This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement Education Grant Program Act of 2025’’

For the purposes of this subpart, the following definitions apply:

• LAW ENFORCEMENT CANDIDATE: an individual who is selected by the Secretary to receive a Law Enforcement Education Grant under this sub-part.
• LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: any officer, agent, or employee of a State, unit of local government, Indian tribe who is authorized to supervise the investigation, detection, or investigation of any violation of criminal law.

(1) IN GENERAL. In the event that law enforcement candidate fails or refuses to comply with the service obligation in the agreement under subsection (a), the sum of the amounts of any Law Enforcement Education Grants received by such candidate shall, upon a determination of such a failure or refusal in such service obligation, be treated as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan under part D of this title, and shall be subject to repayment, together with interest thereon accruing from the date the grant is converted to such a Loan, in accordance with terms and conditions specified by the Secretary in regulations under this subpart.

(1) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION. The term ‘eligible institution’ means an institution of higher education, as defined in section 102, that—

• (A) provides an associate or baccalaureate degree in a field related to law enforcement or criminal justice;
• (B) has been approved by the Police Officer Standard and Training Board of the State in which the institution is located or related state agency.