[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 196 (Wednesday, November 29, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5677]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT SUSTAINING AID AND VITAL EMERGENCY RESOURCES 
                                  ACT

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of 
S. 2644 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2644) to establish standards for trauma kits 
     purchased using funds provided under the Edward Byrne 
     Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2644) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 2644

         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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