{"format":1,"id":"117-s-4003","congress":117,"number":"S. 4003","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for training on alternatives to use of force, de-escalation, and mental and behavioral health and suicidal crises.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for training on alternatives to use of force, de-escalation, and mental and behavioral health and suicidal crises."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed 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crisis."},{"k":"p","t":"The act also directs DOJ to make grants to states for costs associated with providing the training to law enforcement officers or mental health professionals."}],"words":76},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Attorney General to develop and certify training on de-escalation, alternatives to use of force, and responding to mental or behavioral health or suicidal crises, and authorizes grants to States to pay for that training.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4003/text/enr#idb1f35ce6-9d01-41f4-9bcb-55fd014d0944:~:text=2.%20Training%20on%20alternatives%20to%20use%20of"}]},"core_areas":["Law enforcement training curricula on de-escalation and alternatives to use of force","Training for responding to mental or behavioral health or suicidal crises","Certification of law enforcement training programs and courses","Grants to States for law enforcement training","Reporting, evaluation and study of the training and grant program"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Attorney General, within 180 days of enactment of the new subsection, to develop or identify training curricula for law enforcement officers and covered mental health professionals on de-escalation tactics, alternatives to use of force, and responding to mental or behavioral health or suicidal crises.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4003/text/enr#idb1f35ce6-9d01-41f4-9bcb-55fd014d0944:~:text=2.%20Training%20on%20alternatives%20to%20use%20of"}},{"text":"Requires the curricula to include scenario-based exercises, pre-training and post-training tests, and follow-up evaluative assessments of how participants apply what they learned in their jobs.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4003/text/enr#idb1f35ce6-9d01-41f4-9bcb-55fd014d0944:~:text=2.%20Training%20on%20alternatives%20to%20use%20of"}},{"text":"Requires the Attorney General to establish a process to certify, and to terminate the certification of, public and private training programs and courses that use the curricula or equivalents.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4003/text/enr#idb1f35ce6-9d01-41f4-9bcb-55fd014d0944:~:text=2.%20Training%20on%20alternatives%20to%20use%20of"}},{"text":"Requires the Attorney General to make grants to States to pay for conducting, procuring and attending certified training, allocating funds to each State in proportion to its number of State and local law enforcement officers.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4003/text/enr#idb1f35ce6-9d01-41f4-9bcb-55fd014d0944:~:text=2.%20Training%20on%20alternatives%20to%20use%20of"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4003/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4003","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4003/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-s-4003.png","v":"13f9a736c139","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 4003, 117th Congress: Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022. House: 264 Yea, 162 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 27 Dec 2022."}}