,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gged  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bc1 #bjbj,mr4 
,rush introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish
 licensing standards for law            
enforcement1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,providing ,officer ,licensing  
to ,increase ,confidence for ,everyone  
,act or the ,,police ,act 4  #b4 ,law   
enforcement licensing standards  7a7 ,in
 general ,not later than #a year after  
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,attorney ,general1 in consultation with
 appropriate nongovernmental            
associations 7such as the ,international
 ,association of ,directors of ,law     
,enforcement ,standards and ,training   
and the ,commission on ,accreditation of
 ,law ,enforcement ,agencies71 shall    
issue licensing standards for law       
enforcement officers based on best      
practices for law enforcement4 ,such    

licensing standards shall be reviewed   
and1 if necessary1 modified every #e    
years4  7b7 ,federal licensing  7#a7 ,in
 general ,not later than #c years after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 each
 ,federal law enforcement officer shall 
be licensed in accordance with the      
licensing standards issued pursuant to  
subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,continuing       
education ,each ,federal law enforcement
 officer who has received a license     
under paragraph 7#a7 shall take annual  
continuing education classes on such    
topics as the ,attorney ,general may    
require to maintain the license for a   
year4  7#c7 ,federal law enforcement    
officer defined ,in this subsection1 the
 term ,federal law enforcement officer  
has the meaning given the term in       
section #aae of title #ah1 ,united      
,states ,code4  7c7 ,state licensing    
7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #c     
years after the date of enactment of    
this ,act1 a ,state shall-- 7,a7 have in
 effect a licensing system under which  

each ,state and local law enforcement   
officer shall be licensed in accordance 
with the licensing standards issued     
pursuant to subsection 7a72 and  7,b7   
have in effect a continuing education   
program that is substantially similar to
 the program for ,federal law           
enforcement officers under subsection   
7b77#b74  7#b7 ,byrne ,if a ,state fails
 to comply with the requirement under   
paragraph 7#a7 for a fiscal year1 the   
,state shall be subject to a #ej percent
 reduction of the amount that would     
otherwise be awarded in the following   
fiscal year to that ,state under subpart
 #a of part ,e of title ,i of the       
,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe      
,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4   
#ajaea et seq474  7#c7 ,reallocation    
,amounts not allocated to a ,state for  
failure to comply with this subsection  
shall be reallocated to ,states that    
have complied in accordance with subpart
 #a of part ,e of title ,i of the       
,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe      

,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4   
#ajaea et seq474