[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5082]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2870. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CONTINUING SERVICE.

       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.''.
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