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To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program to provide for the qualified accreditation and re-certification of local law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill directs the Attorney General to establish a grant program to help local law enforcement agencies obtain professional accreditation or re-certification. Eligible recipients are law enforcement agencies with fewer than 350 employees that demonstrate financial need. Grant funds can be used to cover accreditation fees, on-site assessment charges, and extension fees through accreditation bodies such as the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). Applicant agencies must specify the amount requested and how funds will be allocated among the eligible expense categories. The bill authorizes $10,000,000 in funding for fiscal year 2025, with appropriated funds remaining available until expended.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH)
15 cosponsors
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE)
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA)
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN)
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA)
- Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] (D-NH)
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ)
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI)
- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA)
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA)
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA)
- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ)
Actions (2)
- May 13, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- May 13, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 13, 2025
Mr. Pappas (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Obernolte, Ms. Craig, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Kean, Mr. Gottheimer, and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program to provide for the qualified accreditation and re-certification of local law enforcement agencies, 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 “Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement Act of 2025” or the “EAGLE Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ACCREDITATION.
(a) Establishment.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish a grant program (in this Act referred to as the “Program”) to provide for the qualified accreditation or re-certification of a local law enforcement agency.
(b) Grant Authority.—In carrying out the Program, the Attorney General shall award a grant to an eligible recipient under subsection
(c).
(c) Eligible Recipient.—The Attorney General shall award a grant under the Program to a local law enforcement agency that submits an application pursuant to subsection (d).
(d) Application.—To be eligible under the Program, a local law enforcement agency shall submit to the Attorney General an application that—
(1) demonstrates the financial need of the local law enforcement agency; and
(2) specifies the amount requested by the local law enforcement agency, including the amount to be spent on—
(A) accreditation or re-certification fees;
(B) on-site assessment charges; and
(C) extension fees.
(e) Eligible Projects.—Grant funds awarded under the Program may only be used to assist in the qualified accreditation or re- certification of a local law enforcement agency.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Program $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2025.
(g) Period of Availability.—Funds made available to carry out the Program shall remain available until expended.
(h) Definitions.—In this Act:
(1) Qualified accreditation or re-certification.—The term “qualified accreditation or re-certification” means accreditation or re-certification of a local law enforcement agency by a professional law enforcement organization involved in the development of standards of accreditation for law enforcement agencies at the national, State, regional, or Tribal level, such as the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).
(2) Local law enforcement agency.—The term “local law enforcement agency” means an agency of a unit of local government that is authorized by law to supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of criminal law and that has less than 350 employees. <all>
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