[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5778 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5778

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2020

Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Clay, Ms. Moore, Mr. Thompson 
of Mississippi, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rush, Ms. Omar, 
 Ms. Tlaib, and Mr. Hastings) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.

    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 ``Cooling-Off Period Elimination Act 
of 2020''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF COOLING-OFF PERIODS.

    (a) In General.--Any State or local law enforcement agency which 
the Attorney General determines has in effect a cooling-off period is 
ineligible to receive any Federal funds pursuant to a Department of 
Justice law enforcement grant program for the following fiscal year.
    (b) Cooling-Off Period Defined.--The term ``cooling-off period'' 
means a period of time following an officer-involved shooting, during 
which individuals investigating the shooting are prohibited from 
communicating with any officer involved in the shooting.
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