[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5828-S5829]
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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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