[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3335 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3335

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
    establish a grant program to help law enforcement agencies with 
        civilian law enforcement tasks, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 15, 2023

 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
    establish a grant program to help law enforcement agencies with 
        civilian law enforcement tasks, 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 ``Retired Federal Law Enforcement 
Officers Continuing Service Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM.

    Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

              ``PART PP--CIVIL LAW ENFORCEMENT TASK GRANTS

``SEC. 3061. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this part:
            ``(1) Civilian law enforcement task.--The term `civilian 
        law enforcement task' includes--
                    ``(A) assisting in homicide investigations;
                    ``(B) assisting in carjacking investigations;
                    ``(C) assisting in financial crimes investigations;
                    ``(D) reviewing camera footage;
                    ``(E) crime scene analysis;
                    ``(F) forensics analysis; and
                    ``(G) providing expertise in computers, computer 
                networks, information technology, or the internet.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a 
        State or local law enforcement agency.

``SEC. 3062. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

    ``The Attorney General may award grants to eligible entities for 
the purpose of hiring retired personnel from Federal law enforcement 
agencies to--
            ``(1) train civilian employees of the eligible entity on 
        civilian law enforcement tasks that can be performed on behalf 
        of a law enforcement agency; and
            ``(2) perform civilian law enforcement tasks on behalf of 
        the eligible entity.

``SEC. 3063. ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--A grant awarded under this part shall be subject 
to the accountability requirements of this section.
    ``(b) Audit Requirement.--
            ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `unresolved 
        audit finding' means a finding in a final audit report of the 
        Inspector General of the Department of Justice that an audited 
        grantee has used grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or 
        otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved 
        within 12 months from the date when the final audit report is 
        issued.
            ``(2) Audits.--Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning 
        after the date of enactment of the Retired Federal Law 
        Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act, and in each fiscal 
        year thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of 
        Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of grants under this 
        part to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. 
        The Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall 
        determine the appropriate number of grantees to be audited each 
        year.
            ``(3) Mandatory exclusion.--A recipient of grant funds 
        under this part that is found to have an unresolved audit 
        finding shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under this 
        part during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the end of 
        the 12-month period described in paragraph (1).
            ``(4) Priority.--In awarding grants under this part, the 
        Attorney General shall give priority to eligible entities that 
        did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 
        years before submitting an application for a grant under this 
        part.
    ``(c) Annual Certification.--Beginning in the fiscal year during 
which audits commence under subsection (a)(2), the Attorney General 
shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives an annual 
certification--
            ``(1) indicating whether--
                    ``(A) all audits issued by the Office of the 
                Inspector General of the Department of Justice under 
                subsection (a) have been completed and reviewed by the 
                appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director; and
                    ``(B) all mandatory exclusions required under 
                subsection (a)(3) have been issued; and
            ``(2) that includes a list of any grant recipients excluded 
        under subsection (a)(3) from the previous year.
    ``(d) Preventing Duplicative Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--Before the Attorney General awards a 
        grant to an eligible entity under this part, the Attorney 
        General shall compare potential grant awards with other grants 
        awarded by the Attorney General to determine if grant awards 
        are or have been awarded for a similar purpose.
            ``(2) Report.--If the Attorney General awards grants to the 
        same applicant for a similar purpose, the Attorney General 
        shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
        and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives a report that includes--
                    ``(A) a list of all such grants awarded, including 
                the total dollar amount of any such grants awarded; and
                    ``(B) the reason the Attorney General awarded 
                multiple grants to the same applicant for a similar 
                purpose.''.
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