appropriate, regional training to equip and 

18 certify personnel from law enforcement agencies 

19 of States and units of local government in a 

20 State to conduct training using 1 or more of 

21 the training curricula developed or identified 

22 under paragraph (1), or equivalents to such 

23 training curricula. 

24 ‘‘(B) CONTINUING EDUCATION.—The At25 torney General shall develop and implement 


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1 continuing education requirements for personnel 

2 from law enforcement agencies of States and 

3 units of local government certified under sub4 paragraph (A). 

5 ‘‘(4) LIST.—Not later than 1 year after the At6 torney General completes the activities described in 

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

8 publish a list of law enforcement agencies of States 

9 and units of local government employing law en10 forcement officers or using covered mental health 

11 professionals who have successfully completed a 

12 course using 1 or more of the training curricula de13 veloped or identified under paragraph (1), or equiva14 lents to such training curricula, which shall in15 clude— 

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

17 officers that are employed by the agency; 

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

19 officers who have completed such a course; 

20 ‘‘(C) whether personnel from the law en21 forcement agency have been certified under 

22 paragraph (3) to conduct the training; 

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

24 health professionals who work with the agency; 

25 and 


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

2 health professionals who have completed such a 

3 course. 

4 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

5 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

6 this subsection $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

7 2022 through 2026.’’. 

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

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

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

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

12 and 

13 (2) by inserting after section 507 the following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 508. LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS. 

15 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

16 ‘‘(1) the term ‘approved training course’ means 

17 a course using 1 or more of the training curricula 

18 developed or identified under section 1701(n)(1) or 

19 equivalents to such training curricula— 

20 ‘‘(A) provided by the Attorney General 

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

22 ‘‘(B) provided by a certified entity; and 

23 ‘‘(2) the term ‘certified entity’ means a public 

24 or private entity that has been certified by the At25 torney General under section 1701(n)(2), which may 


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1 include a law enforcement agency or law enforce2 ment training academy of a State or unit of local 

3 government the personnel of which have been cer4 tified to conduct training pursuant to section 

5 1701(n)(3). 

6 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.— 

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

8 after the Attorney General completes the activities 

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

10 1701(n), the Attorney General shall, from amounts 

11 made available to fund training programs pursuant 

12 to subsection (g), make grants to States for use by 

13 the State or a unit of government located in the 

14 State to— 

15 ‘‘(A) pay for— 

16 ‘‘(i) costs associated with conducting 

17 the training or, subject to paragraph (2), 

18 continuing education; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) attendance by law enforcement 

20 officers or covered mental health profes21 sionals at an approved training course, in22 cluding a course provided by a law enforce23 ment training academy of a State or unit 

24 of local government; 


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1 ‘‘(B) procure training or, subject to para2 graph (2), continuing education on 1 or more of 

3 the topics described in section 1701(n)(1)(A) 

4 from a certified entity; 

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

6 agency of a unit of local government that em7 ploys fewer than 50 employees (determined on 

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

9 of overtime accrued as a result of the attend10 ance of a law enforcement officer or covered 

11 mental health professional at an approved 

12 training course for which the costs associated 

13 with conducting the approved training course 

14 are paid using amounts provided under this sec15 tion; and 

16 ‘‘(D) pay for the costs of developing mech17 anisms to comply with the reporting require18 ments established under subsection (d), in an 

19 amount not to exceed 5 percent of the total 

20 amount of the grant award. 

21 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR USE FOR CON22 TINUING EDUCATION.— 

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

24 term ‘covered topic’ means a topic covered 

25 under the curricula developed or identified 


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

2 1701(n)(1)(A). 

3 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE INITIAL

4 TRAINING.—A State or unit of local government 

5 shall ensure that all officers who have been em6 ployed with the State or unit of local govern7 ment for at least 2 years have received training 

8 on all covered topics before the State or unit of 

9 local government uses amounts received under a 

10 grant under paragraph (1) for continuing edu11 cation with respect to any covered topic. 

12 ‘‘(C) START DATE OF AVAILABILITY OF

13 FUNDING.— 

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

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

16 may not use amounts received under a 

17 grant under paragraph (1) for continuing 

18 education with respect to a covered topic 

19 until the date that is 2 years after the date 

20 of enactment of the Law Enforcement De21 Escalation Training Act of 2022. 

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

23 local government may use amounts re24 ceived under a grant under paragraph (1) 

25 for continuing education with respect to a 


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1 covered topic during the 2-year period be2 ginning on the date of enactment of the 

3 Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training 

4 Act of 2022 if the State or unit of local 

5 government has complied with subpara6 graph (B) using amounts available to the 

7 State or unit of local government other 

8 than amounts received under a grant 

9 under paragraph (1). 

10 ‘‘(3) MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS WITH

11 LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS.—A State 

12 or unit of local government that receives funds 

13 under this section shall establish and maintain rela14 tionships between law enforcement officers and local 

15 mental health organizations and health care services. 

16 ‘‘(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount appro18 priated to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the 

19 Attorney General shall allocate funds to each State 

20 in proportion to the total number of law enforcement 

21 officers in the State that are employed by the State 

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

23 compared to the total number of law enforcement of24 ficers in the United States. 


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

2 STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PROPOR3 TIONAL TO NUMBER OF STATE OFFICERS.—Each 

4 fiscal year, each State may retain, for use for the 

5 purposes described in this section, from the total 

6 amount of funds provided to the State under para7 graph (1) an amount that is not more than the 

8 amount that bears the same ratio to such total 

9 amount as the ratio of— 

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

11 officers employed by the State; to 

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

13 officers in the State that are employed by the 

14 State or a unit of local government within the 

15 State. 

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

17 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.— 

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

19 available to units of local government in the 

20 State for the purposes described in this section 

21 the amounts remaining after a State retains 

22 funds under paragraph (2). 

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

24 with the approval of a unit of local government, 


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1 use the funds allocated to the unit of local gov2 ernment under subparagraph (A)— 

3 ‘‘(i) to facilitate training or, subject to 

4 subsection (b)(2), continuing education in 

5 the 1 or more of the topics described in 

6 section 1701(n)(1)(A) to law enforcement 

7 officers employed by the unit of local gov8 ernment; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) for the costs of training and cer10 tifying local law enforcement officers, in11 cluding through law enforcement training 

12 academies of States and units of local gov13 ernment, to conduct training under section 

14 1701(n)(3). 

15 ‘‘(C) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney Gen16 eral, in consultation with relevant law enforce17 ment agencies of States and units of local gov18 ernment, associations that represent individuals 

19 with mental or behavioral health diagnoses or 

20 individuals with disabilities, labor organizations, 

21 professional law enforcement organizations, 

22 local law enforcement labor and representative 

23 organizations, law enforcement trade associa24 tions, mental health and suicide prevention or25 ganizations, family advocacy organizations, and 


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1 civil liberties groups, shall develop criteria gov2 erning the allocation of funds to units of local 

3 government under this paragraph, which shall 

4 ensure that the funds are distributed as widely 

5 as practicable in terms of geographical location 

6 and to both large and small law enforcement 

7 agencies of units of local government. 

8 ‘‘(D) ANNOUNCEMENT OF ALLOCATIONS.— 

9 Not later than 30 days after the date on which 

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

11 the State shall announce the allocations of 

12 funds to units of local government under sub13 paragraph (A). A State shall submit to the At14 torney General a report explaining any delays 

15 in the announcement of allocations under this 

16 subparagraph. 

17 ‘‘(d) REPORTING.— 

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

19 unit of local government that receives funds from a 

20 State under subsection (c)(3) for a training program 

21 described in subsection (b) shall submit to the State 

22 or the Attorney General an annual report with re23 spect to the first fiscal year during which the unit 

24 of local government receives such funds and each of 

25 the 2 fiscal years thereafter that shall include— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the number of law enforcement offi2 cers employed by the unit of local government 

3 that have completed an approved training 

4 course, including an approved training course 

5 provided on or before the date on which the At6 torney General begins certifying entities under 

7 section 1701(n)(2), the topics covered in those 

8 courses, and the number of officers who re9 ceived training in each topic, including, at the 

10 election of the unit of local government, an ap11 proved training course using funds provided 

12 from a source other than the grants described 

13 under subsection (b); 

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

15 officers employed by the unit of local govern16 ment; 

17 ‘‘(C) a description of any barriers to pro18 viding training on the topics described in sec19 tion 1701(n)(1)(A); 

20 ‘‘(D) information gathered through— 

21 ‘‘(i) pre-training and post-training 

22 tests that assess relevant knowledge and 

23 skills covered in the training curricula, as 

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


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1 ‘‘(ii) 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; and 

6 ‘‘(E) the amount of funds received by the 

7 unit of local government under subsection 

8 (c)(3) and a tentative plan for training all law 

9 enforcement officers employed by the unit of 

10 local government using available and antici11 pated funds. 

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

13 this section shall submit to the Attorney General— 

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

15 unit of local government under paragraph (1); 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(B) if the State retains funds under sub18 section (c)(2) for a fiscal year, a report by the 

19 State for that fiscal year, and each of the 2 fis20 cal years thereafter— 

21 ‘‘(i) indicating the number of law en22 forcement officers employed by the State 

23 that have completed an approved training 

24 course, including an approved training 

25 course provided on or before the date on 


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1 which the Attorney General begins certi2 fying entities under section 1701(n)(2), the 

3 topics covered in those courses, and the 

4 number of officers who received training in 

5 each topic, including, at the election of the 

6 State, an approved training course using 

7 funds provided from a source other than 

8 the grants described under subsection (b); 

9 ‘‘(ii) indicating the total number of 

10 law enforcement officers employed by the 

11 State; 

12 ‘‘(iii) providing information gathered 

13 through— 

14 ‘‘(I) pre-training and post-train15 ing tests that assess relevant knowl16 edge and skills covered in the training 

17 curricula, as specified in section 

18 1701(n)(1); and 

19 ‘‘(II) follow-up evaluative assess20 ments to determine the degree to 

21 which participants in the training 

22 apply, in their jobs, the knowledge 

23 and skills gained in the training; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) discussing any barriers to pro2 viding training on the topics described in 

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

4 ‘‘(v) indicating the amount of funding 

5 retained by the State under subsection 

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

7 training all law enforcement officers em8 ployed by the State using available and an9 ticipated funds. 

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

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

12 Attorney General shall develop a portal through 

13 which the data required under paragraphs (1) and 

14 (2) may be collected and submitted. 

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

16 TACTICS AND OTHER TECHNIQUES.— 

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

18 in consultation with the Director of the Federal 

19 Bureau of Investigation, relevant law enforce20 ment agencies of States and units of local gov21 ernment, associations that represent individuals 

22 with mental or behavioral health diagnoses or 

23 individuals with disabilities, labor organizations, 

24 professional law enforcement organizations, 

25 local law enforcement labor and representative 


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1 organizations, law enforcement trade associa2 tions, mental health and suicide prevention or3 ganizations, family advocacy organizations, and 

4 civil liberties groups shall establish— 

5 ‘‘(i) reporting requirements on inter6 actions in which de-escalation tactics and 

7 other techniques in curricula developed or 

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

9 used by each law enforcement agency that 

10 receives funding under this section; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) mechanisms for each law enforce12 ment agency to submit such reports to the 

13 Department of Justice. 

14 ‘‘(B) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The 

15 requirements developed under subparagraph (A) 

16 shall— 

17 ‘‘(i) specify— 

18 ‘‘(I) the circumstances under 

19 which an interaction shall be reported, 

20 considering— 

21 ‘‘(aa) the cost of collecting 

22 and reporting the information; 

23 and 


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1 ‘‘(bb) the value of that infor2 mation for determining wheth3 er— 

4 ‘‘(AA) the objectives of 

5 the training have been met; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(BB) the training re8 duced or eliminated the risk 

9 of serious physical injury to 

10 officers, subjects, and third 

11 parties; and 

12 ‘‘(II) the biographical and other 

13 relevant information about the officer 

14 and subjects involved in the inter15 action that shall be included in such a 

16 report; and 

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

18 a manner that— 

19 ‘‘(I) is in compliance with all ap20 plicable Federal and State confiden21 tiality laws; and 

22 ‘‘(II) does not disclose the identi23 ties of law enforcement officers, sub24 jects, or third parties. 


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1 ‘‘(C) REVIEW OF REPORTING REQUIRE2 MENTS.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

3 of enactment of this section, and every 2 years 

4 thereafter, the Attorney General, in consulta5 tion with the entities specified under subpara6 graph (A), shall review and consider updates to 

7 the reporting requirements. 

8 ‘‘(5) FAILURE TO REPORT.— 

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

10 funds under this section that fails to file a re11 port as required under paragraph (1) or (2), as 

12 applicable and as determined by the Attorney 

13 General, shall not be eligible to receive funds 

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

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

16 in subparagraph (A) shall be construed to pro17 hibit a State that fails to file a report as re18 quired under paragraph (2), and is not eligible 

19 to receive funds under this section, from mak20 ing funding available to a unit of local govern21 ment of the State under subsection (c)(3), if 

22 the unit of local government has complied with 

23 the reporting requirements. 

24 ‘‘(e) ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORTS.— 


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

2 than 2 years after the date of enactment of this sec3 tion, and each year thereafter in which grants are 

4 made under this section, the Attorney General shall 

5 submit a report to Congress on the implementation 

6 of activities carried out under this section. 

7 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report under para8 graph (1) shall include, at a minimum, information 

9 on— 

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

11 of awards the Attorney General has made or in12 tends to make using funds authorized under 

13 this section; 

14 ‘‘(B) the selection criteria the Attorney 

15 General has used or intends to use to select re16 cipients of awards using funds authorized under 

17 this section; 

18 ‘‘(C) the number of law enforcement offi19 cers of a State or unit of local government who 

20 were not able to receive training on the topics 

21 described in section 1701(n)(1)(A) due to un22 availability of funds and the amount of funds 

23 that would be required to complete the training; 

24 and 


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

2 information that the Attorney General has col3 lected or intends to collect under subsection (d). 

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

5 paragraph (1) shall not disclose the identities of in6 dividual law enforcement officers who received, or 

7 did not receive, training under section 1701(n). 

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

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

10 years after the first grant award using funds author11 ized under this section, the National Institute of 

12 Justice shall conduct a study of the implementation 

13 of the training under section 1701(n) in at least 6 

14 jurisdictions representing an array of agency sizes 

15 and geographic locations, which shall include— 

16 ‘‘(A) a process evaluation of training im17 plementation, which shall include an analysis of 

18 the share of officers who participated in the 

19 training, the degree to which the training was 

20 administered in accordance with the curriculum, 

21 and the fidelity with which the training was ap22 plied in the field; and 

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

24 which shall include an analysis of the impact of 

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1 forcement officers and the public, any factors 

2 that prevent or preclude law enforcement offi3 cers from successfully de-escalating law enforce4 ment interactions, and any recommendations on 

5 modifications to the training curricula and 

6 methods that could improve outcomes. 

7 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE ACCESS

8 TO PORTAL.—For the purposes of preparing the re9 port under paragraph (1), the National Institute of 

10 Justice shall have direct access to the portal devel11 oped under subsection (d)(3). 

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

13 paragraph (1) shall not disclose the identities of in14 dividual law enforcement officers who received, or 

15 did not receive, training under section 1701(n). 

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

17 the amount appropriated to carry out this section 

18 during any fiscal year shall be made available to 

19 conduct the study under paragraph (1). 

20 ‘‘(g) GAO REPORT.— 

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

22 years after the first grant award using funds author23 ized under this section, the Comptroller General of 

24 the United States shall review the grant program 


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1 under this section and submit to Congress a report 

2 assessing the grant program, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) the process for developing and identi4 fying curricula under section 1701(n)(1), in5 cluding the effectiveness of the consultation by 

6 the Attorney General with the agencies, associa7 tions, and organizations identified under section 

8 1701(n)(1)(C); 

9 ‘‘(B) the certification of programs under 

10 section 1701(n)(2), including the development 

11 of the process for certification and its imple12 mentation; 

13 ‘‘(C) the training of law enforcement per14 sonnel under section 1701(n)(3), including the 

15 geographic distribution of the agencies that em16 ploy the personnel receiving the training and 

17 the sizes of those agencies; 

18 ‘‘(D) the allocation of funds under sub19 section (c), including the geographic distribu20 tion of the agencies that receive funds and the 

21 degree to which both large and small agencies 

22 receive funds; and 

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

24 agencies compared with the amount appro25 priated under this section, the amount spent for 


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1 training, and whether plans have been put in 

2 place by the recipient agencies to use unspent 

3 available funds. 

4 ‘‘(2) GAO ACCESS TO PORTAL.—For the pur5 poses of preparing the report under paragraph (1), 

6 the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

7 have direct access to the portal developed under sub8 section (d)(3). 

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

10 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

11 $70,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 

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