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117TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 6448
To direct the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice to carry out a grant program to provide assistance to police departments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 20, 2022
Mr. G OTTHEIMER (for himself, Ms. S PANBERGER, Mr. S UOZZI, Ms.
SHERRILL, Ms. S LOTKIN, Mr. P APPAS, Mr. P HILLIPS, Mr. P ANETTA, Mr.
CASE, Mrs. L URIA, Mr. C OSTA, Mrs. D EMINGS, Mr. G OLDEN, Mr.
O’HALLERAN, Mr. D ELGADO, Mrs. A XNE, Ms. C RAIG, Mr. B ISHOP of Georgia, Mr. V ELA, Mrs. L EE of Nevada, Mr. S CHRADER, Mrs. M URPHY of Florida, Ms. K USTER, Mr. B ACON, Mr. U PTON, Mr. C HABOT, Mr.
REED, Mr. V ALADAO, Mr. M ULLIN, Mr. M EIJER, Mr. M EUSER, Mr.
SMITH of Missouri, Mr. F ITZPATRICK, Mr. R UTHERFORD, Mr. K ATKO, Mr. J OHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. J OYCE of Ohio, Ms. H ERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. W ESTERMAN, and Mr. S TEIL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL
To direct the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice to carry out a grant program to provide assistance to police de- partments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:28 Jan 22, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6448.IH H6448pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6448 IH
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Invest to Protect Act 2
of 2022’’. 3
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 4
(a) E STABLISHMENT.—There is established a grant 5
program— 6
(1) to provide training, body cameras, and ac-7
cess to mental health resources to local law enforce-8
ment officers; and 9
(2) to improve recruitment and retention of 10
local law enforcement officers. 11
(b) A UTHORITY.—Not later than 60 days after the 12
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 13 of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Depart-14 ment of Justice shall make a grant to an eligible local gov-15 ernment. 16
(c) E LIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Amounts from a grant 17
made under this section may be used only for— 18
(1) de-escalation training for law enforcement 19
officers; 20
(2) training for law enforcement officers in han-21
dling situations of domestic violence; 22
(3) law enforcement officer safety training; 23
(4) the offsetting of overtime costs associated 24
with scheduling issues when a law enforcement offi-25
cer is participating in such training; 26
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(5) the purchasing, storage, operation, and se-1
curing of body cameras, in accordance with guide-2
lines established by the eligible local government or 3 by the Attorney General under subsection (d) of this 4
section, until the eligible local government estab-5
lishes such guidelines; 6
(6) a signing bonus for a law enforcement offi-7
cer in an amount determined by the eligible local 8
government; 9
(7) a retention bonus for a law enforcement of-10
ficer in an amount determined by the eligible local 11
government; 12
(8) a stipend to be used for graduate education 13
in the area of mental health, public health, or social 14 work in an amount not greater than the lesser of— 15
(A) $10,000; or 16
(B) the amount the law enforcement offi-17
cer has paid towards such education; or 18
(9) providing access for law enforcement offi-19
cers to evidence-based mental health services, treat-20 ments, and therapies. 21
(d) BODY CAMERA GUIDELINES.—Not later than 60 22
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 23 General shall establish guidelines to be used by an eligible 24 local government until such eligible local government es-25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:28 Jan 22, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6448.IH H6448pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 6448 IH
tablishes guidelines regarding purchasing, storage, oper-1 ation, and securing of body cameras based on existing in-2 dustry best-practices. 3
(e) D ISCLOSURE OF OFFICER RECRUITMENT AND 4
RETENTION BONUSES.—An eligible local government 5
shall disclose to the Attorney General and make publicly 6 available on a website of the eligible local government the 7 amount of any officer recruitment and retention bonus 8 given under subsection (b)(3) of this section. 9
(f) A UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 10
authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of fis-11 cal years 2022 through 2026. 12
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 13
(1) DE-ESCALATION TRAINING .—The term ‘‘de- 14
escalation training’’ means a process or tactic used 15 to prevent, reduce, or manage behaviors associated 16
with conflict (including verbal or physical agitation, 17 aggression, violence, or similar behaviors) during an 18 interaction between two or more individuals. 19
(2) E LIGIBLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT .—The term 20
‘‘eligible local government’’ means— 21
(A) a county, municipality, town, township, 22
village, parish, borough, or other unit of general 23
government below the State level that employs 24
fewer than 200 law enforcement officers; or 25
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(B) a tribal government that employs 1
fewer than 200 law enforcement officers. 2
(3) L AW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER .—The term 3
‘‘law enforcement officer’’ has the meaning given 4
that term in section 2503 of the Omnibus Crime 5
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 6
10533). 7
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