I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1570 
To encourage greater community accountability of law enforcement agencies, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2021 
Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. CROW, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. DEGETTE, 
Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. WILLIAMS of 
Georgia, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. BISHOP of 
Georgia, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. EVANS, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. STANTON, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. MFUME, 
Ms. FUDGE, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
JONES, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. PRICE of 
North Carolina, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. KILMER, Mr. PALLONE, 
Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. COSTA, 
Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. SOTO, Ms. DEAN, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. CARSON, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, 
Mr. DANNY
K. DAVIS
of Illinois, Ms. GARCIA
of Texas, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. FOSTER, 
Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. HAYES, and Mr. PHILLIPS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To encourage greater community accountability of 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘George Floyd Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act 
of 2021’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION 
Sec. 101. Accreditation of law enforcement agencies. 
TITLE II—LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
Sec. 201. Law enforcement grants. 
TITLE III—ADMINISTRATIVE DUE PROCESS PROCEDURES 
Sec. 301. Attorney General to conduct study. 
TITLE IV—ENHANCED FUNDING TO COMBAT POLICE 
MISCONDUCT AND REFORM POLICE DEPARTMENTS 
Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE V—NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OVERSIGHT 
Sec. 501. National task force on law enforcement oversight. 
TITLE VI—FEDERAL DATA COLLECTION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT 
PRACTICES 
Sec. 601. Federal data collection on law enforcement practices. 
TITLE VII—MEDALLIONS FOR FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS 
Sec. 701. Medallions for fallen law enforcement officers. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘community-based organization’’ means a 
grassroots organization that monitors the issue of 
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police misconduct and that has a national presence 
and membership, such as the National Association 
for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 
the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the 
National Council of La Raza, the National Urban 
League, the National Congress of American Indians, 
or the National Asian Pacific American Legal Con-
sortium (NAPALC). 
(2) LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION ORGA-
NIZATION.—The term ‘‘law enforcement accredita-
tion organization’’ means a professional law enforce-
ment organization involved in the development of 
standards of accreditation for law enforcement agen-
cies at the national, State, regional, or tribal level, 
such as the Commission on Accreditation for Law 
Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). 
(3) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means a State, local, In-
dian tribal, or campus public agency engaged in the 
prevention, detection, or investigation, prosecution, 
or adjudication of violations of criminal laws. 
(4) PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSO-
CIATION.—The term ‘‘professional law enforcement 
association’’ means a law enforcement membership 
association that works for the needs of Federal, 
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State, local, or Indian tribal law enforcement agen-
cies and with the civilian community on matters of 
common interest, such as the Hispanic American 
Police Command Officers Association (HAPCOA), 
the National Asian Pacific Officers Association 
(NAPOA), the National Black Police Association 
(NBPA), the National Latino Peace Officers Asso-
ciation (NLPOA), the National Organization of 
Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), 
Women in Law Enforcement, the Native American 
Law Enforcement Association (NALEA), the Inter-
national Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the 
National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA), the Fraternal 
Order of Police (FOP), and the National Association 
of School Resource Officers. 
(5) PROFESSIONAL CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT ORGA-
NIZATION.—The term ‘‘professional civilian oversight 
organization’’ means a membership organization 
formed to address and advance the cause of civilian 
oversight of law enforcement and whose members 
are from Federal, State, regional, local, or tribal or-
ganizations that review issues or complaints against 
law enforcement agencies or individuals, such as the 
National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law 
Enforcement (NACOLE). 
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TITLE I—LAW ENFORCEMENT 
ACCREDITATION 
SEC. 101. ACCREDITATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
CIES. 
(a) STANDARDS.— 
(1) INITIAL ANALYSIS.—The Attorney General 
shall perform an initial analysis of existing accredi-
tation standards and methodology developed by law 
enforcement accreditation organizations nationwide, 
including national, State, regional, and tribal accred-
itation organizations. Such an analysis shall include 
a review of the recommendations of the Final Report 
of the President’s Taskforce on 21st Century Polic-
ing, issued in May 2015. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT OF UNIFORM STANDARDS.— 
After completion of the initial review and analysis 
under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall— 
(A) recommend, in consultation with law 
enforcement accreditation organizations, the 
adoption of additional standards that will result 
in greater community accountability of law en-
forcement agencies and an increased focus on 
policing with a guardian mentality, including 
standards relating to— 
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(i) early warning systems and related 
intervention programs; 
(ii) use of force procedures; 
(iii) civilian review procedures; 
(iv) traffic and pedestrian stop and 
search procedures; 
(v) data collection and transparency; 
(vi) administrative due process re-
quirements; 
(vii) video monitoring technology; 
(viii) juvenile justice and school safe-
ty; and 
(ix) training; and 
(B) recommend additional areas for the 
development of national standards for the ac-
creditation of law enforcement agencies in con-
sultation with existing law enforcement accredi-
tation organizations, professional law enforce-
ment associations, labor organizations, commu-
nity-based organizations, and professional civil-
ian oversight organizations. 
(3) CONTINUING
ACCREDITATION
PROCESS.— 
The Attorney General shall adopt policies and proce-
dures to partner with law enforcement accreditation 
organizations, professional law enforcement associa-
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tions, labor organizations, community-based organi-
zations, and professional civilian oversight organiza-
tions to continue the development of further accredi-
tation standards consistent with paragraph (2) and 
to encourage the pursuit of accreditation of Federal, 
State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies by 
certified law enforcement accreditation organiza-
tions. 
(b) ACCREDITATION GRANTS.—The Attorney Gen-
eral may make funds available to State, local, tribal law 
enforcement agencies, and campus public safety depart-
ments under this section to assist in gaining or maintain-
ing accreditation from certified law enforcement accredita-
tion organizations. 
TITLE II—LAW ENFORCEMENT 
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
SEC. 201. LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. 
(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General 
may make grants to States, units of local government, In-
dian tribal governments, or other public and private enti-
ties, or to any multijurisdictional or regional consortia of 
such entities, to study and implement effective manage-
ment, training, recruiting, hiring, and oversight standards 
and programs to promote effective community and prob-
lem solving strategies for law enforcement agencies. 
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(b) PROJECT GRANTS TO STUDY LAW ENFORCE-
MENT AGENCY MANAGEMENT.—Grants made under sub-
section (a) shall be used for the study of management and 
operations standards for law enforcement agencies, includ-
ing standards relating to administrative due process, resi-
dency requirements, compensation and benefits, use of 
force, racial profiling, early warning systems, juvenile jus-
tice, school safety, civilian review boards or analogous pro-
cedures, or research into the effectiveness of existing pro-
grams, projects, or other activities designed to address 
misconduct by law enforcement officers. 
(c) PROJECT GRANTS TO DEVELOP PILOT PRO-
GRAMS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Grants made under sub-
section (a) shall also be used to develop pilot pro-
grams and implement effective standards and pro-
grams in the areas of training, hiring and recruit-
ment, and oversight that are designed to improve 
management and address misconduct by law enforce-
ment officers. 
(2) COMPONENTS OF PILOT PROGRAM.—A pilot 
program developed under paragraph (1) shall in-
clude the following: 
(A) TRAINING.—Law enforcement policies, 
practices, and procedures addressing training 
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and instruction to comply with accreditation 
standards in the areas of— 
(i) the use of lethal, nonlethal force, 
and de-escalation; 
(ii) investigation of misconduct and 
practices and procedures for referral to 
prosecuting authorities use of deadly force 
or racial profiling; 
(iii) disproportionate minority contact 
by law enforcement; 
(iv) tactical and defensive strategy; 
(v) arrests, searches, and restraint; 
(vi) professional verbal communica-
tions with civilians; 
(vii) interactions with youth, the men-
tally ill, limited English proficiency, and 
multi-cultural communities; 
(viii) proper traffic, pedestrian, and 
other enforcement stops; and 
(ix) community relations and bias 
awareness. 
(B) RECRUITMENT, HIRING, RETENTION, 
AND PROMOTION OF DIVERSE LAW ENFORCE-
MENT
OFFICERS.—Policies, procedures, and 
practices for— 
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(i) the hiring and recruitment of di-
verse law enforcement officers representa-
tive of the communities they serve; 
(ii) the development of selection, pro-
motion, educational, background, and psy-
chological standards that comport with 
title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.); and 
(iii) initiatives to encourage residency 
in the jurisdiction served by the law en-
forcement agency and continuing edu-
cation. 
(C) OVERSIGHT.—Complaint procedures, 
including the establishment of civilian review 
boards or analogous procedures for jurisdictions 
across a range of sizes and agency configura-
tions, complaint procedures by community- 
based organizations, early warning systems and 
related intervention programs, video monitoring 
technology, data collection and transparency, 
and administrative due process requirements in-
herent to complaint procedures for members of 
the public and law enforcement. 
(D) JUVENILE
JUSTICE
AND
SCHOOL 
SAFETY.—The development of uniform stand-
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ards on juvenile justice and school safety, in-
cluding standards relating to interaction and 
communication with juveniles, physical contact, 
use of lethal and nonlethal force, notification of 
a parent or guardian, interviews and ques-
tioning, custodial interrogation, audio and video 
recording, conditions of custody, alternatives to 
arrest, referral to child protection agencies, and 
removal from school grounds or campus. 
(E) VICTIM
SERVICES.—Counseling serv-
ices, including psychological counseling, for in-
dividuals and communities impacted by law en-
forcement misconduct. 
(d) AMOUNTS.—Of the amounts appropriated to 
carry out this title— 
(1) 4 percent shall be available for grants to In-
dian tribal governments; 
(2) 20 percent shall be available for grants to 
community-based organizations; 
(3) 10 percent shall be available for grants to 
professional law enforcement associations; and 
(4) the remaining funds shall be available for 
grants to applicants in each State in an amount that 
bears the same ratio to the amount of remaining 
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TITLE 
VII—MEDALLIONS 
FOR 
FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS 
SEC. 701. MEDALLIONS FOR FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in con-
sultation with the National Law Enforcement Officers Me-
morial Fund, shall create and provide a distinctive medal-
lion to be issued to the survivors of law enforcement offi-
cers— 
(1) killed in the line of duty; and 
(2) memorialized on the wall of the National 
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF MEDALLIONS.—The Attorney 
General shall make arrangements with the National Law 
Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund to distribute the 
medallions to appropriate survivors of each law enforce-
ment officer memorialized on the wall of the National Law 
Enforcement Officers Memorial. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary. 
Æ 
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