Local Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4500
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2021-07-19
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2021-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Local Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill requires state and local governments to certify that they provide a certain level of qualified immunity to law enforcement officers in order to be eligible for (1) funds under the Community Development Block Grant program, and (2) loans under the Department of Agriculture's Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program. </p> <p> <em>Qualified immunity</em> is a judicially created legal doctrine that shields government officials from civil liability in cases involving the deprivation of statutory or constitutional rights.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4500 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 19, 2021 Ms. Tenney (for herself, Ms. Stefanik , Ms. Malliotakis , Mr. Garbarino , Mr. Steube , and Mr. Posey ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services , and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To incentivize States to provide robust qualified immunity to law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Local Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2021 . 2. Qualified immunity requirement for receipt of certain grant funds (a) Requirement Beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, in order to be eligible to receive a grant under a covered grant program, a State or unit of local government certify, along with the application for each such grant, that the State or unit of local government does not have in place a law that provides less qualified immunity to law enforcement officers than is described in the holding in Saucier v. Katz (533 U.S. 194 (2001)). (b) Covered grant program In this section, the term covered grant program means each of the following: (1) The Community Development Bock Grant Program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. ). (2) Community facility direct and guaranteed loans under paragraph (1) of section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.