I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6469 
To authorize grants for States and units of local government to reverse 
law enforcement efforts that have been restricted, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2022 
Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize grants for States and units of local government 
to reverse law enforcement efforts that have been re-
stricted, 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 ‘‘Refund the Police Act 
of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO REVERSE RESTRICTIONS ON LAW EN-
FORCEMENT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General, acting 
through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, 
is authorized to make grants to eligible States and units 
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of local government for the purposes described in sub-
section (d). 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible for a grant 
under this section, a State or unit of local government 
shall meet each of the following requirements: 
(1) LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A State or unit of local 
government shall certify to the Attorney Gen-
eral that such State or unit of local govern-
ment— 
(i) does not have in effect any law re-
quiring a heightened standard for use of 
force; and 
(ii) has taken steps, in the previous 
year, to expand efforts to hire and retain 
law enforcement officers. 
(B) HEIGHTENED USE OF FORCE STAND-
ARDS DEFINED.—For the purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘heightened standard for use 
of force’’— 
(i) means a standard requiring law 
enforcement officers to use more than rea-
sonable care in determining whether to use 
physical force against another person; and 
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(ii) includes a standard requiring a 
law enforcement officer to leave an area in-
stead of using force in any case in which 
there is no threat of imminent harm and 
no crime has been committed, is being 
committed, or is about to be committed. 
(2) DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS.—A State or unit of 
local government shall certify to the Attorney Gen-
eral that such State or unit of local government has 
not taken steps in the previous year to eliminate 
drive-by shooting as a basis for murder in the first 
degree (as defined in section 1111(a) of title 18, 
United States Code). 
(c) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant under this sec-
tion, a State or unit of local government shall submit to 
the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Attorney General may 
require, including the certification described in subsection 
(b). 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A State or unit of local govern-
ment that receives a grant under this section may use the 
grant for the purposes described under section 1701(b) 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381). 
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(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘State’’ 
and ‘‘unit of local government’’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 901 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251). 
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