I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7284 
To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to improve the relationship 
between the police and the communities they serve, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2020 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself and Mr. HASTINGS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to improve 
the relationship between the police and the communities 
they serve, 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 ‘‘Police Accountability 
and Community Engagement Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘PAC 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General, acting 
through the Director of the Office of Community Oriented 
Policing Services, is authorized to make grants to non-
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profit organizations, institutions of higher education, com-
munity groups, and faith-based organizations to facilitate 
organized dialogues that bring together community mem-
bers and law enforcement officers in order to build trust, 
increase accountability, and reduce tension in relation-
ships between the community and the police. 
(b) USES OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant under 
this section shall use such funds for the following: 
(1) Community dialogues, led by a third-party 
facilitator, that bring together a diverse group of 
community members, local elected officials, law en-
forcement leaders and officers, business leaders, and 
community members to assess the state of police and 
community relations in the area, which focus on tak-
ing a proactive approach and developing concrete ac-
tion items that will help improve the relationship be-
tween the police and the community and further the 
goal of collective safety. 
(2) Community dialogues that are specifically 
designed to bring together teenagers with law en-
forcement officers, which aim to help police and 
young people honestly discuss their interaction and 
find common ground, which— 
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(A) are led by a third-party facilitator and 
held in a neutral space outside of a police sta-
tion; 
(B) provide equal participation for local 
law enforcement officers and youth; 
(C) include law enforcement officers with a 
variety of levels of experience; 
(D) meet at minimum on a monthly basis 
to engage in these group dialogues; 
(E) include participants who reflect the de-
mographics of the young people in the commu-
nity; 
(F) use facilitators with the appropriate 
language skills, if the local population includes 
young people for whom English is not their pri-
mary language; and 
(G) include the development of actionable 
next steps in order to ensure accountability and 
a formal action plan. 
(3) Documenting results of the dialogues de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2), including any 
practice that changes as a result of the dialogue. 
(c) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant under 
this section shall submit to the Attorney General an appli-
cation at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
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