I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3846 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
establish a grant program to help law enforcement agencies with civilian 
law enforcement tasks, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2025 
Mr. HARDER of California (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. SWALWELL, 
and Mr. NUNN of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to establish a grant program to help law 
enforcement agencies with civilian law enforcement tasks, 
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 ‘‘Retired Law Enforce-
ment Officers Continuing Service Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART PP—CIVIL LAW ENFORCEMENT TASK 
GRANTS 
‘‘SEC. 3061. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT TASK.—The 
term ‘civilian law enforcement task’— 
‘‘(A) includes— 
‘‘(i) assisting in homicide investiga-
tions; 
‘‘(ii) assisting in carjacking investiga-
tions; 
‘‘(iii) assisting in financial crimes in-
vestigations; 
‘‘(iv) assisting in compliance with re-
porting requirements; 
‘‘(v) reviewing camera footage; 
‘‘(vi) crime scene analysis; 
‘‘(vii) forensics analysis; and 
‘‘(viii) providing expertise in com-
puters, computer networks, information 
technology, or the internet; and 
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‘‘(B) does not include the ability to make 
arrests or use force under the color of law. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means a State, local, Tribal, or territorial law 
enforcement agency that certifies that retired law 
enforcement personnel hired using amounts from a 
grant under this part— 
‘‘(A) have appropriate and reasonably cur-
rent training and experience to effectively carry 
out the tasks described in section 3062(a); or 
‘‘(B) will participate in appropriate con-
tinuing education programs to satisfy subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘SEC. 3062. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 
award grants to eligible entities for the purpose of hiring 
retired personnel from law enforcement agencies to— 
‘‘(1) train civilian employees of the eligible enti-
ty on civilian law enforcement tasks that can be per-
formed on behalf of a law enforcement agency; and 
‘‘(2) perform civilian law enforcement tasks on 
behalf of the eligible entity. 
‘‘(b) DISCIPLINARY RECORDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity receiving 
a grant under subsection (a) shall make a good faith 
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effort to determine whether a retired law enforce-
ment officer seeking to be hired by the eligible entity 
using amounts from a grant under this part has a 
disciplinary record or an internal investigation 
record by— 
‘‘(A) conducting a search of the National 
Decertification Index; or 
‘‘(B) requesting the personnel record of the 
retired law enforcement officer from each law 
enforcement agency that employed the retired 
law enforcement officer. 
‘‘(2) HIRING DETERMINATIONS.—Before mak-
ing any hiring determination, the highest ranking 
law enforcement officer of an eligible entity receiving 
a grant under subsection (a) or a designee of that 
law enforcement officer shall review any findings of 
misconduct that arise as a result of a search or re-
quest conducted pursuant to paragraph (1). 
‘‘SEC. 3063. ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A grant awarded under this part 
shall be subject to the accountability requirements of this 
section. 
‘‘(b) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding in a final 
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audit report of the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Justice that an audited grantee has used 
grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or oth-
erwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved 
within 12 months from the date when the final audit 
report is issued. 
‘‘(2) AUDITS.—Beginning in the first fiscal 
year beginning after the date of enactment of the 
Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Serv-
ice Act, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the In-
spector General of the Department of Justice shall 
conduct audits of recipients of grants under this 
part to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 
grantees. The Inspector General of the Department 
of Justice shall determine the appropriate number of 
grantees to be audited each year. 
‘‘(3) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient of 
grant funds under this part that is found to have an 
unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to re-
ceive grant funds under this part during the first 2 
fiscal years beginning after the end of the 12-month 
period described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 
part, the Attorney General shall give priority to eli-
gible entities that did not have an unresolved audit 
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finding during the 3 fiscal years before submitting 
an application for a grant under this part. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the fis-
cal year during which audits commence under subsection 
(b)(2), the Attorney General shall submit to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives an annual certification— 
‘‘(1) indicating whether— 
‘‘(A) all audits issued by the Office of the 
Inspector General of the Department of Justice 
under subsection (b) have been completed and 
reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney 
General or Director; and 
‘‘(B) all mandatory exclusions required 
under subsection (b)(3) have been issued; and 
‘‘(2) that includes a list of any grant recipients 
excluded under subsection (b)(3) from the previous 
year. 
‘‘(d) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney Gen-
eral awards a grant to an eligible entity under this 
part, the Attorney General shall compare potential 
grant awards with other grants awarded by the At-
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torney 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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