SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR TRAINING AND SENSITIVITY AND THE 
USE OF INDEPENDENT PROSECUTORS. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘PART NN—GRANTS FOR TRAINING AND 
INDEPENDENT PROSECUTION 
‘‘SEC. 3041. IN GENERAL. 
‘‘The Attorney General may make a grant to a State 
each fiscal year for purposes of carrying out the require-
ments of section 3042(a) and 3043. The term of such 
grant shall be 1 year. 
‘‘SEC. 3042. TRAINING ON DIVERSITY AND SENSITIVITY FOR 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
‘‘(a) TRAINING REQUIREMENT.—The requirements 
of this subsection are as follows: 
‘‘(1) A State shall require that all individuals 
enrolled in an academy of a law enforcement agency 
of the State and all law enforcement officers of the 
State fulfill a training session on sensitivity each fis-
cal year, including training on ethnic and racial bias, 
cultural diversity, and police interaction with the dis-
abled, mentally 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 
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other law enforcement officers, the training session 
shall be for 4 hours. 
‘‘(2) A State shall certify to the Attorney Gen-
eral of the United States that such training sessions 
have been completed. 
‘‘(b) COMPLIANCE AND INELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) COMPLIANCE DATE.—The period specified 
under this paragraph is the period beginning 120 
days after the date of enactment of this part, to 
comply with subsection (a), except that— 
‘‘(A) the Attorney General may grant an 
additional 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.—A State that is not in 
compliance with the requirements of subsection (a) 
during a fiscal year is not eligible for a grant under 
this part. 
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‘‘SEC. 3043. INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 
USE OF DEADLY FORCE. 
‘‘In the case of a State that fails by the end of a 
fiscal year to enact or have in effect an independent pros-
ecution of law enforcement law, that State is not eligible 
for a grant under this part. 
‘‘SEC. 3044. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(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 
any criminal investigation and prosecution in 
which— 
‘‘(A) one or more of the possible defend-
ants is a law enforcement officer; 
‘‘(B) one or more of the alleged offenses 
involves the law enforcement officer’s use of 
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. 
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‘‘(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) would not be involved in the prosecu-
tion in the ordinary course of that prosecutor’s 
duties.’’. 
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