or limitations under section 552a of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’). 
SEC. 104. COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may award 
grants to States and units of local government to assist 
in the collection of the information required to be reported 
under subsections (h) and (i) of section 501 of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10152), as added by sections 101 and 102 of 
this Act, respectively. 
(b) APPLICATION.—A State or unit of local govern-
ment seeking a grant under this section shall submit an 
application at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Attorney General may require. 
(c) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—Each grant awarded under 
this section shall be not more than $1,000,000. 
(d) DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of 
making grants under this section, there is authorized to 
be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, $112,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
SEC. 105. INCENTIVIZING BANNING OF CHOKEHOLDS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
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(1) chokeholds are extremely dangerous maneu-
vers that can easily result in serious bodily injury or 
death; 
(2) George Floyd’s death has become a 
flashpoint to compel the need to address the use of 
chokeholds by law enforcement officers across the 
United States; 
(3) the National Consensus Policy on Use of 
Force, a collaborative effort among 11 of the most 
significant law enforcement leadership and labor or-
ganizations in the United States, concluded in a dis-
cussion paper on the use of force that chokeholds 
are extremely dangerous and recommended restrict-
ing their use, consistent with this section; and 
(4) law enforcement agencies throughout the 
United States must create policies that guard 
against the use of this maneuver to help prevent the 
death of civilians whom they encounter, and engen-
der more trust and faith among law enforcement of-
ficers and the communities they serve. 
(b) INCENTIVIZING BANNING OF CHOKEHOLDS.— 
(1) COPS GRANT PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY.—Sec-
tion 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381), as 
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amended by section 501 of this Act, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(o) BANNING OF CHOKEHOLDS.— 
‘‘(1) CHOKEHOLD
DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘chokehold’ means a physical ma-
neuver that restricts an individual’s ability to 
breathe for the purposes of incapacitation. 
‘‘(2) 
LIMITATION
ON
ELIGIBILITY
FOR 
FUNDS.—Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning 
after the date of enactment of the JUSTICE Act, a 
State or unit of local government may not receive 
funds under this section for a fiscal year if, on the 
day before the first day of the fiscal year, the State 
or unit of local government does not have an agency- 
wide policy in place for each law enforcement agency 
of the State or unit of local government that pro-
hibits the use of chokeholds except when deadly 
force is authorized.’’. 
(2) BYRNE
GRANT
PROGRAM
ELIGIBILITY.— 
Section 501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152), as 
amended by section 102 of this Act, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) BANNING OF CHOKEHOLDS.— 
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