The "Invest to Protect Act of 2023" is a plan to give money to small local police departments to help them get better training and support for their officers, like being good at calming tricky situations and keeping safe. It's like giving schools special prizes to make sure teachers have what they need to do a good job teaching and staying happy, but for police instead of schools.

The bill is like a plan for the United States to be better friends with the Pacific Islands, working together with countries like Australia and Japan, but it needs to be clear about how it will do that and how much money it will spend.