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Proposed Federal House Legislation HB2302

Legislation Overview

Title: Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2015

Subject: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation: Disability and health-based discrimination: Disability and paralysis: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management: Law enforcement administration and funding: Law enforcement officers: Mental health: Racial and ethnic relations: Crime and law enforcement

Description: Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2015 Requires states receiving funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program, the Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Program, or the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to: (1) require all individuals enrolled in an academy of a law enforcement agency and all law enforcement officers of the state to fulfill a training session on sensitivity each fiscal year, including training on ethnic and racial bias, cultural diversity, and police interaction with the disabled, mentally ill, and new immigrants; and (2) certify to the Attorney General that such training sessions have been completed. Subjects a state that fails to comply to a reduction of up to 20% of such funds that would otherwise be allocated to the state. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive such requirements if compliance would violate a state's Constitution. Directs the Attorney General to reduce by 20% the amount that would otherwise be awarded to a state or local government under such grant programs for a fiscal year if it fails to enact or have in effect by the end of the previous fiscal year a statute requiring the appointment of an independent prosecutor to conduct any criminal investigation and prosecution in which: (1) one or more of the possible defendants is a law enforcement officer, (2) 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 duty, and (3) the law enforcement officer's use of deadly force resulted in a death or injury.

Session: 114th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Last Action Date: June 1, 2015

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2302/all-info

Sponsors

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101 sponsors: Steve Cohen (D); Lacy Clay (D); Gwen Moore (D); Alcee Hastings (D); Charles Rangel (D); Robert Brady (D); Maxine Waters (D); Elijah Cummings (D); Bobby Rush (D); Bennie Thompson (D); Gregory Meeks (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Luis Gutierrez (D); Mark Pocan (D); Corrine Brown (D); Henry Johnson (D); Hakeem Jeffries (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Jose Serrano (D); David Cicilline (D); Marcia Fudge (D); Paul Tonko (D); Mark Takano (D); Jerry McNerney (D); Louise Slaughter (D); Andre Carson (D); Brenda Lawrence (D); Stacey Plaskett (D); Michael Honda (D); G. Butterfield (D); Barbara Lee (D); Judy Chu (D); Marc Veasey (D); Ted Lieu (D); Al Green (D); Michelle Lujan Grisham (D); Danny Davis (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Mike Quigley (D); Tammy Duckworth (D); Robin Kelly (D); Yvette Clarke (D); James McGovern (D); Michael Capuano (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); Bill Foster (D); John Conyers (D); Zoe Lofgren (D); Karen Bass (D); Cedric Richmond (D); Robert Scott (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Jerrold Nadler (D); Marcy Kaptur (D); Keith Ellison (D); John Lewis (D); Beto O'Rourke (D); Sam Farr (D); Tim Ryan (D); Katherine Clark (D); Donna Edwards (D); Alan Grayson (D); David Loebsack (D); Chellie Pingree (D); John Yarmuth (D); Alma Adams (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Joyce Beatty (D); Betty McCollum (D); Frederica Wilson (D); Jared Polis (D); Emanuel Cleaver (D); Jackie Speier (D); John Larson (D); Eliot Engel (D); Debbie Dingell (D); Donald Payne (D); David Scott (D); Terri Sewell (D); Ruben Gallego (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); Anna Eshoo (D); Jim McDermott (D); Don Beyer (D); Bill Pascrell (D); Kathy Castor (D); Linda Sanchez (D); Rosa DeLauro (D); Daniel Kildee (D); Nydia Velazquez (D); Albio Sires (D); Ruben Hinojosa (D); James Langevin (D); Adam Schiff (D); Adam Smith (D); Eddie Johnson (D); Alan Lowenthal (D); Grace Meng (D); Donald Norcross (D); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Jun 1 2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
House	May 13 2015	Introduced in House
House	May 13 2015	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E698-699)
House	May 13 2015	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Texts

Type	Date	Federal Link	Text
Introduced	May 16 2015	federal bill text	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Committee

Chamber: H

Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations

Votes

There have not been any votes on this bill