Enhancing COPS Hiring Program Grants for Local Law Enforcement Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 13
- Latest action
- Sep 16, 2025
What it does
The bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow COPS Hiring Program grants to be used for providing bonuses to recruit and retain law enforcement officers, particularly in agencies facing declining recruitment or high rates of retirements and resignations. It adds a new authorized use of grant funds for such bonuses and defines “law enforcement officer” for consistency with existing statutory language. The change affects local law enforcement agencies receiving COPS grants by expanding permissible uses of those funds to include recruitment and retention incentives. The bill was introduced in the House and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Where it goes next
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