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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2711 
To establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement 
agencies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 8, 2025 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. 
SORENSEN, Ms. GILLEN, Mr. COSTA, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. MAGAZINER, 
Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. VASQUEZ, Mr. RYAN, Mr. CASTEN, 
Mr. PALLONE, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Ms. LEE of Nevada, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, Mr. 
KENNEDY of New York, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. CORREA, and Ms. PEREZ) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish a grant program to provide assistance to local 
law enforcement agencies, 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 ‘‘Invest to Protect Act 
of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
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(1) DE-ESCALATION TRAINING.—The term ‘‘de- 
escalation training’’ means training relating to tak-
ing action or communicating verbally or non-verbally 
during a potential force encounter in an attempt to 
stabilize the situation and reduce the immediacy of 
the threat so that more time, options, and resources 
can be called upon to resolve the situation without 
the use of force or with a reduction in the force nec-
essary. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Office. 
(3) ELIGIBLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term 
‘‘eligible local government’’ means— 
(A) a county, municipality, town, township, 
village, parish, borough, or other unit of general 
government below the State level that employs 
fewer than 175 law enforcement officers; and 
(B) a Tribal government that employs 
fewer than 175 law enforcement officers. 
(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The term 
‘‘law enforcement officer’’ has the meaning given the 
term ‘‘career law enforcement officer’’ in section 
1709 of title I the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10389). 
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(5) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of-
fice of Community Oriented Policing Services of the 
Department of Justice. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Office a grant program to— 
(1) provide training and access to mental health 
resources to local law enforcement officers; and 
(2) improve the recruitment and retention of 
local law enforcement officers. 
(c) AUTHORITY.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall award 
grants to eligible local governments as a part of the grant 
program established under subsection (b). 
(d) APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) BARRIERS.—The Attorney General shall de-
termine what barriers exist to establishing a stream-
lined application process for grants under this sec-
tion. 
(2) REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the At-
torney General shall submit to Congress a re-
port that includes a plan to execute a stream-
lined application process for grants under this 
section under which an eligible local government 
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(1) de-escalation training for law enforcement 
officers; 
(2) victim-centered training for law enforcement 
officers in handling situations of domestic violence; 
(3) evidence-based law enforcement safety 
training for— 
(A) active shooter situations; 
(B) the safe handling of illicit drugs and 
precursor chemicals; 
(C) rescue situations; 
(D) recognizing and countering ambush at-
tacks; or 
(E) response to calls for service involv-
ing— 
(i) persons with mental health needs; 
(ii) persons with substance use dis-
orders; 
(iii) veterans; 
(iv) persons with disabilities; 
(v) vulnerable youth; 
(vi) persons who are victims of domes-
tic violence, sexual assault, or trafficking; 
or 
(vii) persons experiencing homeless-
ness or living in poverty; 
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(4) the offsetting of overtime costs associated 
with scheduling issues relating to the participation 
of a law enforcement officer in the training de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3), (9), and (10); 
(5) a signing bonus for a law enforcement offi-
cer in an amount determined by the eligible local 
government; 
(6) a retention bonus for a law enforcement of-
ficer— 
(A) in an amount determined by the eligi-
ble local government that does not exceed 20 
percent of the salary of the law enforcement of-
ficer; and 
(B) who— 
(i) has been employed at the law en-
forcement agency for not fewer than 5 
years; 
(ii) has not been found by an internal 
investigation to have engaged in serious 
misconduct; and 
(iii) commits to remain employed by 
the law enforcement agency for not less 
than 3 years after the date of receipt of 
the bonus; 
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(7) a stipend for the graduate education of law 
enforcement officers in the area of mental health, 
public health, or social work, which shall not exceed 
the lesser of— 
(A) $10,000; or 
(B) the amount the law enforcement offi-
cer pays towards such graduate education; 
(8) providing access to patient-centered behav-
ioral health services for law enforcement officers, 
which may include resources for risk assessments, 
evidence-based, trauma-informed care to treat post- 
traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder, 
peer support and counselor services and family sup-
ports, and the promotion of improved access to high 
quality mental health care through telehealth; 
(9) the implementation of evidence-based best 
practices and training on the use of lethal and non-
lethal force; 
(10) the implementation of evidence-based best 
practices and training on the duty of care and the 
duty to intervene; and 
(11) data collection for police practices relating 
to officer and community safety. 
(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT RECIPI-
ENTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 
reasonable reporting requirements specifically relat-
ing to a grant awarded under this section for eligible 
local governments that receive such a grant in order 
to assist with the evaluation by the Office of the pro-
gram established under this section. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing require-
ments under paragraph (1), the Director shall con-
sider the capacity of law enforcement agencies with 
fewer than 175 officers to collect and report infor-
mation. 
(g) DISCLOSURE OF OFFICER RECRUITMENT AND 
RETENTION BONUSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date on which an eligible local government that 
receives a grant under this section awards a signing 
or retention bonus described in paragraph (5) or (6) 
of subsection (e), the eligible local government shall 
disclose to the Director and make publicly available 
on a website of the eligible local government the 
amount of the bonus. 
(2) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees an 
annual report that includes each signing or retention 
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bonus disclosed under paragraph (1) during the pre-
ceding year. 
(h) GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—All grants awarded by the 
Director under this section shall be subject to the 
accountability provisions described in this sub-
section. 
(2) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 
(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means a find-
ing in the final audit report of the Inspector 
General of the Department of Justice that the 
audited grantee has used grant funds for an 
unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallow-
able cost that is not closed or resolved within 
12 months from the date when the final audit 
report is issued. 
(B) AUDITS.—Beginning in the first fiscal 
year beginning after the date of enactment of 
this subsection, and in each fiscal year there-
after, the Inspector General of the Department 
of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 
grants under this section to prevent waste, 
fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The In-
spector General of the Department of Justice 
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shall determine the appropriate number of 
grantees to be audited each year. 
(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient 
of grant funds under this section that is found 
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. 
(3) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 
fiscal year during which audits commence under 
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paragraph (2)(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 (2) have been 
completed and reviewed by the appropriate 
Assistant Attorney General or Director; 
(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 
under paragraph (2)(C) have been issued; 
and 
(iii) 
all 
reimbursements 
required 
under paragraph (2)(D) have been made; 
and 
(B) that includes a list of any grant recipi-
ents excluded under paragraph (2) from the 
previous year. 
(i) PROGRAM EVALUATION.—Not less frequently 
than annually, the Attorney General shall analyze the in-
formation provided by eligible local governments pursuant 
to the reporting requirements established under subsection 
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(f)(1) to evaluate the efficacy of programs funded by the 
grant program under this section. 
(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 under this sec-
tion or another grant program administered 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) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
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not more than $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 
through 2031. 
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