Improving Police CARE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5864 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5864

 To establish standards for trauma kits purchased using funds provided
   under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 2025

 Mr. Van Drew introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 To establish standards for trauma kits purchased using funds provided
   under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.

    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 ``Improving Police Critical Aid for
Responding to Emergencies Act'' or the ``Improving Police CARE Act''.

SEC. 2. TRAUMA KIT STANDARDS.

    Section 521 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10202) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
    ``(d) Trauma Kits.--
            ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `trauma
        kit' means a first aid response kit, which includes a bleeding
        control kit that can be used for controlling a life-threatening
        hemorrhage.
            ``(2) Requirement for trauma kits.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other
                provision of law, a grantee may only purchase a trauma
                kit using funds made available under this part if the
                trauma kit meets the performance standards established
                by the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance
                under paragraph (3)(A).
                    ``(B) Authority to separately acquire.--Nothing in
                subparagraph (A) shall prohibit a grantee from
                separately acquiring the components of a trauma kit and
                assembling complete trauma kits that meet the
                performance standards.
            ``(3) Performance standards and optional agency best
        practices.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
        of this subsection, the Director of the Bureau of Justice
        Assistance, in consultation with organizations representing
        trauma surgeons, emergency medical response professionals,
        emergency physicians, other medical professionals, relevant law
        enforcement agencies of States and units of local government,
        professional law enforcement organizations, local law
        enforcement labor or representative organizations, and law
        enforcement trade associations, shall--
                    ``(A) develop and publish performance standards for
                trauma kits that are eligible for purchase using funds
                made available under this part that, at a minimum,
                require the components described in paragraph (4) to be
                included in a trauma kit; and
                    ``(B) develop and publish optional best practices
                for law enforcement agencies regarding--
                            ``(i) training law enforcement officers in
                        the use of trauma kits;
                            ``(ii) the deployment and maintenance of
                        trauma kits in law enforcement vehicles; and
                            ``(iii) the deployment, location, and
                        maintenance of trauma kits in law enforcement
                        agency or other government facilities.
            ``(4) Components.--The components of a trauma kit described
        in this paragraph are--
                    ``(A) a tourniquet recommended by the Committee on
                Tactical Combat Casualty Care;
                    ``(B) a bleeding control bandage;
                    ``(C) a pair of nonlatex protective gloves and a
                pen-type marker;
                    ``(D) a pair of blunt-ended scissors;
                    ``(E) instructional documents developed--
                            ``(i) under the `Stop the Bleed' national
                        awareness campaign of the Department of
                        Homeland Security, or any successor thereto;
                            ``(ii) by the American College of Surgeons
                        Committee on Trauma;
                            ``(iii) by the American Red Cross; or
                            ``(iv) by any partner of the Department of
                        Defense;
                    ``(F) a bag or other container adequately designed
                to hold the contents of the kit; and
                    ``(G) any additional trauma kit supplies that--
                            ``(i) are approved by a State, local, or
                        Tribal law enforcement agency or first
                        responders;
                            ``(ii) can adequately treat a traumatic
                        injury; and
                            ``(iii) can be stored in a readily
                        available kit.''.
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