Law Enforcement Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act of 2025

[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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