,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #had  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,april #d1 #bjag,ms4
 ,duckworth introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require that ,states        
receiving ,byrne ,,jag funds to require 
sensitivity training for law enforcement
 officers of that ,state and to         
incentivize ,states to enact laws       
requiring the independent investigation 
and prosecution of the use of deadly    
force by law enforcement officers1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,police  
,training and ,independent ,review ,act 
of #bjag4  #b4 ,training on diversity   
and sensitivity for law enforcement  7a7
 ,training requirement ,for each fiscal 
year after the expiration of the period 
specified in subsection 7b77#a7 in which
 a ,state receives funds for a program  
referred to in subsection 7b77#b71 the  
,state shall require that all           

individuals enrolled in an academy of a 
law enforcement agency of the ,state and
 all law enforcement officers of the    
,state fulfill a training session on    
sensitivity each fiscal year1 including 
training on ethnic and racial bias1     
cultural diversity1 and police          
interaction with the disabled1 mentally 
ill1 and new immigrants4 ,in the case of
 individuals attending an academy1 such 
training session shall be for #h hours1 
and in the case of all other law        
enforcement officers1 the training      
session shall be for #d hours4 ,the     
,state shall certify to the ,attorney   
,general of the ,united ,states that    
such training sessions have been        
completed4  7b7 ,compliance and         
ineligibility  7#a7 ,compliance date    
,each ,state shall have not more than   
#abj days1 beginning on the date of     
enactment of this ,act1 to comply with  
subsection 7a71 except that--  7,a7 the 
,attorney ,general may grant an         
additional #abj days to a ,state that is

 making good faith efforts to comply    
with such subsection2 and  7,b7 the     
,attorney ,general shall waive the      
requirements of subsection 7a7 if       
compliance with such subsection by a    
,state would be unconstitutional under  
the constitution of such ,state4  7#b7  
,ineligibility for funds ,for any fiscal
 year after the expiration of the period
 specified in paragraph 7#a71 a ,state  
that fails to comply with subsection    
7a71 shall1 at the discretion of the    
,attorney ,general1 be subject to not   
more than a #bj-percent reduction of the
 funds that would otherwise be allocated
 for that fiscal year to the ,state     
under subpart #a of part ,e of title ,i 
of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and     
,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db       
,u4,s4,c4 #cgej et seq471 whether       
characterized as the ,edward ,byrne     
,memorial ,state and ,local ,law        
,enforcement ,assistance ,programs1 the 
,local ,government ,law ,enforcement    
,block ,grants ,program1 the ,edward    

,byrne ,memorial ,justice ,assistance   
,grant ,program1 or otherwise4  7c7     
,reallocation ,amounts not allocated    
under a program referred to in          
subsection 7b77#b7 to a ,state for      
failure to fully comply with subsection 
7a7 shall be reallocated under that     
program to ,states that have not failed 
to comply with such subsection4  #c4    
,independent ,review of law enforcement 
use of deadly force  7a7 ,in general ,in
 the case of a ,state or unit of local  
government that received a grant award  
under subpart #a of part ,e of title ,i 
of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and     
,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db       
,u4,s4,c4 #cgej et seq471 if that ,state
 or unit of local government fails by   
the end of a fiscal year to enact or    
have in effect an independent           
prosecution of law enforcement law1 the 
,attorney ,general shall reduce the     
amount that would otherwise be awarded  
to that ,state or unit of local         
government under such grant program in  

the following fiscal year by #bj        
percent4  7b7 ,reallocation ,amounts not
 allocated under a program referred to  
in subsection 7a7 to a ,state for       
failure to be in compliance with this   
section shall be reallocated under that 
program to ,states that are in          
compliance with this section4  #d4      
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,the   
term deadly force means that force which
 a reasonable person would consider     
likely to cause death or serious bodily 
harm4  7#b7 ,the term independent       
prosecution of law enforcement law means
 a statute requiring the appointment of 
an independent prosecutor to conduct any
 criminal investigation and prosecution 
in which--  7,a7 one or more of the     
possible defendants is a law enforcement
 officer2  7,b7 one or more of the      
alleged offenses involves the law       
enforcement officer's use of deadly     
force in the course of carrying out that
 officer's duty2 and  7,c7 the law      
enforcement officer's use of deadly     

force resulted in a death or injury4    
7#c7 ,the term independent prosecutor   
means1 with respect to a criminal       
investigation or prosecution1 a         
prosecutor who--  7,a7 does not live or 
work in the same county as the county in
 which the alleged crime was committed2 
and  7,b7 would not be involved in the  
prosecution in the ordinary course of   
that prosecutor's duties4