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Requires the Attorney General to develop or identify leadership training curricula for police command-level personnel and to certify training courses that use them.

Official title: Promoting Police Leadership Act

Next stop House: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received 15-JUN-2026
Senate
Introduced 27-APR-2026
Referred 27-APR-2026
Approved by committee 14-MAY-2026
Reported 19-MAY-2026
On the calendar 19-MAY-2026
Passed 10-JUN-2026
Key points
  • Directs the Attorney General to develop or identify training curricula for command-level police personnel within 180 days of enactment, covering topics such as leadership, critical incident response, officer wellness, and building community trust.
  • Requires the curricula to include mostly in-person instruction, peer-to-peer learning, a practical problem-solving project, and pre-course and post-course assessments.
  • Sets up a process to certify courses that use the curricula and publishes a list of agencies whose officers have completed them, showing totals for each agency.
  • Requires Attorney General reports to Congress each year for three years and a Government Accountability Office review within three years, while preserving state and local authority over police certification and training standards.
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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Passed Senate, 10-JUN-2026).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor John Cornyn (R-TX) Cosponsors · 14
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