Training our Prosecutors Act

Bill: 116-s-4580
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA]
Introduced: 2020-09-15
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Training our Prosecutors Act</b></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 a Department of Justice grant program to provide training to state and local prosecutors. Further, it revises the program to include comprehensive continuing legal education in preventing and prosecuting violent crimes and crimes involving property destruction. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4580 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 15, 2020 Mrs. Loeffler (for herself and Mr. Cotton ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To reauthorize the Act entitled An Act to authorize funding to conduct a national training program for State and local prosecutors .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Training our Prosecutors Act . 2. National training program for State and local prosecutors The Act entitled An Act to authorize funding to conduct a national training program for State and local prosecutors , approved October 15, 2008 ( 34 U.S.C. 10121 note), is amended— (1) in section 1, by inserting that regularly provides training and technical assistance to State and local prosecutors nationwide after national nonprofit ; (2) in section 2, by inserting preventing and prosecuting violent crimes and crimes involving property destruction, after staff training, ; and (3) in section 3— (A) by striking $4,750,000 and inserting $5,000,000 ; and (B) by striking 2009 through 2012 and inserting 2021 through 2024 .