[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9225 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9225

 To direct the Attorney General to establish a single grant program to 
        make grants to hire prosecutors, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2024

    Mr. Panetta (for himself, Mr. Baird, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Bacon, Mr. 
 Gottheimer, Mr. Schneider, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sherrill, 
  Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Jackson of 
North Carolina, and Mr. Ciscomani) introduced the following bill; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Attorney General to establish a single grant program to 
        make grants to hire prosecutors, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Improve Recruitment and 
Retention Efforts for Prosecutors Act of 2024'' or as the ``HIRRE 
Prosecutors Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR PROSECUTORS.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish a program 
(in this Act referred to as the ``Program'') to assist a State, 
territory, unit of local government, or tribal government in hiring 
prosecutors.
    (b) Grant Authority.--In carrying out the Program, the Attorney 
General may award a grant on a competitive basis in accordance with 
this section.
    (c) Eligible Recipients.--The Attorney General may award a grant 
under the Program each year to a prosecutor's office of a State, 
territory, unit of local government, or tribal government that submits 
an application pursuant to subsection (d).
    (d) Application.--To be eligible for a grant under the Program, an 
eligible recipient shall submit to the Attorney General an application 
in such form, at such time, and containing such information as the 
Attorney General determines to be appropriate.
    (e) Eligible Projects.--Grant funds awarded under the Program may 
only be used to hire, retain, and train prosecutors or support staff 
for a prosecutor's office of a State, territory, unit of local 
government, or tribal government.
    (f) Use of Components.--The Attorney General may use any component 
of the Department of Justice in carrying out this section.
    (g) Preferential Consideration of Applications for Certain 
Grants.--In awarding grants under this section, the Attorney General 
may give preferential consideration to an application--
            (1) to hire and train new prosecutors or support staff for 
        a prosecutor's office of a State, territory, unit of local 
        government, or tribal government; and
            (2) to rehire prosecutors who have been laid off as a 
        result of State, territory, unit of local government, or tribal 
        government budget reductions; and
            (3) from a jurisdiction representing a tribal, remote, or 
        rural area, as defined in section 40002(a) of the Violence 
        Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)).
    (h) Federal Share.--
            (1) Federal share.-- The Federal share of the cost of a 
        project assisted with a grant under the Program shall not 
        exceed 75 percent.
            (2) Waiver.--The Attorney General may waive the 25 percent 
        matching requirement under paragraph (1) upon making a 
        determination that a waiver is equitable in view of the 
        financial circumstances affecting the ability of the eligible 
        recipient to meet that requirement.
            (3) Nonsupplanting requirement.--Funds made available under 
        the Program shall not be used to supplant State or local funds, 
        or, in the case of Indian tribal governments, funds awarded by 
        the Bureau of Indian Affairs, but shall be used to increase the 
        amount of funds that would, in the absence of Federal funds 
        received under the Program, be made available from State or 
        local sources, or in the case of Indian tribal governments, 
        from funds supplied by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
            (4) Non-federal costs.--
                    (A) In general.--A State or unit of local or tribal 
                government may use assets received through the assets 
                forfeiture equitable sharing program.
                    (B) Indian tribal governments.--Funds appropriated 
                by Congress for the activities of any agency of an 
                Indian tribal government or the Bureau of Indian 
                Affairs performing prosecutorial functions on any 
                Indian lands may be used to provide the non-Federal 
                share of the cost of programs or projects funded under 
                this section.
    (i) Performance Evaluation.--
            (1) Monitoring components.--Each project funded by a grant 
        under the Program shall contain a monitoring component, 
        including the systematic identification and collection of data 
        about activities, accomplishments, and programs undertaken 
        pursuant to the Program.
            (2) Evaluation components.--The Attorney General shall 
        evaluate each project funded by a grant under the Program, 
        individually or as part of a national evaluation.
            (3) Periodic review and reports.--The Attorney General may 
        require a project funded under the Program to submit to the 
        Attorney General the results of the monitoring component and 
        evaluation under paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, as well 
        as any other information as the Attorney General deems 
        necessary.
            (4) Revocation or suspension of funding.--If the Attorney 
        General determines, as a result of evaluation under this 
        subsection, or otherwise, that a grant under the Program is not 
        in substantial compliance with the terms and requirements of 
        the Program, the Attorney General may revoke or suspend funding 
        of that grant, in whole or in part.
    (j) General Regulatory Authority.--The Attorney General may 
promulgate regulations and guidelines to carry out this section.
    (k) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the Program $10,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
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