to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be 
eligible to receive grant funds under this section 
during the first 3 fiscal years beginning after 
the end of the 12-month period described in 
subparagraph (A). 
(D) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an eligible local 
government is awarded grant funds under this 
section during the 3-fiscal-year period during 
which the eligible local government is barred 
from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), 
the Attorney General shall— 
(i) deposit an amount equal to the 
amount of the grant funds that were im-
properly awarded to the grantee into the 
General Fund of the Treasury; and 
(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re-
payment to the fund from the grant recipi-
ent that was erroneously awarded grant 
funds. 
(2) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 
fiscal year during which audits commence under 
paragraph (1)(B), the Attorney General shall submit 
to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives an 
annual certification— 
(A) indicating whether— 
(i) all audits issued by the Office of 
the Inspector General of the Department 
of Justice under paragraph (1) have been 
completed and reviewed by the appropriate 
Assistant Attorney General or Director; 
(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 
under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 
and 
(iii) 
all 
reimbursements 
required 
under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; 
and 
(B) that includes a list of any grant recipi-
ents excluded under paragraph (1) from the 
previous year. 
(i) PROGRAM EVALUATION.—The Attorney General 
shall, on an annual basis, conduct analyses of the informa-
tion provided by grant recipients pursuant to subsection 
(f) to evaluate the efficacy of training programs funded 
through the grant program established by this Act in re-
ducing the incidence of use of force by the law enforcement 
agency. 
(j) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Director awards 
a grant to an eligible local government under this 
section, the Attorney General shall compare poten-
tial grant awards with other grants awarded by the 
Attorney General to determine if grant awards are 
or have been awarded for a similar purpose. 
(2) REPORT.—If the Attorney General awards 
grants to the same applicant for a similar purpose, 
whether through the grant program established by 
this Act or other grant programs provided by the 
Department of Justice, the Attorney General shall 
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives a report that includes— 
(A) a list of all such grants awarded, in-
cluding the total dollar amount of any such 
grants awarded; and 
(B) the reason the Attorney General 
awarded multiple grants to the same applicant 
for a similar purpose. 
(k) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2023 through 2027 to carry out the grant program 
under this section.
(2) LIMITATION.—In carrying out this section 
for a fiscal year, if the amounts made available in 
appropriations Acts for that fiscal year is not less 
than the amount authorized to be appropriated 
under paragraph (1), the Director shall use not less 
than 20 percent of such amounts in that fiscal year 
for grants under this section to eligible local govern-
ments that will use the grants to carry out one or 
more of the eligible activities set forth in paragraphs 
(1), (2), (3), (4), (9), and (10) of subsection (e). 
Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 
2022. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6448 
AN ACT 
To direct the Director of the Office of Community 
Oriented Policing Services of the Department of 
Justice to carry out a grant program to provide 
assistance to police departments with fewer than 
200 law enforcement officers, and for other pur-
poses.