Cooling-Off Period Elimination Act of 2020

I 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. 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 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 Jus- tice law enforcement grant program, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cooling-Off Period 4 Elimination Act of 2020’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:17 Feb 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5778.IH H5778 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5778 IH SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF COOLING-OFF PERIODS. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any State or local law enforce- 2 ment agency which the Attorney General determines has 3 in effect a cooling-off period is ineligible to receive any 4 Federal funds pursuant to a Department of Justice law 5 enforcement grant program for the following fiscal year. 6 (b) COOLING-OFF PERIOD DEFINED.—The term 7 ‘‘cooling-off period’’ means a period of time following an 8 officer-involved shooting, during which individuals inves- 9 tigating the shooting are prohibited from communicating 10 with any officer involved in the shooting. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:17 Feb 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5778.IH H5778 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS