,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdfi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #ba1        
#bjbb,ms4 ,herrera ,beutler introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to authorize grants for ,states
 and units of local government to       
reverse law enforcement efforts that    
have been restricted1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,refund the ,police 
,act of #bjbb4  #b4 ,grants to reverse  
restrictions on law enforcement  7a7    
,authorization ,the ,attorney ,general1 
acting through the ,director of the     
,bureau of ,justice ,assistance1 is     
authorized to make grants to eligible   
,states and units of local government   
for the purposes described in subsection
 7d74  7b7 ,eligibility ,in order to be 
eligible for a grant under this section1
 a ,state or unit of local government   
shall meet each of the following        
requirements3 7#a7 ,law enforcement     

policies  7,a7 ,in general ,a ,state or 
unit of local government shall certify  
to the ,attorney ,general that such     
,state or unit of local government-- 7i7
 does not have in effect any law        
requiring a heightened standard for use 
of force2 and  7ii7 has taken steps1 in 
the previous year1 to expand efforts to 
hire and retain law enforcement         
officers4  7,b7 ,heightened use of force
 standards defined ,for the purposes of 
this subsection1 the term heightened    
standard for use of force-- 7i7 means a 
standard requiring law enforcement      
officers to use more than reasonable    
care in determining whether to use      
physical force against another person2  
and  7ii7 includes a standard requiring 
a law enforcement officer to leave an   
area instead of using force in any case 
in which there is no threat of imminent 
harm and no crime has been committed1 is
 being committed1 or is about to be     
committed4  7#b7 ,drive-by shootings ,a 
,state or unit of local government shall

 certify to the ,attorney ,general that 
such ,state or unit of local government 
has not taken steps in the previous year
 to eliminate drive-by shooting as a    
basis for murder in the first degree 7as
 defined in section #aaaa7;a7 of title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code74  7c7       
,application ,to receive a grant under  
this section1 a ,state or unit of local 
government shall submit to the ,attorney
 ,general at such time1 in such manner1 
and containing such information as the  
,attorney ,general may require1         
including the certification described in
 subsection 7b74  7d7 ,use of funds ,a  
,state or unit of local government that 
receives a grant under this section may 
use the grant for the purposes described
 under section #agja7;b7 of title ,i of 
the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe  
,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4   
#ajcha74  7e7 ,authorization of         
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated to carry out this       
section #be1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal  

years #bjbc through #bjbh4  7f7         
,definitions ,in this section1 the terms
 ,state and unit of local government    
have the meanings given such terms in   
section #ija of title ,i of the ,omnibus
 ,crime ,control and ,safe ,streets ,act
 of #aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #ajbea74