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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6363 
To require the Attorney General to establish a competitive grant program 
for State and local law enforcement agencies to carry out training pro-
grams based on lessons from the Holocaust. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the Attorney General to establish a competitive 
grant program for State and local law enforcement agen-
cies to carry out training programs based on lessons 
from the Holocaust. 
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 ‘‘Supporting Law En-
forcement through Lessons of the Holocaust Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM TO CARRY OUT 
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS 
BASED ON LESSONS FROM THE HOLOCAUST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the amount of funds 
appropriated to carry out this section pursuant to sub-
section (e), the Attorney General shall establish a competi-
tive grant program under which the Attorney General may 
award grants to State and local law enforcement agencies 
to carry out training programs, which may be the model 
training program established under subsection (b) or a 
variation of such model program, on the implications of 
the Holocaust for modern day law enforcement profes-
sionals. 
(b) MODEL PROGRAM.—The Attorney General, in 
consultation with community-based groups, non-profit or-
ganizations, law enforcement organizations, academic in-
stitutions, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Mu-
seum, shall establish a model training program that exam-
ines each of the issues described in subsection (c) and 
which shall be made available for use by State and local 
law enforcement agencies to establish training programs 
described in subsection (a). 
(c) PROGRAM
DESCRIBED.—A program funded 
through a grant under this section shall examine the fol-
lowing: 
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(1) The implications of the history of the Holo-
caust for individuals who are active law enforcement 
professionals on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(2) The relationship of law enforcement profes-
sionals to the community served by such profes-
sionals. 
(3) The role and responsibility of law enforce-
ment officials as protectors of the Constitution and 
civil liberties. 
(4) The procedures and practices that prevent 
abuse of the roles of such professionals within such 
community. 
(5) The core values of law enforcement and the 
connection of those values to the principles of the 
Constitution. 
(d) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this section, 
the Attorney General shall give priority to any application 
of a State or local law enforcement agency that provides 
assurances satisfactory to the Attorney General that the 
agency will incorporate a training program carried out by 
the agency pursuant to a grant received under this section 
for a period of at least 2 years. 
(e) NOTICE TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT AGENCIES ABOUT AVAILABILITY OF GRANT PRO-
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