Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act
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Cosponsors (4)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
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Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-06-17
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on the BudgetReferred To · 2025-06-17
- House Committee on AppropriationsReferred To · 2025-06-17
Previously
- Budget CommitteeReferred To · 2025-06-17
- Appropriations CommitteeReferred To · 2025-06-17
Plain-English Summary
Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act The bill provides additional funding for grants for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. The bill also requires law enforcement agencies that use the funds to hire or rehire a law enforcement officer to (1) perform a background check on the law enforcement officer, and (2) ensure that the law enforcement officer undergoes a psychological evaluation.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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