Local Law Enforcement Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-5264
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2023-08-22
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: 2023-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5264 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 2023 Ms. Tenney (for herself and Mr. Garbarino ) 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 . 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 must 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 Block 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.