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Law Enforcement Reform Provisions in
H.R. 4505
August 5, 2021
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 (JIPA, H.R. 1280) was passed by the House on March
3, 2021; the bill has not been taken up by the Senate. The FY2022 Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill (H.R. 4505), reported by the House Committee on
Appropriations, would implement parts of JIPAby funding some of the new grant programs and placing
conditions on existing grant programs that would be authorized by JIPA
New Grants
H.R. 4505 would provide the following:
*  $5 million under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program
for developing best practices for, and the creation of, local task forces on public safety
innovation that would develop new strategies for public safety (§366(a) of JIPA).
*  $15 million under JAG for assisting tribal and local law enforcement agencies that
employ fewer than 100 officers with meeting use of force data reporting requirements;
creating a system that tracks use of force complaints against officers; creating public
awareness campaigns to gain information from the public on use of force by or against
law enforcement officers; and providing training on de-escalation, implicit bias, crisis
intervention techniques, and adolescent development (§224 of JIPA).
* $5 million under JAG for developing law enforcement data collection programs to study
hit rates for stops and searches (§333 of JIPA).
* $100 million for new grants to assist states with conducting pattern and practice
investigations (§103(b) of JIPA). JIPAwould also amend the pattern and practice statute
to authorize states to conduct these investigations.
* $250 million for grants to help states and tribal governments establish statutes that
provide for the independent investigation of the use of force by police officers (§104(a)
of JIPA).
* $25 million for grants to community-based organizations to study management and
operations standards related to administrative due process in law enforcement agencies,
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