SEC. 2. TRAINING ON DIVERSITY AND SENSITIVITY FOR 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
(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-
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. The State 
shall certify to the Attorney General of the United States 
that such training sessions have been completed. 
(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 
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(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-
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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SEC. 3. INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF LAW ENFORCEMENT USE 
OF DEADLY FORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a State or unit of 
local government that received a grant award under sub-
part 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.), 
if that State or unit of local government fails by the end 
of a fiscal year to enact or have in effect an independent 
prosecution of law enforcement law, the Attorney General 
shall reduce the amount that would otherwise be awarded 
to that State or unit of local government under such grant 
program in the following fiscal year by 20 percent. 
(b) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under a 
program referred to in subsection (a) to a State for failure 
to be in compliance with this section shall be reallocated 
under that program to States that are in compliance with 
this section. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘deadly force’’ means that force 
which a reasonable person would consider likely to 
cause death or serious bodily harm. 
(2) The term ‘‘independent prosecution of law 
enforcement law’’ means a statute requiring the ap-
pointment of an independent prosecutor to conduct 
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any criminal investigation and prosecution in 
which— 
(A) one or more of the possible defendants 
is a law enforcement officer; 
(B) one or more of the alleged offenses in-
volves the law enforcement officer’s use deadly 
force in the course of carrying out that officer’s 
duty; and 
(C) the law enforcement officer’s use of 
deadly force resulted in a death or injury. 
(3) The term ‘‘independent prosecutor’’ means 
with respect to a criminal investigation or prosecu-
tion, a prosecutor who— 
(A) does not live or work in the same 
county as the county in which the alleged crime 
was committed; and 
(B) who would not be involved in the pros-
ecution in the ordinary course of that prosecu-
tor’s duties. 
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