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[S. 3335 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 416
118th CONGRESS
  2d 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, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. 
  Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Coons, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
 Booker, Mr. Welch, Ms. Butler, Mr. Graham, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
  Hawley, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Tillis, and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

                              June 5, 2024

               Reported by Mr. Durbin, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Retired Federal Law 
Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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:</DELETED>

    <DELETED>``PART PP--CIVIL LAW ENFORCEMENT TASK GRANTS</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 3061. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>``SEC. 3062. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``The Attorney General may award grants to eligible 
entities for the purpose of hiring retired personnel from Federal law 
enforcement agencies to--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) perform civilian law enforcement tasks on 
        behalf of the eligible entity.</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 3063. ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--A grant awarded under this part shall 
be subject to the accountability requirements of this 
section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Audit Requirement.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) indicating whether--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) all mandatory exclusions required 
                under subsection (a)(3) have been issued; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) that includes a list of any grant recipients 
        excluded under subsection (a)(3) from the previous 
        year.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Preventing Duplicative Grants.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) a list of all such grants awarded, 
                including the total dollar amount of any such grants 
                awarded; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the reason the Attorney General 
                awarded multiple grants to the same applicant for a 
                similar purpose.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Retired 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, local, Tribal, or territorial law enforcement agency.

``SEC. 3062. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

    ``The Attorney General may award grants to eligible entities for 
the purpose of hiring retired personnel from 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 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 (b)(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 (b) have been completed and reviewed by the 
                appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director; and
                    ``(B) all mandatory exclusions required under 
                subsection (b)(3) have been issued; and
            ``(2) that includes a list of any grant recipients excluded 
        under subsection (b)(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.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 416

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3335

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              June 5, 2024

                       Reported with an amendment