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US HR5778

US HR5778
Cooling-Off Period Elimination Act of 2020


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Introduced
02/06/2020
In Committee
02/06/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To provide that any State or local law enforcement agency that has in effect a cooling-off period is ineligible to receive Federal funds pursuant to a Department of Justice law enforcement grant program, and for other purposes. This bill makes a state or local law enforcement agency ineligible to receive federal funds under a Department of Justice law enforcement grant program if it has in effect a cooling-off period. A cooling-off period is a period of time following an officer-involved shooting during which investigators are prohibited from communicating with an officer involved in the shooting.

AI Summary

This bill makes a state or local law enforcement agency ineligible to receive federal funds under a Department of Justice law enforcement grant program if it has in effect a "cooling-off period." A cooling-off period is a period of time following an officer-involved shooting during which investigators are prohibited from communicating with the involved officer.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (41)

Hank Johnson (D)* Nanette Barragán (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Anthony Brown (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Katherine Clark (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Lacy Clay (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Chuy García (D),  Al Green (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Denny Heck (D),  Steven Horsford (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Katie Porter (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Michael San Nicolas (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Terri Sewell (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  David Trone (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (on 02/06/2020)

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