Cooling-Off Period Elimination Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5778
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2020-02-06
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Firearms and explosives

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Cooling-Off Period Elimination Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill makes a state or local law enforcement agency ineligible to receive federal funds under a Department of Justice law enforcement grant program if it has in effect a cooling-off period. A cooling-off period is a period of time following an officer-involved shooting during which investigators are prohibited from communicating with an officer involved in the shooting.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5778 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2020 Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Clay , Ms. Moore , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Ms. Clarke of New York , Ms. Norton , Mr. Rush , Ms. Omar , Ms. Tlaib , and Mr. Hastings ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide that any State or local law enforcement agency that has in effect a cooling-off period is ineligible to receive Federal funds pursuant to a Department of Justice law enforcement grant program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cooling-Off Period Elimination Act of 2020 . 2. Elimination of cooling-off periods (a) In general Any State or local law enforcement agency which the Attorney General determines has in effect a cooling-off period is ineligible to receive any Federal funds pursuant to a Department of Justice law enforcement grant program for the following fiscal year. (b) Cooling-Off period defined The term cooling-off period means a period of time following an officer-involved shooting, during which individuals investigating the shooting are prohibited from communicating with any officer involved in the shooting.