Title: End Police Use of Chokeholds Act of 2021
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
End Police Use of Chokeholds Act of 2021
This bill creates a new condition of eligibility for funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program and the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.
Specifically, to be eligible for grant funds under the COPS program and JAG program, a state or locality must have in effect a law that prohibits law enforcement officers from using a chokehold or carotid hold.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 353 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 353

 To incentivize banning of chokeholds and carotid holds, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 22, 2021

Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Ms. Smith, and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                            on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To incentivize banning of chokeholds and carotid holds, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``End Police Use of Chokeholds Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. INCENTIVIZING BANNING OF CHOKEHOLDS AND CAROTID HOLDS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Byrne grant program.--The term ``Byrne grant program'' 
        means any grant program under subpart 1 of part E of title I of 
        the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
        U.S.C. 10151 et seq.), without regard to whether the funds are 
        characterized as being made available under the Edward Byrne 
        Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, 
        the Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Program, the 
        Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, or 
        otherwise.
            (2) Chokehold or carotid hold.--The term ``chokehold or 
        carotid hold'' means the application of any pressure to the 
        throat or windpipe, the use of maneuvers that restrict blood or 
        oxygen flow to the brain, or carotid artery restraints that 
        prevent or hinder breathing or reduce intake of air of an 
        individual.
            (3) COPS grant program.--The term ``COPS grant program'' 
        means the grant program authorized under section 1701 of title 
        I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
        U.S.C. 10381).
    (b) Limitation on Eligibility for Funds.--Beginning in the first 
fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, a State 
or local jurisdiction may not receive funds under the Byrne grant 
program or the COPS grant program for a fiscal year if, on the day 
before the first day of the fiscal year, the State or other 
jurisdiction does not have in effect a law that prohibits law 
enforcement officers in the State or other jurisdiction from using a 
chokehold or carotid hold.
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