Act to the extent practicable to facilitate FBI training of 
resource officers. 
(e) COMPLIANCE AND INELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) COMPLIANCE DATE.—Beginning not later 
than 1 year after the date of this Act, each State 
or unit of local government receiving a grant shall 
comply with subsection (a), except that at its discre-
tion the Attorney General may grant an additional 
12 months to a State or unit of local government to 
become compliant. 
(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—For any fiscal 
year after the expiration of the period specified in 
paragraph (1), a State or unit of local government 
that fails to comply with subsection (a), shall be sub-
ject to a reduction of not less than 25 percent and 
not more than 40 percent of the funds (the precise 
reduction to be determined at the discretion of the 
Attorney General) that would otherwise be allocated 
for that fiscal year to the State or unit of local gov-
ernment 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 character-
ized as the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local 
Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, the Local 
Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Pro-
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gram, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assist-
ance Grant Program, or otherwise; except that, in 
the case of a State or unit of local government that 
fails to comply with subsection (a) in two consecu-
tive fiscal years, the reduction shall not be less than 
50 percent of such funds. 
(f) GRANT SCORING.—Office of Justice Programs 
shall give a priority in all grant programs to any State 
or unit of local government deemed fully compliant with 
the provisions of this Act. 
(g) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under a 
program referred to in subsection (e)(2) to a State or unit 
of local government for failure to fully comply with sub-
section (a) shall be reallocated under that program to 
States and units of local government that have not failed 
to comply with this section. 
(h) EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES.—For purposes of 
subsection (a), the Attorney General shall maintain a list 
of evidence-based practices it determines is successful in 
enhancing de-escalation skills of law enforcement officers, 
as compiled by the Police Executive Research Forum (or 
other organization or organizations as designated by the 
Attorney General). The Attorney General shall regularly 
update this list as needed and shall publish the list to the 
public on a yearly basis in the Federal Register. 
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(i) DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING.—For each 
fiscal year after the expiration of the period specified in 
subsection (e) in which a State or unit of local government 
receives a grant under part E of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3750 et seq.), the State or unit of local government receiv-
ing funds under this Act shall report data on use-of-force 
incidents pursuant to the National Use-of-Force Data Col-
lection administered by the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion. State and units of local government that already col-
lect such data in a format and manner comparable to the 
National Use-of-Force Data Collection shall be eligible to 
report that data pursuant to their existing system of data 
collection, at the discretion of the Attorney General. The 
Attorney General shall, within five years of enactment of 
this Act, undertake a comprehensive analysis of the effect 
of this Act on instances and rates of use of force among 
States and units of local government receiving funding 
under this Act, which analysis shall be released to the pub-
lic. 
(j) USE-OF-FORCE POLICIES; DEVELOPMENT AND 
PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—For each fiscal year after the ex-
piration of the period specified in subsection (e) in which 
a State or unit of local government receives a grant under 
part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
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Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), the State 
or unit of local government receiving funds under this Act 
shall— 
(1) develop and adopt a use-of-force policy that 
is consistent with the principles and techniques iden-
tified in subsection (a) and that identifies the appro-
priate uses of, at the least— 
(A) blunt impact force by baton or projec-
tile; 
(B) chemical sprays or projectiles; 
(C) conducted energy devices or ‘‘tasers’’; 
(D) unleashed canines; 
(E) vehicle strikes; 
(F) chokeholds; and 
(G) potentially lethal force; 
(2) submit that policy to the Attorney General 
for a determination that this policy is consistent 
with the principles and techniques identified in sec-
tions 3 and 4 of this Act and otherwise meets the 
requirements of this Act; and 
(3) upon the determination of the Attorney 
General that the use-of-force policy is compliant, the 
State or unit local government shall post that use- 
of-force policy on its public website, or if it does not 
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maintain a public website, otherwise make the policy 
reasonably available to members of the public. 
SEC. 5. INVESTIGATIONS OF USE OF DEADLY FORCE BY 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) Not later than 180 days after the enactment of 
this Act, the Attorney General shall develop a formal 
mechanism by which States and units of local government 
receiving funds pursuant to this Act can request that the 
Attorney General direct the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion (or other appropriate Federal law enforcement agen-
cy) to assist with the investigation of an incident of use 
of force, which request shall not be unreasonably denied, 
and shall issue guidance for the manner of conducting 
such investigations, including the release of officer-worn 
body camera footage and the manner of reporting the find-
ings of such investigations to State and local units of gov-
ernment or prosecutorial bodies, as appropriate. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
State or unit of local government shall be eligible to re-
ceive funding under part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 
et seq.) unless that State or unit of local government has 
amended any law, policy, or agreement that shields infor-
mation related to officer use of force or disciplinary 
records from public view. 
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(c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting, 
modifying, or otherwise amending the Attorney General’s 
power to investigate and/or bring an enforcement action 
against State and local units of government or law en-
forcement agencies under any other provision of law. 
SEC. 6. JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY SU-
PERVISION PROGRAMS; SUPPORT FOR PER-
SONNEL. 
(a) Title 34 of United States Code section 
10152(a)(1) is amended to add the following provision: 
‘‘(I) Community supervision programs, for support of evi-
dence-based supervision techniques.’’ 
(b) For Justice Assistance Grants made pursuant to 
the above provision, priority shall be given to programs 
to provide training to community supervision officers con-
sistent with the de-escalation techniques and principles de-
scribed in section 4 of this Act. 
(c) In each State making subgrants pursuant to the 
Justice Assistance Grants program, whether characterized 
as the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law En-
forcement Assistance Programs, the Local Government 
Law Enforcement Block Grants Program, the Edward 
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, or 
otherwise, to support the salaries of personnel in part or 
in whole, not less than 10 percent of the total amount 
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of salary support shall be expended in support of behav-
ioral or mental health specialists, assessment and evalua-
tion specialists, reentry services specialists, public defend-
ers, or any other mental or behavioral health department 
personnel required to execute programs described in sub-
section 4(a)(5) of this Act. 
SEC. 7. DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
ACADEMY. 
Not later than 365 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the FBI shall present a plan 
to develop the National Law Enforcement Academy. The 
National Law Enforcement Academy is intended to be a 
ninety-day residential college for best practices training 
for local law enforcement officers. 
SEC. 8. ATTORNEY GENERAL GUIDANCE. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue guidance for 
the benefit of States and units of local government on 
compliance with the requirements of this Act. 
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