United States HR 3376: Enhancing COPS Hiring Program Grants for Local Law Enforcement Act

Bill Text

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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3376
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants to recruit and
retain law enforcement officers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 16, 2023
Mr. LANDSMAN (for himself, Mr. MILLER of Ohio, Mrs. SYKES, and Mr.
CAREY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to
use COPS grants to recruit and retain law enforcement
officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enhancing COPS Hir-4
ing Program Grants for Local Law Enforcement Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. USE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLIC-1
ING GRANTS. 2
(a) USES OF GRANTS.—Section 1701 of the Omnibus 3
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 4
10381) is amended— 5
(1) in subsection (b)— 6
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding before the 7
semicolon the following ‘‘or to provide bonuses 8
for the recruitment and retention of law en-9
forcement officers or career law enforcement of-10
ficers’’; and 11
(B) in paragraph (2), by adding before the 12
semicolon the following ‘‘or to provide bonuses 13
for the recruitment and retention of law en-14
forcement officers or career law enforcement of-15
ficers’’; and 16
(2) by adding at the end the following: 17
‘‘(n) SIMPLIFICATION OF GRANT APPLICATION 18
PROCESS.—In awarding a grant under this part, the At-19
torney General may permit an applicant for such a grant 20
to amend a submitted application in lieu of creating a new 21
application, for consideration for funding for up to five 22
subsequent years after the original application was sub-23
mitted for consideration for funding if such applicant was 24
not awarded funding.’’. 25
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1709 of the Omnibus 1
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 2
10389) is amended by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘(8) ‘law enforcement officer’ shall have the 4
meaning given such term in section 1204(9). 5
‘‘(9) ‘submitted application’ means an applica-6
tion submitted for a grant awarded pursuant to 7
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1701(b).’’. 8
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