‘‘Subpart 4—Law Enforcement Records Retention 
‘‘SEC. 531. LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS RETENTION. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘applicable covered system’, with 
respect to a law enforcement agency, means the cov-
ered system of the covered government of which the 
law enforcement agency is part; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘covered government’ means a 
State or unit of local government; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘covered system’ means a system 
maintained by a covered government under sub-
section (b); and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘disciplinary record’— 
‘‘(A) means any written document regard-
ing an allegation of misconduct by a law en-
forcement officer that— 
‘‘(i) is substantiated and is adju-
dicated by a government agency or court; 
and 
‘‘(ii) results in— 
‘‘(I) adverse action by the em-
ploying law enforcement agency; or 
‘‘(II) criminal charges; and 
‘‘(B) does not include a written document 
regarding an allegation described in subpara-
graph (A) if the adjudication described in 
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clause (i) of that subparagraph has been over-
turned on appeal. 
‘‘(b) RECORDS RETENTION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) RECORDS RETENTION SYSTEM.—A covered 
government that receives funds under this part shall 
maintain a system for sharing disciplinary records of 
law enforcement officers that meets the require-
ments under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In administering a cov-
ered system, a covered government shall— 
‘‘(A) retain each disciplinary record or in-
ternal investigation record regarding a law en-
forcement officer that is prepared by a law en-
forcement agency of the covered government; 
‘‘(B) retain a record of each award or com-
mendation regarding a law enforcement officer 
that is prepared by a law enforcement agency 
of the covered government; 
‘‘(C) establish a policy that ensures that 
each record included in the covered system is 
retained and accessible for not less than 30 
years; 
‘‘(D) allow a law enforcement officer, coun-
sel for a law enforcement officer, or the rep-
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resentative organization of a law enforcement 
officer to— 
‘‘(i) submit information to the covered 
system relating to a disciplinary record or 
internal investigation record regarding the 
law enforcement officer that is retained 
under subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(ii) obtain access to the covered sys-
tem in order to review a disciplinary record 
or internal investigation record described 
in clause (i); 
‘‘(E) allow any Federal, State, or local law 
enforcement agency to access any record in-
cluded in the covered system for the purpose of 
making a decision to hire a law enforcement of-
ficer; 
‘‘(F) require that, before hiring a law en-
forcement officer, a representative of a law en-
forcement agency of the covered government 
with hiring authority— 
‘‘(i) search the applicable covered sys-
tem of each law enforcement agency that 
has employed the applicant as a law en-
forcement officer in order to determine 
whether the applicant has a disciplinary 
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record, internal investigation record, or 
record of an award or commendation on 
file; and 
‘‘(ii) if a record described in clause (i) 
exists, review the record in full before hir-
ing the law enforcement officer; and 
‘‘(G) prohibit access to the covered system 
by any individual other than an individual who 
is authorized to access the covered system for 
purposes of— 
‘‘(i) submitting records or other infor-
mation to the covered system as described 
in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D); or 
‘‘(ii) reviewing records or other infor-
mation in the covered system as described 
in subparagraphs (E) and (F). 
‘‘(c) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered government may 
not receive funds under section 505, 506, 515, or 
516 unless the covered government is in compliance 
with subsection (b) of this section. 
‘‘(2) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated 
under a section referred to in paragraph (1) to a 
covered government for failure to comply with sub-
section (b) shall be reallocated under that section to 
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covered governments that have complied with sub-
section (b). 
‘‘(d) ONE-TIME GRANT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
award a grant to each State, using an apportion-
ment formula that reflects the differences between 
each State, to be used by the State and units of 
local government within the State to establish cov-
ered systems. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant award-
ed to a State under paragraph (1) shall be not less 
than $1,000,000. 
‘‘(3) DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS.—For the pur-
pose of making grants under this subsection, there 
is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appro-
priated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
‘‘(e) INDEMNIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States shall in-
demnify and hold harmless a covered government, 
and any law enforcement agency thereof, against 
any claim (including reasonable expenses of litiga-
tion or settlement) by any person or entity related 
to— 
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‘‘(A) the retention of records in a covered 
system as required under subsection (b); or 
‘‘(B) the review of records included in a 
covered system as required under subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to the release of a record— 
‘‘(A) to a non-law enforcement entity or in-
dividual; or 
‘‘(B) for a purpose other than making a 
decision to hire a law enforcement officer.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 531(c) of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Acts of 
1968, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on Oc-
tober 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. DAVID DORN FORMER PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ 
BENEFITS. 
Section 1205 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10285) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(o)(1) For the purposes of a benefit under sub-
section (a), an eligible retired public safety officer is 
deemed to be a public safety officer who has died as the 
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