Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Local Law Enforcement Protection Act”.
Local Law Enforcement Protection Act
A BILL
To incentivize States to provide robust qualified immunity to law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Qualified immunity requirement for receipt of certain grant funds
Requirement— Beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, in order to be eligible to receive a grant under a covered grant program, a State or unit of local government must certify, along with the application for each such grant, that the State or unit of local government does not have in place a law that provides less qualified immunity to law enforcement officers than is described in the holding in Saucier v. Katz (533 U.S. 194 (2001)).
Covered grant program— In this section, the term covered grant program means each of the following:
The Community Development Block Grant Program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.).
Community facility direct and guaranteed loans under paragraph (1) of section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.