‘‘(2) whose gross negligence, leading up to and 
at the time of the use of force, contributed to the 
necessity of the use of such force. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘Federal 
law enforcement officer’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 115.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after the item related to 
section 1122 the following: 
‘‘1123. Limitation on justification defense for Federal law enforcement offi-
cers.’’. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON THE RECEIPT OF FUNDS UNDER 
THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE AS-
SISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—A State or other jurisdiction may 
not receive funds that the State or other jurisdiction would 
otherwise receive under subpart 1 of part E of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) for any fiscal year in which 
the State or other jurisdiction does not have in place a 
law that is consistent with section 2 of this Act and section 
1123 of title 18, United States Code, as determined by 
the Attorney General. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT ENACTMENT.—In the case that 
funds described in subsection (a) are withheld from a 
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State or other jurisdiction pursuant to subsection (a), and 
the State or other jurisdiction subsequently enacts or puts 
in place a law described in subsection (a), and dem-
onstrates substantial efforts to enforce such law, the State 
or other jurisdiction shall be eligible, in the subsequent 
fiscal year, to receive the total amount that the State or 
other jurisdiction would have received in each fiscal year 
for which funds were withheld, not to exceed the total that 
such State or other jurisdiction would have received for 
a period of 5 years. 
(c) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, 
in consultation with impacted persons, communities, orga-
nizations (including representatives of civil and human 
rights organizations), individuals against whom a law en-
forcement officer used force, and representatives of law 
enforcement associations, shall make guidance available to 
States and other jurisdictions on the criteria that the At-
torney General will use in determining whether the State 
or jurisdiction has in place a law described in subsection 
(a). 
(d) APPLICATION.—This section shall apply begin-
ning in the first fiscal year that begins after the date that 
is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 4. GRANTS FOR USE OF FORCE POLICY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General is au-
thorized to make grants to units of local government in 
States that do not have in place a law that is substantially 
similar to section 2 of this Act and section 1123 of title 
18, United States Code, and which State did not receive 
funds under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10151 et seq.) pursuant to section 3, if the law enforce-
ment agency of that unit of local government has in place 
a policy related to the use of force by law enforcement 
officers that is consistent with section 2 of this Act. 
(b) APPLICATION.—A unit of local government seek-
ing a grant under this section may submit to the Attorney 
General an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Attorney General may 
reasonably require. 
(c) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant under this sec-
tion shall be an amount which is equal to the amount the 
unit of local government would otherwise have received 
under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 
et seq.), if the State in which the unit of local government 
is located had received funds under such program. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant under this section may 
be used for the purposes described in section 501 of title 
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I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section for each fiscal year, begin-
ning 2020 through 2024. 
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