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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6750 
To direct the Attorney General to award grants to eligible entities for first 
responders who handle elder justice-related matters, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2020 
Mr. EMMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to award grants to eligible 
entities for first responders who handle elder justice- 
related matters, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Senior abuse Training 
and Offense Prevention Act’’ or the ‘‘STOP Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SUPPORTING LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ELDER JUS-
TICE MATTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, after con-
sultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, the Postmaster General, and the Chief Postal Inspec-
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tor for the United States Postal Inspection Service, shall 
award grants to eligible entities, on a competitive basis, 
to provide training, technical assistance, multidisciplinary 
coordination, policy development, and other types of sup-
port to police, sheriffs, detectives, public safety officers, 
corrections personnel, and other first responders who han-
dle elder justice-related matters, to fund specially des-
ignated elder justice positions or units designed to support 
first responders in elder justice matters. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELDER.—The term ‘‘elder’’ means an indi-
vidual age 60 or older. 
(2) ELDER JUSTICE.—The term ‘‘elder justice’’ 
means— 
(A) efforts to— 
(i) prevent, detect, threat, intervene 
in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and 
exploitation; and 
(ii) protect elders with diminished ca-
pacity while maximizing their autonomy; 
and 
(B) the recognition of an elder’s rights, in-
cluding the right to be free of abuse, neglect, 
and exploitation. 
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(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a State or local government agency, In-
dian tribe or tribal organization, or any other public 
or nonprofit private entity that is engaged in and 
has expertise in issues relating to elder justice or a 
field necessary to promote elder justice efforts. 
SEC. 3. EVALUATION; APPLICATIONS. 
(a) EVALUATION.—In carrying out the grant pro-
gram under this Act, the Attorney General shall— 
(1) require each recipient of a grant to use a 
portion of the funds made available through the 
grant to conduct a validated evaluation of the effec-
tiveness of the activities carried out through the 
grant by such recipient; or 
(2) as the Attorney General considers appro-
priate, use a portion of the funds available under 
this Act for a grant program under this Act to pro-
vide assistance to an eligible entity to conduct a vali-
dated evaluation of the effectiveness of the activities 
carried out through such grant program by each of 
the grant recipients. 
(b) APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this Act, an entity shall submit an ap-
plication to the Attorney General at such time, in 
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