,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ccce  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ae1 
#bjbc,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,grassley7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend the ,omnibus ,crime  
,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of     
#aifh to establish a grant program to   
help law enforcement agencies with      
civilian law enforcement tasks1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,retired       
,federal ,law ,enforcement ,officers    
,continuing ,service ,act4  #b4 ,grant  
program ,title ,i of the ,omnibus ,crime
 ,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of    
#aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #ajaja et seq47 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  ,,pp ,civil law enforcement 
task grants  #cjfa4 ,definitions ,in    
this part3 7#a7 ,civilian law           
enforcement task ,the term civilian law 
enforcement task includes-- 7,a7        

assisting in homicide investigations2   
7,b7 assisting in carjacking            
investigations2  7,c7 assisting in      
financial crimes investigations2  7,d7  
reviewing camera footage2  7,e7 crime   
scene analysis2  7,f7 forensics         
analysis2 and  7,g7 providing expertise 
in computers1 computer networks1        
information technology1 or the internet4
  7#b7 ,eligible entity ,the term       
eligible entity means a ,state or local 
law enforcement agency4  #cjfb4 ,grants 
authorized ,the ,attorney ,general may  
award grants to eligible entities for   
the purpose of hiring retired personnel 
from ,federal law enforcement agencies  
to-- 7#a7 train civilian employees of   
the eligible entity on civilian law     
enforcement tasks that can be performed 
on behalf of a law enforcement agency2  
and  7#b7 perform civilian law          
enforcement tasks on behalf of the      
eligible entity4  #cjfc4 ,accountability
 provisions  7a7 ,in general ,a grant   
awarded under this part shall be subject

 to the accountability requirements of  
this section4  7b7 ,audit requirement   
7#a7 ,definition ,in this subsection1   
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 #ab months from the date when the
 final audit report is issued4  7#b7    
,audits ,beginning in the first fiscal  
year beginning after the date of        
enactment of the ,retired ,federal ,law 
,enforcement ,officers ,continuing      
,service ,act1 and in each fiscal year  
thereafter1 the ,inspector ,general of  
the ,department of ,justice shall       
conduct audits of recipients of grants  
under this part to prevent waste1 fraud1
 and abuse of funds by grantees4 ,the   
,inspector ,general of the ,department  
of ,justice shall determine the         
appropriate number of grantees to be    

audited each year4  7#c7 ,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 #b fiscal    
years beginning after the end of the    
#ab-month period described in paragraph 
7#a74  7#d7 ,priority ,in awarding      
grants under this part1 the ,attorney   
,general shall give priority to eligible
 entities that did not have an          
unresolved audit finding during the #c  
fiscal years before submitting an       
application for a grant under this part4
  7c7 ,annual certification ,beginning  
in the fiscal year during which audits  
commence under subsection 7a77#b71 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-- 7#a7 indicating         
whether-- 7,a7 all audits issued by the 
,office of the ,inspector ,general of   
the ,department of ,justice under       
subsection 7a7 have been completed and  
reviewed by the appropriate ,assistant  
,attorney ,general or ,director2 and    
7,b7 all mandatory exclusions required  
under subsection 7a77#c7 have been      
issued2 and  7#b7 that includes a list  
of any grant recipients excluded under  
subsection 7a77#c7 from the previous    
year4  7d7 ,preventing duplicative      
grants  7#a7 ,in general ,before the    
,attorney ,general awards a grant to an 
eligible entity under this part1 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 purpose4     
7#b7 ,report ,if the ,attorney ,general 
awards grants to the same applicant for 
a similar purpose1 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-- 7,a7 a list of all such     
grants awarded1 including the total     
dollar amount of any such grants        
awarded2 and  7,b7 the reason the       
,attorney ,general awarded multiple     
grants to the same applicant for a      
similar purpose4  4