3.0.0 814 2023-01-11T13:37:00Z 2023-01-11T13:37:00Z Senate S 2017-04-04 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-04T19:10:50Z Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2017 115 1870 HR 2017-04-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Identical bill CRS 2017-04-04 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-04-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2018-04-12 False Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Disability and health-based discrimination Disability and paralysis Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Mental health Racial and ethnic relations Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-04-04 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-12T21:10:03Z Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2017

This bill requires a state that receives funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program to train law enforcement officers on diversity and sensitivity. The Department of Justice (DOJ) may reduce by up to 20% the JAG allocation of a state that fails to comply.

Additionally, the bill requires a state or local government that receives JAG funding to have in effect a law requiring the appointment of an independent prosecutor to investigate and prosecute an offense involving the use of deadly force by a law enforcement officer that results in a death or injury. DOJ must reduce by 20% the JAG allocation of a state or local government that fails to comply.

]]> Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2017 Display Title Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require that States receiving Byrne JAG funds to require sensitivity training for law enforcement officers of that State and to incentivize States to enact laws requiring the independent investigation and prosecution of the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s814is/xml/BILLS-115s814is.xml 2017-04-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.