; (4) award grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to community groups, independent research organizations, academic institutions, and other entities to support, execute, or conduct research on interventions to reduce or eliminate uses of force by law enforcement, including police brutality and violence; (5) coordinate with the Department of Justice, and other Federal, State, and local agencies on the standardization of data collection, storage, and retrieval necessary to collect, evaluate, analyze, and disseminate information about the extent and nature of uses of force by law enforcement, including police brutality and violence, as well as options for the eradication of such practices; (6) submit an annual report to Congress on research findings with recommendations to improve data collection and standardization and to disrupt processes in policing that preserve and reinforce racism and racial disparities in public health; (7) conduct primary research and explore uses of force by law enforcement, including police brutality and violence, and options for its control; and (8) study alternatives to law enforcement response as a method of reducing police violence. (d) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.