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‘‘(1) the protection of the civil, constitutional, 
human, and privacy rights of individuals; and 
‘‘(2) use of force policies. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—Courses offered as part of 
continuing education under subsection (c) shall be admin-
istered in coordination with the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 
amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 890A the following new items: 
‘‘Sec. 890B. De-escalation training. 
‘‘Sec. 890C. Training and continuing education to promote officer safety and 
professionalism.’’. 
SEC. 325. LESS LETHAL FORCE TACTICS ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Associate Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall enter into a contract with a 
nonprofit research institution with expertise in homeland 
security, including border security and law enforcement, 
for such institution to assess the written policies, training, 
and instances of the use of less lethal force tactics utilized 
by the Department within the past three years. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required under 
subsection (a) shall include information relating to the use 
of the following: 
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(1) Oleoresin capsicum spray, irritant dis-
pensers, or any other fog for the purposes of crowd 
control or disbursement. 
(2) Electronic control weapons that discharge 
electrical energy. 
(3) Compressed air launchers, such as com-
pressed-air powered, shoulder-fired launchers that 
deliver less lethal projectiles. 
(4) Munition launchers that deliver an airburst 
flash bang effect. 
(5) Less-lethal specialty impact chemical muni-
tions. 
(6) Controlled tire deflation devices. 
(7) Long range acoustic devices. 
(8) Other crowd control and disbursement tac-
tics. 
(c) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the commencement of the assessment required 
under subsection (a), the nonprofit research institution de-
scribed in such subsection shall submit to the Secretary 
such assessment. 
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the receipt of the assessment pursuant to subsection 
(c), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives and the 
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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate a report on such assessment and in-
cluding any feedback by the Secretary relating thereto. 
SEC. 326. BEST PRACTICES TO REDUCE INCIDENTS OF EX-
CESSIVE OR UNAUTHORIZED FORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Associate Secretary of Home-
land Security, acting through the Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology of the Department, shall research 
and recommend the adoption of evidence-based practices 
that, when utilized by law enforcement officers of the De-
partment, have the potential to reduce incidents of exces-
sive or unauthorized force. Such practices shall be based 
on research that takes into account the degree to which 
the following factors potentially contribute to such inci-
dents: 
(1) Gaps in training or staffing, including gaps 
that may contribute to the delayed deployment of 
backup resources in the field. 
(2) Unconscious bias regarding race, gender, 
ethnicity, or national origin or other psychological 
triggers. 
(3) The level of racial, gender, and ethnic diver-
sity within the workforce in which such law enforce-
ment officer serves. 
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(4) Stress or fatigue, and related underlying 
causes. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after com-
mencing the research described in subsection (a), the 
Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the De-
partment shall submit to the Secretary and the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate a report containing findings 
regarding evidence-based practices described in such sub-
section. 
(c) RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS.—To carry out sub-
section (a), the Under Secretary for Science and Tech-
nology of the Department shall seek research partnerships 
with historically Black colleges or universities and minor-
ity-serving institutions and other university-based centers 
for homeland security pursuant to section 308(b)(2) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 188(b)(2)). 
SEC. 327. SAFEGUARDING FIREARMS AND SENSITIVE AS-
SETS. 
(a) SAFEGUARDING FIREARMS AND SENSITIVE AS-
SETS DIRECTIVE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Under Secretary for Management of the Department 
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shall develop and disseminate a Department-wide di-
rective for achieving adequate security over firearms 
and other sensitive assets across the Department. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The Department-wide direc-
tive required under subsection (a) shall, at a min-
imum, include the following: 
(A) Descriptions of what equipment, in ad-
dition to firearms, is classified as a sensitive 
asset for the purpose of carrying out this sec-
tion. 
(B) Requirements for securing Depart-
ment-issued firearms and other sensitive assets. 
(C) A classification system for all cat-
egories of Department-issued badges and cor-
responding requirements for safeguarding such 
assets. 
(D) Reporting requirements for lost fire-
arms and other sensitive assets, including 
timelines for such reporting, to supervisors, 
local law enforcement, the National Crime In-
formation Center of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation, and Department headquarters. 
(E) Recordkeeping requirements for lost 
firearms and other sensitive assets in inventory 
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systems, including a timeline for recording such 
losses. 
(3) REVIEW AND UPDATE OF DIRECTIVE.—Not 
later than one year after the issuance of the direc-
tive required under subsection (a), the Under Sec-
retary for Management of the Department shall re-
view and update, as necessary, such directive, includ-
ing adding a requirement relating to recording in 
the inventory systems maintained by each compo-
nent of the Department the acceptance or transfer 
of a firearm or other sensitive asset by such compo-
nent. 
(b) PERSONAL
PROPERTY
ASSET
MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM MANUAL.—Together with the issuance of the 
directive required under subsection (a), the Under Sec-
retary for Management of the Department shall dissemi-
nate a revised version of the Personal Property Asset 
Management Program Manual that includes the following: 
(1) Requirements for component heads to de-
velop procedures to safeguard firearms and other 
sensitive assets during on and off-duty time. 
(2) Requirements for the issuance of safety 
locking devices and policies on the use of such as-
sets, as applicable. 
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(3) Requirements for initial, recurrent, and re-
medial training on safeguarding such assets. 
(4) Examples, with detail, of how to report and 
record lost sensitive assets across components of the 
Department, and an enforcement mechanism to en-
sure supervisors maintain such records. 
(5) A requirement that the file maintained on 
a lost firearm or other sensitive asset contains both 
the corresponding police report and the Department 
report detailing the circumstances surrounding such 
loss, including information on adherence to safe-
guarding procedures. 
(c) COMPONENT RESPONSIBILITIES.—Heads of com-
ponents of the Department shall— 
(1) comply with Federal law, Federal regula-
tions, executive branch guidance, and Department 
policy, including directives required by this section, 
relating to the management and oversight of secur-
ing firearms and other sensitive assets; 
(2) review the need for non-law enforcement 
badges; 
(3) require component personnel to— 
(A) safeguard firearms and other sensitive 
assets in accordance with the directive required 
under subsection (a); and 
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(B) adhere to the procedures and timelines 
for properly reporting to supervisors lost fire-
arms and other sensitive assets; and 
(4) require that lost firearms and other sen-
sitive assets are— 
(A) reported to local law enforcement, the 
National Crime Information Center of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, and Department 
headquarters in the timeframe established in 
such directive; and 
(B) recorded in inventory systems in the 
timeframe established by such directive. 
(d) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later than 
180 days after the date on which the Department-wide 
directive is issued pursuant to subsection (a), the Inspec-
tor General of the Department shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report relating to the 
progress and effectiveness of such directive, including an 
assessment of the adequacy of such directive and the level 
of compliance among the components of the Department 
to achieve adequate security of sensitive assets. 
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SEC. 328. REPORTING ON BASIC TRAINING PROGRAMS OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the Under 
Secretary for Management of the Department, shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a report relating to the accreditation status 
for each basic training program of the Department, 
including information relating to the following: 
(A) The date on which each such program 
achieved initial accreditation, or in the case of 
a program that is not currently accredited, the 
reasons for not obtaining or maintaining ac-
creditation, the activities, if any, taken to 
achieve 
accreditation, 
and 
an 
anticipated 
timeline for accreditation of such program. 
(B) The date each such program most re-
cently received accreditation or reaccreditation, 
if applicable. 
(C) The anticipated accreditation or next 
reaccreditation date of each such program. 
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(D) The name of the accreditation man-
ager for each such program. 
(2) TERMINATION
OF
REPORTING
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Annual reports under paragraph (1) shall 
terminate when all basic training programs of the 
Department are accredited. 
(b) LAPSE IN ACCREDITATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If a basic training program 
of the Department loses accreditation, the head of 
the relevant component of the Department shall no-
tify the Under Secretary for Management of the De-
partment not later than 30 days after such loss. 
(2) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 60 
days after receiving a notification pursuant to sub-
section (a), the Under Secretary for Management of 
the Department shall notify the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate of the lapse in ac-
creditation, the reason for such lapse, and the activi-
ties underway and planned to regain accreditation. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ACCREDITATION.—The term ‘‘accredita-
tion’’ means the recognition by a board that a basic 
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