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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3184 
To establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement 
agencies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2023 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. 
D’ESPOSITO, 
Mr. 
TRONE, 
Ms. 
SLOTKIN, 
Mr. 
PANETTA, 
Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Mr. RYAN, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. 
VALADAO, Mr. SORENSEN, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mr. BACON, Mr. 
MORELLE, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. 
LEVIN, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, Mr. 
COSTA, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. HARDER of 
California, Mr. CASE, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. GOLDEN of 
Maine, Mr. NICKEL, Mrs. GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. KIM of 
New Jersey, Ms. PEREZ, Ms. WILD, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. 
KEAN of New Jersey, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Mr. 
WESTERMAN, Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mr. MOYLAN, Mr. MAG-
AZINER, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. KILMER, 
and Mr. VASQUEZ) 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Invest to Protect Act 
of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(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 200 law enforcement officers; and 
(B) a Tribal government that employs 
fewer than 200 law enforcement officers. 
(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The term 
‘‘law enforcement officer’’ has the meaning given the 
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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). 
(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-
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port that includes a plan to execute a stream-
lined application process for grants under this 
section under which an eligible local government 
seeking a grant under this section can reason-
ably complete the application in not more than 
2 hours. 
(B) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan re-
quired under subparagraph (A) may include a 
plan for— 
(i) proactively providing eligible local 
governments seeking a grant under this 
section with information on the data such 
eligible local governments will need to pre-
pare before beginning the grant applica-
tion; and 
(ii) ensuring technical assistance is 
available for eligible local governments 
seeking a grant under this section before 
and during the grant application process, 
including through dedicated liaisons within 
the Office. 
(3) APPLICATIONS.—In selecting eligible local 
governments to receive grants under this section, the 
Director shall use the streamlined application proc-
ess described in paragraph (2)(A). 
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(e) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible local govern-
ment that receives a grant under this section may use 
amounts from the grant only for— 
(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, including training for— 
(A) active shooter situations; 
(B) the safe handling of illicit drugs and 
precursor chemicals; 
(C) rescue situations; 
(D) high speed or pursuit driving; 
(E) recognizing and countering ambush at-
tacks; 
(F) contact with individuals with mental 
health needs; 
(G) contact with individuals with substance 
use disorders; 
(H) contact with veterans; 
(I) contact with individuals with disabil-
ities; 
(J) contact with vulnerable youth; 
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(K) contact with individuals who are vic-
tims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or 
trafficking; or 
(L) contact with individuals experiencing 
homelessness or living in poverty; 
(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); 
(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; and 
(ii) has not been found by an internal 
investigation to have engaged in serious 
misconduct; 
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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; and 
(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. 
(f) 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 such bonus. 
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(2) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees an 
annual report that includes each signing or retention 
bonus disclosed under paragraph (1) during the pre-
ceding year. 
(g) GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY.—All grants awarded 
by the Director under this section shall be subject to the 
following accountability provisions: 
(1) 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-
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spector General of the Department of Justice 
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 2 fiscal years beginning after 
the end of the 12-month period described in 
subparagraph (A). 
(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under 
this section, the Director shall give priority to 
eligible local governments that did not have an 
unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 
years before submitting an application for a 
grant under this section. 
(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an eligible local 
government is awarded grant funds under this 
section during the 2-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-
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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 
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(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. 
(h) 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, 
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. 
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(i) FUNDING.—In carrying out this section, the Di-
rector— 
(1) shall use amounts otherwise made available 
to the Office; and 
(2) may use not more than $50,000,000 of such 
amounts for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 
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