{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-6448","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 6448","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Invest to Protect Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To direct the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice to carry out a grant program to provide assistance to police departments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To direct the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice to carry out a grant program to provide assistance to police departments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Invest to Protect Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Invest to Protect Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Invest to Protect Act of 2022"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2022-01-20","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-09-22","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h451","question":"On Passage","title":"Invest to Protect Act","result":"Passed","yea":360,"nay":64,"present":0,"not_voting":9,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll451.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2022-09-27"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-09-22","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Invest to Protect Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill directs the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice to award grants to local and tribal governments that employ fewer than 125 law enforcement officers. Grant funds may be used for various activities, including to provide de-escalation training and improve recruitment and retention."}],"words":55},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice to award grants to local and Tribal governments that employ fewer than 125 law enforcement officers, for officer training, mental health resources, and recruitment and retention.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6448/text/eh#H7D19C9BC527F4250ADCBD149121966ED"}]},"core_areas":["Justice Department grants to local and Tribal governments with fewer than 125 law enforcement officers","Law enforcement officer training, including de-escalation and use of force","Behavioral health services and graduate education stipends for law enforcement officers","Law enforcement signing and retention bonuses","Grant audits, reporting and accountability"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Establishes within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services a grant program to provide training and access to mental health resources to local law enforcement officers and to improve their recruitment and retention.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6448/text/eh#H7D19C9BC527F4250ADCBD149121966ED"}},{"text":"Requires the Director to award grants to eligible local governments not later than 120 days after the date of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6448/text/eh#H7D19C9BC527F4250ADCBD149121966ED"}},{"text":"Limits grant spending to listed activities, including de-escalation training, signing bonuses, retention bonuses of up to 20 percent of salary, and graduate education stipends of the lesser of $10,000 or the amount the officer pays.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6448/text/eh#H7D19C9BC527F4250ADCBD149121966ED"}},{"text":"Requires the Attorney General to report to Congress within 60 days of enactment with a plan for a streamlined application that an eligible local government can reasonably complete in not more than 2 hours.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6448/text/eh#H7D19C9BC527F4250ADCBD149121966ED"}},{"text":"Requires yearly Inspector General audits of grant recipients and bars a recipient with an unresolved audit finding from receiving grants under this section for 3 fiscal years.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6448/text/eh#H7D19C9BC527F4250ADCBD149121966ED"}},{"text":"Authorizes $60,000,000 to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out the grant program.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6448/text/eh#H7D19C9BC527F4250ADCBD149121966ED"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-09-22","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6448/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6448","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6448/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-6448.png","v":"09ea7d7dae47","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 6448, 117th Congress: Invest to Protect Act of 2022. House: 360 Yea, 64 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 22 Sep 2022."}}