; and (2) the term covered grant program means— (A) the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.); (B) the Cops on the Beat program under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381 et seq.); and (C) any other grant program administered by the Attorney General that provides funds to law enforcement agencies. (b) Study and proposal Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall study, and submit to Congress a proposal regarding, the possible implementation of a method to improve accountability for law enforcement agencies that receive funds from covered grant programs. (c) Contents In carrying out subsection (b), the Attorney General shall develop discrete performance metrics for law enforcement agencies that apply for and receive funds from covered grant programs, the parameters of which shall— (1) establish benchmarks of progress, measured on a semiannual or annual basis, as appropriate; (2) require annual accounting by a recipient of a covered grant of the progress made toward each benchmark described in paragraph (1); and (3) provide that— (A) the failure to achieve a benchmark described in paragraph (1) shall constitute a violation of the grant agreement; (B) if a recipient does not cure a violation by achieving the applicable benchmark not later than 90 days after the date of the violation, the recipient shall return the amounts of the covered grant to the Attorney General