,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,mr4 ,cohen 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,clay1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,carson of   
,indiana1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4        
,raskin1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1 ,ms4 
,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4  
,davis of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1    
,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,ms4       
,eshoo1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,ms4 ,kelly of    
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4           
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 ,mr4       
,meeks1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 
,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 ,ms4       
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,mr4 ,scott  
of ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,mr4       
,takano1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,mississippi1
 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,ms4 ,waters1 ,mrs4      
,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 and   
,ms4 ,velzquez7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to provide for grants for ,states that 
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 #bjai4  #b4 ,grants for training and 
sensitivity and the use of independent  
prosecutors ,title ,i of the ,omnibus   
,crime ,control and ,safe ,streets ,act 
of #aifh 7et seq47 is amended by adding 
at the end the following3  ,,nn ,grants 
for training and independent prosecution
  #cjda4 ,in general ,the ,attorney     
,general may make a grant to a ,state   
each fiscal year for purposes of        
carrying out the requirements of section
 #cjdb7;a7 and #cjdc4 ,the term of such 
grant shall be #a year4  #cjdb4         
,training on diversity and sensitivity  
for law enforcement  7a7 ,training      
requirement ,the requirements of this   
subsection are as follows3 7#a7 ,a      

,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  7#b7 ,a 
,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    
,the period specified under this        
paragraph is the period beginning #abj  
days after the date of enactment of this
 part1 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 ,a 
,state that is not in compliance with   
the requirements of subsection 7a7      
during a fiscal year is not eligible for
 a grant under this part4  #cjdc4       
,independent ,review of law enforcement 
use of deadly force  ,in the case of a  
,state that fails by the end of a fiscal
 year to enact or have in effect an     
independent prosecution of law          
enforcement law1 that ,state is not     
eligible for a grant under this part4   
#cjdd4 ,definitions ,in this part3 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  4