I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1065 
To require that States receiving Byrne JAG funds to require sensitivity 
training for law enforcement officers of that State. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2015 
Mr. CLAY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require that States receiving Byrne JAG funds to require 
sensitivity training for law enforcement officers of that State. 
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 ‘‘POST Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. IN GENERAL. 
(a) TRAINING REQUIREMENT.—For each fiscal year 
after the expiration of the period specified in subsection 
(b) in which a State receives funds for a program referred 
to in subsection (c)(2), the State shall require that all indi-
viduals enrolled in an academy of a law enforcement agen-
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cy of the State and all law enforcement officers of the 
State fulfill a training session on sensitivity each fiscal 
year, including training on ethnic and racial bias, cultural 
diversity, and police interaction with the disabled, men-
tally ill, and new immigrants. In the case of individuals 
attending an academy, such training session shall be for 
8 hours, and in the case of all other law enforcement offi-
cers, the training session shall be for 4 hours. 
(b) COMPLIANCE AND INELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) COMPLIANCE DATE.—Each State shall have 
not more than 120 days, beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act, to comply with subsection (a), 
except that— 
(A) the Attorney General may grant an ad-
ditional 120 days to a State that is making 
good faith efforts to comply with such sub-
section; and 
(B) the Attorney General shall waive the 
requirements of subsection (a) if compliance 
with such subsection by a State would be un-
constitutional under the constitution of such 
State. 
(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—For any fiscal 
year after the expiration of the period specified in 
paragraph (1), a State that fails to comply with sub-
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section (a), shall, at the discretion of the Attorney 
General, be subject to not more than a 20-percent 
reduction of the funds that would otherwise be allo-
cated for that fiscal year to the State under subpart 
1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et 
seq.), whether characterized as the Edward Byrne 
Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assist-
ance Programs, the Local Government Law Enforce-
ment Block Grants Program, the Edward Byrne Me-
morial Justice Assistance Grant Program, or other-
wise. 
(c) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under a 
program referred to in subsection (b)(2) to a State for 
failure to fully comply with subsection (a) shall be reallo-
cated under that program to States that have not failed 
to comply with such subsection. 
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