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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1649 
To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program to provide 
for the qualified accreditation and re-certification of local law enforce-
ment agencies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2023 
Mr. PAPPAS (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. BACON, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. 
DAVIS of North Carolina, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. OBERNOLTE, and Ms. 
SHERRILL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program 
to provide for the qualified accreditation and re-certifi-
cation of local law enforcement agencies, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Establishing Accredita-
tion Grants for Law Enforcement Act of 2023’’ or the 
‘‘EAGLE Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY ACCREDITATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall establish a grant program (in this Act referred 
to as the ‘‘Program’’) to provide for the qualified accredi-
tation or re-certification of a local law enforcement agency. 
(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—In carrying out the Pro-
gram, the Attorney General shall award a grant to an eli-
gible recipient under subsection (c). 
(c) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The Attorney General 
shall award a grant under the Program to a local law en-
forcement agency that submits an application pursuant to 
subsection (d). 
(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible under the Pro-
gram, a local law enforcement agency shall submit to the 
Attorney General an application that demonstrates— 
(1) the financial need of the local law enforce-
ment agency; and 
(2) amount requested by the local law enforce-
ment agency, including amount to be spent on— 
(A) accreditation or re-certification fees; 
(B) on-site assessment charges; and 
(C) extension fees. 
(e) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Grant funds awarded 
under the Program may only be used to assist in the quali-
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fied accreditation or re-certification of a local law enforce-
ment agency. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Pro-
gram $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 
(g) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds made avail-
able to carry out the Program shall remain available until 
expended. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) QUALIFIED ACCREDITATION OR RE-CERTIFI-
CATION.—The term ‘‘qualified accreditation or re- 
certification’’ means accreditation or re-certification 
of a local law enforcement agency by a professional 
law enforcement organization involved in the devel-
opment of standards of accreditation for law en-
forcement agencies at the national, State, regional, 
or Tribal level, such as the Commission on Accredi-
tation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). 
(2) LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The 
term ‘‘local law enforcement agency’’ means an 
agency of a unit of local government that is author-
ized by law to supervise the prevention, detection, in-
vestigation, or prosecution of any violation of crimi-
nal law and that has less than 350 employees. 
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