Improving Police CARE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5864 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5864

 To establish standards for trauma kits purchased using funds provided 
   under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 2025

 Mr. Van Drew introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish standards for trauma kits purchased using funds provided 
   under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.

    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 ``Improving Police Critical Aid for 
Responding to Emergencies Act'' or the ``Improving Police CARE Act''.

SEC. 2. TRAUMA KIT STANDARDS.

    Section 521 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10202) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(d) Trauma Kits.--
            ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `trauma 
        kit' means a first aid response kit, which includes a bleeding 
        control kit that can be used for controlling a life-threatening 
        hemorrhage.
            ``(2) Requirement for trauma kits.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, a grantee may only purchase a trauma 
                kit using funds made available under this part if the 
                trauma kit meets the performance standards established 
                by the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance 
                under paragraph (3)(A).
                    ``(B) Authority to separately acquire.--Nothing in 
                subparagraph (A) shall prohibit a grantee from 
                separately acquiring the components of a trauma kit and 
                assembling complete trauma kits that meet the 
                performance standards.
            ``(3) Performance standards and optional agency best 
        practices.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
        of this subsection, the Director of the Bureau of Justice 
        Assistance, in consultation with organizations representing 
        trauma surgeons, emergency medical response professionals, 
        emergency physicians, other medical professionals, relevant law 
        enforcement agencies of States and units of local government, 
        professional law enforcement organizations, local law 
        enforcement labor or representative organizations, and law 
        enforcement trade associations, shall--
                    ``(A) develop and publish performance standards for 
                trauma kits that are eligible for purchase using funds 
                made available under this part that, at a minimum, 
                require the components described in paragraph (4) to be 
                included in a trauma kit; and
                    ``(B) develop and publish optional best practices 
                for law enforcement agencies regarding--
                            ``(i) training law enforcement officers in 
                        the use of trauma kits;
                            ``(ii) the deployment and maintenance of 
                        trauma kits in law enforcement vehicles; and
                            ``(iii) the deployment, location, and 
                        maintenance of trauma kits in law enforcement 
                        agency or other government facilities.
            ``(4) Components.--The components of a trauma kit described 
        in this paragraph are--
                    ``(A) a tourniquet recommended by the Committee on 
                Tactical Combat Casualty Care;
                    ``(B) a bleeding control bandage;
                    ``(C) a pair of nonlatex protective gloves and a 
                pen-type marker;
                    ``(D) a pair of blunt-ended scissors;
                    ``(E) instructional documents developed--
                            ``(i) under the `Stop the Bleed' national 
                        awareness campaign of the Department of 
                        Homeland Security, or any successor thereto;
                            ``(ii) by the American College of Surgeons 
                        Committee on Trauma;
                            ``(iii) by the American Red Cross; or
                            ``(iv) by any partner of the Department of 
                        Defense;
                    ``(F) a bag or other container adequately designed 
                to hold the contents of the kit; and
                    ``(G) any additional trauma kit supplies that--
                            ``(i) are approved by a State, local, or 
                        Tribal law enforcement agency or first 
                        responders;
                            ``(ii) can adequately treat a traumatic 
                        injury; and
                            ``(iii) can be stored in a readily 
                        available kit.''.
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