Local Task Forces on 21st Century Policing Act of 2022
This bill allows grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program to be used to establish task forces to promote effective partnerships between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve.
To authorize grantees of Department of Justice grants to set up task 
    forces on policing in local communities, 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 ``Local Task Forces on 21st Century 
Policing Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. USE OF FUNDS TO ESTABLISH TASK FORCES.

    Section 501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
                    ``(I) The establishment of a task force, composed 
                of individuals with relevant experience or subject-
                matter expertise in law enforcement, civil rights, and 
                civil liberties, which shall identify the best ways to 
                create an effective partnership between law enforcement 
                officers of a unit of local government and the 
                community those officers serve that reduces crime and 
                increases trust.''.
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Local Task Forces on 21st Century Policing Act of 2022
To authorize grantees of Department of Justice grants to set up task forces on policing in local communities, and for other purposes.
Local Task Forces on 21st Century Policing Act of 2022
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes