[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5828-S5829]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6333. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Tillis) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of title X, add the following:

          Subtitle H--Law Enforcement Scenario-based Training

     SEC. 1081. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Law Enforcement 
     Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act of 
     2022''.

     SEC. 1082. LAW ENFORCEMENT SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING 
                   CURRICULUM.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through 
     the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing 
     Services, shall develop a scenario-

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     based training curriculum for use in accordance with the 
     grant program under section 1083.
       (b) Curriculum.--In developing the curriculum under 
     subsection (a), the Attorney General shall--
       (1) develop a scenario-based training curriculum that 
     addresses--
       (A) improving community-police relations;
       (B) officer safety;
       (C) officer resilience;
       (D) situational awareness;
       (E) physical and emotional responses to stress;
       (F) critical decision-making and problem-solving;
       (G) de-escalation;
       (H) use of force and deadly force; and
       (I) crisis intervention;
       (2) consult with relevant professional law enforcement 
     associations, community-based organizations, and defense and 
     national security agencies in the development and 
     dissemination of the curriculum;
       (3) provide expertise and technical assistance to entities 
     seeking to implement the curriculum;
       (4) evaluate best practices of scenario-based training 
     methods and curriculum content to maintain state-of-the-art 
     expertise in scenario-based learning methodology; and
       (5) develop a certification process for entities that have 
     successfully implemented the curriculum.

     SEC. 1083. LAW ENFORCEMENT SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING GRANT 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Beginning on the date that is 1 year after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, 
     acting through the Director of the Office of Community 
     Oriented Policing Services, shall be authorized to make 
     grants to States, units of local government, Indian Tribal 
     governments, other public and private entities, and multi-
     jurisdictional or regional consortia to provide law 
     enforcement personnel with access to a scenario-based 
     training curriculum that is substantially similar to the 
     curriculum developed under section 1082.
       (b) Application.--An applicant seeking a grant under this 
     section shall submit to the Attorney General an application 
     at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
     as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
       (c) Reports.--
       (1) Grantee reports.--On the date that is 1 year after 
     receiving a grant under this section, each grant recipient 
     shall submit to the Attorney General a report on--
       (A) any benefits of, and barriers to, delivering the 
     curriculum to law enforcement personnel; and
       (B) recommendations for improving the access of law 
     enforcement personnel to scenario-based training.
       (2) Office of community oriented policing services 
     reports.--Not later than 1 year after initially awarding 
     grants under this section, and annually thereafter, the 
     Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office 
     of Community Oriented Policing Services, shall submit to 
     Congress a report on--
       (A) the number of entities that received grants under this 
     section;
       (B) the cumulative number and proportion of law enforcement 
     personnel in each State that received training under the 
     scenario-based training curriculum described in section 1082, 
     or a curriculum that is substantially similar to that 
     curriculum;
       (C) any benefits of, and barriers to, delivering such 
     curriculum to law enforcement personnel;
       (D) recommendations for improving the curriculum developed 
     under section 1082; and
       (E) recommendations for improving the grant program under 
     this section.
       (d) Funding.--No additional funds are authorized to be 
     appropriated to carry out this subtitle. The Attorney General 
     shall carry out this subtitle using unobligated amounts that 
     are otherwise made available to the Department of Justice.

     SEC. 1084. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Community-based organizations.--The term ``community-
     based organization'' means a grassroots organization that--
       (A) works in communities to improve police accountability 
     and transparency; and
       (B) has a national presence and membership.
       (2) Professional law enforcement association.--The term 
     ``professional law enforcement association'' means a law 
     enforcement membership association that works for the needs 
     of Federal, State, local, or Indian Tribal law enforcement 
     groups and with the civilian community on matters of common 
     interest.
       (3) Scenario-based training.--The term ``scenario-based 
     training'' means the use of live-action simulations and role 
     playing to place law enforcement personnel in an interactive 
     learning environment to replicate real-life scenarios or 
     teach particular skills or techniques.
       (4) State.--The term ``State'' means any State of the 
     United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
     Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any 
     possession of the United States.
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