119-hr3372

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3372 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3372

 To develop a scenario-based training curriculum for law enforcement 
 personnel, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 13, 2025

 Mrs. Sykes (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Ivey) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To develop a scenario-based training curriculum for law enforcement 
 personnel, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Law Enforcement Scenario-Based 
Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. LAW ENFORCEMENT SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING CURRICULUM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the 
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, shall develop a 
scenario-based training curriculum for use in accordance with the grant 
program under 

section 3.

    (b) Curriculum.--In developing the curriculum under subsection

    (a) , 
the Attorney General shall--

    (1) develop a scenario-based training curriculum that 
 addresses--
        (A) improving community-police relations;
        (B) officer safety;
            (C) officer resilience;
            (D) situational awareness;
        (E) physical and emotional responses to stress;
        (F) critical decision making and problem solving;
        (G) de-escalation;
        (H) use of force and deadly force; and
            (I) crisis intervention;

    (2) consult with relevant professional law enforcement 
 associations, community-based organizations, and defense and 
 national security agencies in the development and dissemination 
 of the curriculum;

    (3) provide expertise and technical assistance to entities 
 seeking to implement the curriculum;

    (4) evaluate best practices of scenario-based training 
 methods and curriculum content to maintain state-of-the-art 
 expertise in scenario-based learning methodology; and

    (5) develop a certification process for entities that have 
 successfully implemented the curriculum.

SEC. 3. LAW ENFORCEMENT SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through the 
Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, shall 
be authorized to make grants to States, units of local government, 
Indian Tribal governments, other public and private entities, and 
multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia to provide law enforcement 
personnel with access to a scenario-based training curriculum that is 
substantially similar to the curriculum developed under 

section 2.

    (b) Application.--An applicant seeking a grant under this section 
shall submit to the Attorney General an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General 
may reasonably require.
            (c) Reports.--

    (1) Grantee reports.--On the date that is 1 year after 
 receiving a grant under this section, each grant recipient 
 shall submit to the Attorney General a report on--
        (A) any benefits of, and barriers to, delivering 
 the curriculum to law enforcement personnel; and
        (B) recommendations for improving the access of law 
 enforcement personnel to scenario-based training.

    (2) Office of community oriented policing services 
 reports.--Not later than 1 year after initially awarding grants 
 under this section, and annually thereafter, the Attorney 
 General, acting through the Director of the Office of Community 
 Oriented Policing Services, shall submit to Congress a report 
 on--
        (A) the number of entities that received grants 
 under this section;
        (B) the cumulative number and proportion of law 
 enforcement personnel in each State that received 
 training under the scenario-based training curriculum 
 described in 

section 2, or a curriculum that is 
 substantially similar to that curriculum;
            (C) any benefits of, and barriers to, delivering 
 such curriculum to law enforcement personnel;
            (D) recommendations for improving the curriculum 
 developed under 

section 2; and
        (E) recommendations for improving the grant program 
 under this section.
            (d) Funding.--No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this Act. The Attorney General shall carry out this Act 
using unobligated amounts that are otherwise made available to the 
Department of Justice.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Community-based organizations.--The term ``community-
 based organization'' means a grassroots organization that--
        (A) works in communities to improve police 
 accountability and transparency; and
        (B) has a national presence and membership.

    (2) Professional law enforcement association.--The term 
 ``professional law enforcement association'' means a law 
 enforcement membership association that works for the needs of 
 Federal, State, local, or Indian Tribal law enforcement groups 
 and with the civilian community on matters of common interest.

    (3) Scenario-based training.--The term ``scenario-based 
 training'' means the use of live-action simulations and role 
 playing to place law enforcement personnel in an interactive 
 learning environment to replicate real-life scenarios or teach 
 particular skills or techniques.

    (4) State.--The term ``State'' means any State of the 
 United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
 Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the 
 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any 
 possession of the United States.
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