[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2644 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2644

 To establish standards for trauma kits purchased using funds provided 
   under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2023

Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Coons, and Mr. 
   Padilla) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish standards for trauma kits purchased using funds provided 
   under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.

    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 ``American Law Enforcement Sustaining 
Aid and Vital Emergency Resources Act'' or the ``American Law 
Enforcement SAVER Act''.

SEC. 2. TRAUMA KIT STANDARDS.

    Section 521 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10202) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(d) Trauma Kits.--
            ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `trauma 
        kit' means a first aid response kit that--
                    ``(A) includes, at a minimum, a bleeding control 
                kit that can be used for controlling life-threatening 
                hemorrhage, which shall include--
                            ``(i) a tourniquet recommended by the 
                        Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care;
                            ``(ii) a bleeding control bandage;
                            ``(iii) a pair of nonlatex protective 
                        gloves and a pen-type marker;
                            ``(iv) a pair of blunt-ended scissors;
                            ``(v) instructional documents developed--
                                    ``(I) under the STOP THE BLEED 
                                national awareness campaign of the 
                                Department of Homeland Security, or any 
                                successor thereto;
                                    ``(II) by the American College of 
                                Surgeons Committee on Trauma;
                                    ``(III) by the American Red Cross; 
                                or
                                    ``(IV) by any partner of the 
                                Department of Defense; and
                            ``(vi) a bag or other container adequately 
                        designed to hold the contents of the kit; and
                    ``(B) may include any additional trauma kit 
                supplies that--
                            ``(i) are approved by a State, local, or 
                        Tribal law enforcement agency or first 
                        responders;
                            ``(ii) can adequately treat a traumatic 
                        injury; and
                            ``(iii) can be stored in a readily 
                        available kit.
            ``(2) Requirement for trauma kits.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, a grantee may only purchase a trauma 
                kit using funds made available under this part if the 
                trauma kit meets the performance standards established 
                by the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance 
                under paragraph (3)(A).
                    ``(B) Authority to separately acquire.--Nothing in 
                subparagraph (A) shall prohibit a grantee from 
                separately acquiring the components of a trauma kit and 
                assembling complete trauma kits that meet the 
                performance standards.
            ``(3) Performance standards and optional agency best 
        practices.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
        of this subsection, the Director of the Bureau of Justice 
        Assistance, in consultation with organizations representing 
        trauma surgeons, emergency medical response professionals, 
        emergency physicians, and other medical professionals, relevant 
        law enforcement agencies of States and units of local 
        government, professional law enforcement organizations, local 
        law enforcement labor or representative organizations, and law 
        enforcement trade associations, shall--
                    ``(A) develop and publish performance standards for 
                trauma kits that are eligible for purchase using funds 
                made available under this part; and
                    ``(B) develop and publish optional best practices 
                for law enforcement agencies regarding--
                            ``(i) training law enforcement officers in 
                        the use of trauma kits;
                            ``(ii) the deployment and maintenance of 
                        trauma kits in law enforcement vehicles; and
                            ``(iii) the deployment, location, and 
                        maintenance of trauma kits in law enforcement 
                        agency or other government facilities.''.
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