I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8637 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2022 
Ms. BASS (for herself, Mr. ISSA, Mr. TRONE, and Mr. CHABOT) introduced 
the following bill; which was 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement De- 
Escalation Training Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRAINING ON ALTERNATIVES TO USE OF FORCE, 
DE-ESCALATION, AND MENTAL AND BEHAV-
IORAL HEALTH CRISES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 901(a) of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10251(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (27), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (28), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(29) the term ‘de-escalation’ means taking ac-
tion or communicating verbally or non-verbally dur-
ing a potential force encounter in an attempt to sta-
bilize the situation and reduce the immediacy of the 
threat so that more time, options, and resources can 
be called upon to resolve the situation without the 
use of force or with a reduction in the force nec-
essary; 
‘‘(30) the term ‘mental or behavioral health or 
suicidal crisis’— 
‘‘(A) means a situation in which the behav-
ior of a person— 
‘‘(i) puts the person at risk of hurting 
himself or herself or others; or 
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‘‘(ii) impairs or prevents the person 
from being able to care for himself or her-
self or function effectively in the commu-
nity; and 
‘‘(B) includes a situation in which a per-
son— 
‘‘(i) is under the influence of a drug 
or alcohol, is suicidal, or experiences symp-
toms of a mental illness; or 
‘‘(ii) may exhibit symptoms, including 
emotional reactions (such as fear or 
anger), psychological impairments (such as 
inability to focus, confusion, or psychosis), 
and behavioral reactions (such as the trig-
ger of a freeze, fight, or flight response); 
‘‘(31) the term ‘disability’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 3 of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102); 
‘‘(32) the term ‘crisis intervention team’ means 
a collaborative, interdisciplinary team that brings to-
gether specially trained law enforcement officers, 
mental health providers, and other community stake-
holders to respond to mental health-related calls, use 
appropriate de-escalation techniques, and assess if 
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referral to services or transport for mental health 
evaluation is appropriate; and 
‘‘(33) the term ‘covered mental health profes-
sional’ means a mental health professional working 
on a crisis intervention team— 
‘‘(A) as an employee of a law enforcement 
agency; or 
‘‘(B) under a legal agreement with a law 
enforcement agency.’’. 
(b) COPS PROGRAM.—Section 1701 of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10381) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(n) TRAINING
IN
ALTERNATIVES
TO
USE
OF 
FORCE, DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES, AND MENTAL 
AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISES.— 
‘‘(1) TRAINING CURRICULA.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this sub-
section, the Attorney General shall develop 
training curricula or identify effective existing 
training curricula for law enforcement officers 
and for covered mental health professionals re-
garding— 
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‘‘(i) de-escalation tactics and alter-
natives to use of force; 
‘‘(ii) safely responding to an indi-
vidual experiencing a mental or behavioral 
health or suicidal crisis or an individual 
with a disability, including techniques and 
strategies that are designed to protect the 
safety of that individual, law enforcement 
officers, mental health professionals, and 
the public; 
‘‘(iii) successfully participating on a 
crisis intervention team; and 
‘‘(iv) making referrals to community- 
based mental and behavioral health serv-
ices and support, housing assistance pro-
grams, public benefits programs, the Na-
tional Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and 
other services. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The training cur-
ricula developed or identified under this para-
graph shall include— 
‘‘(i) scenario-based exercises; 
‘‘(ii) pre-training and post-training 
tests to assess relevant knowledge and 
skills covered in the training curricula; and 
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‘‘(iii) follow-up evaluative assessments 
to determine the degree to which partici-
pants in the training apply, in their jobs, 
the knowledge and skills gained in the 
training. 
‘‘(C) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall develop and identify training curricula 
under this paragraph in consultation with rel-
evant law enforcement agencies of States and 
units of local government, associations that rep-
resent individuals with mental or behavioral 
health diagnoses or individuals with disabilities, 
labor organizations, professional law enforce-
ment organizations, local law enforcement labor 
and representative organizations, law enforce-
ment trade associations, mental health and sui-
cide prevention organizations, family advocacy 
organizations, and civil rights and civil liberties 
groups. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFIED PROGRAMS AND COURSES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date on which training curricula 
are developed or identified under paragraph 
(1)(A), the Attorney General shall establish a 
process to— 
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under subparagraph (A) collaborate with local 
mental health organizations to— 
‘‘(i) enhance the training experience 
of law enforcement officers through con-
sultation with and the participation of indi-
viduals with mental or behavioral health 
diagnoses or disabilities, particularly such 
individuals who have interacted with law 
enforcement officers; and 
‘‘(ii) strengthen relationships between 
health care services and law enforcement 
agencies. 
‘‘(3) TRANSITIONAL REGIONAL TRAINING PRO-
GRAMS
FOR
STATE
AND
LOCAL
AGENCY
PER-
SONNEL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—During the period be-
ginning on the date on which the Attorney Gen-
eral establishes the process required under 
paragraph (2)(A) and ending on the date that 
is 18 months after that date, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall, and thereafter the Attorney General 
may, provide, in collaboration with law enforce-
ment training academies of States and units of 
local government as appropriate, regional train-
ing to equip personnel from law enforcement 
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agencies of States and units of local govern-
ment in a State to offer training programs or 
courses certified under paragraph (2)(A). 
‘‘(B) CONTINUING EDUCATION.—The At-
torney General shall develop and implement 
continuing education requirements for personnel 
from law enforcement agencies of States and 
units of local government who receive training 
to offer training programs or courses under 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(4) LIST.—Not later than 1 year after the At-
torney General completes the activities described in 
paragraphs (1) and (2), the Attorney General shall 
publish a list of law enforcement agencies of States 
and units of local government employing law en-
forcement officers or using covered mental health 
professionals who have successfully completed a 
course using 1 or more of the training curricula de-
veloped or identified under paragraph (1), or equiva-
lents to such training curricula, which shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) the total number of law enforcement 
officers that are employed by the agency; 
‘‘(B) the number of such law enforcement 
officers who have completed such a course; 
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‘‘(C) whether personnel from the law en-
forcement agency have been trained to offer 
training programs or courses under paragraph 
(3); 
‘‘(D) the total number of covered mental 
health professionals who work with the agency; 
and 
‘‘(E) the number of such covered mental 
health professionals who have completed such a 
course. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection— 
‘‘(A) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(B) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(C) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 
‘‘(D) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 
(c) BYRNE JAG PROGRAM.—Subpart 1 of part E of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 508 as section 509; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 507 the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 508. LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘certified 
training program or course’ means a program or course 
using 1 or more of the training curricula developed or 
identified under section 1701(n)(1), or equivalents to such 
training curricula— 
‘‘(1) that is provided by the Attorney General 
under section 1701(n)(3); or 
‘‘(2) that is— 
‘‘(A) provided by a public or private entity, 
including the personnel of a law enforcement 
agency or law enforcement training academy of 
a State or unit of local government who have 
been trained to offer training programs or 
courses under section 1701(n)(3); and 
‘‘(B) certified by the Attorney General 
under section 1701(n)(2). 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the Attorney General completes the activities 
required by paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 
1701(n), the Attorney General shall, from amounts 
made available to fund training programs pursuant 
to subsection (h), make grants to States for use by 
the State or a unit of government located in the 
State to— 
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‘‘(A) pay for— 
‘‘(i) costs associated with conducting a 
certified training program or course or, 
subject to paragraph (2), a certified train-
ing program or course that provides con-
tinuing education; and 
‘‘(ii) attendance by law enforcement 
officers or covered mental health profes-
sionals at a certified training program or 
course, including a course provided by a 
law enforcement training academy of a 
State or unit of local government; 
‘‘(B) procure a certified training program 
or course or, subject to paragraph (2), a cer-
tified training program or course that provides 
continuing education on 1 or more of the topics 
described in section 1701(n)(1)(A); 
‘‘(C) in the case of a law enforcement 
agency of a unit of local government that em-
ploys fewer than 50 employees (determined on 
a full-time equivalent basis), pay for the costs 
of overtime accrued as a result of the attend-
ance of a law enforcement officer or covered 
mental health professional at a certified train-
ing program or course for which the costs asso-
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ciated with conducting the certified training 
program or course are paid using amounts pro-
vided under this section; 
‘‘(D) pay for the costs of developing mech-
anisms to comply with the reporting require-
ments established under subsection (d), in an 
amount not to exceed 5 percent of the total 
amount of the grant award; and 
‘‘(E) pay for the costs associated with par-
ticipation in the voluntary National Use-of- 
Force Data Collection of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, in an amount not to exceed 5 
percent of the total amount of the grant award, 
if a law enforcement agency of the State or unit 
of local government is not already reporting to 
the National Use-of-Force Data Collection. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
USE
FOR
CON-
TINUING EDUCATION.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘covered topic’ means a topic covered 
under the curricula developed or identified 
under clause (i), (ii), or (iv) of section 
1701(n)(1)(A). 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE INITIAL 
TRAINING.—A State or unit of local government 
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shall ensure that all officers who have been em-
ployed with the State or unit of local govern-
ment for at least 2 years have received training 
as part of a certified training program or 
course on all covered topics before the State or 
unit of local government uses amounts received 
under a grant under paragraph (1) for con-
tinuing education with respect to any covered 
topic. 
‘‘(C) START
DATE
OF
AVAILABILITY
OF 
FUNDING.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), a State or unit of local government 
may not use amounts received under a 
grant under paragraph (1) for continuing 
education with respect to a covered topic 
until the date that is 2 years after the date 
of enactment of the Law Enforcement De- 
Escalation Training Act of 2022. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—A State or unit of 
local government may use amounts re-
ceived under a grant under paragraph (1) 
for continuing education with respect to a 
covered topic during the 2-year period be-
ginning on the date of enactment of the 
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Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training 
Act of 2022 if the State or unit of local 
government has complied with subpara-
graph (B) using amounts available to the 
State or unit of local government other 
than amounts received under a grant 
under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) 
MAINTAINING
RELATIONSHIPS
WITH 
LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS.—A State 
or unit of local government that receives funds 
under this section shall establish and maintain rela-
tionships between law enforcement officers and local 
mental health organizations and health care services. 
‘‘(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount appro-
priated to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the 
Attorney General shall allocate funds to each State 
in proportion to the total number of law enforcement 
officers in the State that are employed by the State 
or a unit of local government within the State, as 
compared to the total number of law enforcement of-
ficers in the United States. 
‘‘(2) RETENTION OF FUNDS FOR TRAINING FOR 
STATE
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS
PROPOR-
TIONAL
TO
NUMBER
OF
STATE
OFFICERS.—Each 
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fiscal year, each State may retain, for use for the 
purposes described in this section, from the total 
amount of funds provided to the State under para-
graph (1) an amount that is not more than the 
amount that bears the same ratio to such total 
amount as the ratio of— 
‘‘(A) the total number of law enforcement 
officers employed by the State; to 
‘‘(B) the total number of law enforcement 
officers in the State that are employed by the 
State or a unit of local government within the 
State. 
‘‘(3) PROVISION OF FUNDS FOR TRAINING FOR 
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State shall make 
available to units of local government in the 
State for the purposes described in this section 
the amounts remaining after a State retains 
funds under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL
USES.—A State may, 
with the approval of a unit of local government, 
use the funds allocated to the unit of local gov-
ernment under subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) to facilitate offering a certified 
training program or course or, subject to 
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subsection (b)(2), a certified training pro-
gram or course that provide continuing 
education in 1 or more of the topics de-
scribed in section 1701(n)(1)(A) to law en-
forcement officers employed by the unit of 
local government; or 
‘‘(ii) for the costs of training local law 
enforcement officers, including through law 
enforcement training academies of States 
and units of local government, to conduct 
a certified training program or course. 
‘‘(C) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral, in consultation with relevant law enforce-
ment agencies of States and units of local gov-
ernment, associations that represent individuals 
with mental or behavioral health diagnoses or 
individuals with disabilities, labor organizations, 
professional law enforcement organizations, 
local law enforcement labor and representative 
organizations, law enforcement trade associa-
tions, mental health and suicide prevention or-
ganizations, family advocacy organizations, and 
civil rights and civil liberties groups, shall de-
velop criteria governing the allocation of funds 
to units of local government under this para-
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graph, which shall ensure that the funds are 
distributed as widely as practicable in terms of 
geographical location and to both large and 
small law enforcement agencies of units of local 
government. 
‘‘(D) ANNOUNCEMENT OF ALLOCATIONS.— 
Not later than 30 days after the date on which 
a State receives an award under paragraph (1), 
the State shall announce the allocations of 
funds to units of local government under sub-
paragraph (A). A State shall submit to the At-
torney General a report explaining any delays 
in the announcement of allocations under this 
subparagraph. 
‘‘(d) REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) UNITS
OF
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—Any 
unit of local government that receives funds from a 
State under subsection (c)(3) for a certified training 
program or course shall submit to the State or the 
Attorney General an annual report with respect to 
the first fiscal year during which the unit of local 
government receives such funds and each of the 2 
fiscal years thereafter that— 
‘‘(A) shall include the number of law en-
forcement officers employed by the unit of local 
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government that have completed a certified 
training program or course, including a cer-
tified training program or course provided on or 
before the date on which the Attorney General 
begins certifying training programs and courses 
under section 1701(n)(2), the topics covered in 
those courses, and the number of officers who 
received training in each topic; 
‘‘(B) may, at the election of the unit of 
local government, include the number of law en-
forcement officers employed by the unit of local 
government that have completed a certified 
training program or course using funds pro-
vided from a source other than the grants de-
scribed under subsection (b), the topics covered 
in those courses, and the number of officers 
who received training in each topic; 
‘‘(C) shall include the total number of law 
enforcement officers employed by the unit of 
local government; 
‘‘(D) shall include a description of any bar-
riers to providing training on the topics de-
scribed in section 1701(n)(1)(A); 
‘‘(E) shall include information gathered 
through— 
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‘‘(i) pre-training and post-training 
tests that assess relevant knowledge and 
skills covered in the training curricula, as 
specified in section 1701(n)(1); and 
‘‘(ii) follow-up evaluative assessments 
to determine the degree to which partici-
pants in the training apply, in their jobs, 
the knowledge and skills gained in the 
training; and 
‘‘(F) shall include the amount of funds re-
ceived by the unit of local government under 
subsection (c)(3) and a tentative plan for train-
ing all law enforcement officers employed by the 
unit of local government using available and an-
ticipated funds. 
‘‘(2) STATES.—A State receiving funds under 
this section shall submit to the Attorney General— 
‘‘(A) any report the State receives from a 
unit of local government under paragraph (1); 
and 
‘‘(B) if the State retains funds under sub-
section (c)(2) for a fiscal year, a report by the 
State for that fiscal year, and each of the 2 fis-
cal years thereafter— 
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‘‘(i) indicating the number of law en-
forcement officers employed by the State 
that have completed a certified training 
program or course, including a certified 
training program or course provided on or 
before the date on which the Attorney Gen-
eral begins certifying training programs or 
courses under section 1701(n)(2), the top-
ics covered in those courses, and the num-
ber of officers who received training in 
each topic, including, at the election of the 
State, a certified training program or 
course using funds provided from a source 
other than the grants described under sub-
section (b); 
‘‘(ii) indicating the total number of 
law enforcement officers employed by the 
State; 
‘‘(iii) providing information gathered 
through— 
‘‘(I) pre-training and post-train-
ing tests that assess relevant knowl-
edge and skills covered in the training 
curricula, as specified in section 
1701(n)(1); and 
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‘‘(II) follow-up evaluative assess-
ments to determine the degree to 
which participants in the training 
apply, in their jobs, the knowledge 
and skills gained in the training; 
‘‘(iv) discussing any barriers to pro-
viding training on the topics described in 
section 1701(n)(1)(A); and 
‘‘(v) indicating the amount of funding 
retained by the State under subsection 
(c)(2) and providing a tentative plan for 
training all law enforcement officers em-
ployed by the State using available and an-
ticipated funds. 
‘‘(3) REPORTING TOOLS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this section, the 
Attorney General shall develop a portal through 
which the data required under paragraphs (1) and 
(2) may be collected and submitted. 
‘‘(4) REPORTS ON THE USE OF DE-ESCALATION 
TACTICS AND OTHER TECHNIQUES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, relevant law enforce-
ment agencies of States and units of local gov-
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ernment, associations that represent individuals 
with mental or behavioral health diagnoses or 
individuals with disabilities, labor organizations, 
professional law enforcement organizations, 
local law enforcement labor and representative 
organizations, law enforcement trade associa-
tions, mental health and suicide prevention or-
ganizations, family advocacy organizations, and 
civil rights and civil liberties groups, shall es-
tablish— 
‘‘(i) reporting requirements on inter-
actions in which de-escalation tactics and 
other techniques in curricula developed or 
identified under section 1701(n)(1) are 
used by each law enforcement agency that 
receives funding under this section; and 
‘‘(ii) mechanisms for each law enforce-
ment agency to submit such reports to the 
Department of Justice. 
‘‘(B) REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
requirements developed under subparagraph (A) 
shall— 
‘‘(i) specify— 
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‘‘(I) the circumstances under 
which an interaction shall be reported, 
considering— 
‘‘(aa) the cost of collecting 
and reporting the information; 
and 
‘‘(bb) the value of that infor-
mation for determining wheth-
er— 
‘‘(AA) the objectives of 
the training have been met; 
and 
‘‘(BB) the training re-
duced or eliminated the risk 
of serious physical injury to 
officers, subjects, and third 
parties; and 
‘‘(II) the demographic and other 
relevant information about the officer 
and subjects involved in the inter-
action that shall be included in such a 
report; and 
‘‘(ii) require such reporting be done in 
a manner that— 
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‘‘(I) is in compliance with all ap-
plicable Federal and State confiden-
tiality laws; and 
‘‘(II) does not disclose the identi-
ties of law enforcement officers, sub-
jects, or third parties. 
‘‘(C) REVIEW
OF
REPORTING
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this section, and every 2 years 
thereafter, the Attorney General, in consulta-
tion with the entities specified under subpara-
graph (A), shall review and consider updates to 
the reporting requirements. 
‘‘(5) FAILURE TO REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—An entity receiving 
funds under this section that fails to file a re-
port as required under paragraph (1) or (2), as 
applicable and as determined by the Attorney 
General, shall not be eligible to receive funds 
under this section for a period of 2 fiscal years. 
‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in subparagraph (A) shall be construed to pro-
hibit a State that fails to file a report as re-
quired under paragraph (2), and is not eligible 
to receive funds under this section, from mak-
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ing funding available to a unit of local govern-
ment of the State under subsection (c)(3), if 
the unit of local government has complied with 
the reporting requirements. 
‘‘(e) ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IMPLEMENTATION
REPORT.—Not later 
than 2 years after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, and each year thereafter in which grants are 
made under this section, the Attorney General shall 
submit a report to Congress on the implementation 
of activities carried out under this section. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report under para-
graph (1) shall include, at a minimum, information 
on— 
‘‘(A) the number, amounts, and recipients 
of awards the Attorney General has made or in-
tends to make using funds authorized under 
this section; 
‘‘(B) the selection criteria the Attorney 
General has used or intends to use to select re-
cipients of awards using funds authorized under 
this section; 
‘‘(C) the number of law enforcement offi-
cers of a State or unit of local government who 
were not able to receive training on the topics 
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