Union Calendar No. 399
118th CONGRESS 2d Session |
[Report No. 118–481]
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities, and for other purposes.
May 15, 2023
Mr. Hunt (for himself and Mr. Ivey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
May 6, 2024
Additional sponsors: Mr. Nehls, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. Ross, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Trone, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Flood, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Ogles, Ms. Jackson Lee, and Mr. Correa
May 6, 2024
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 15, 2023]
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 2. Improving COPS grants for police hiring purposes.
(a) Grant use expansion.—Section 1701(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended—
(b) Technical amendment.—Section 1701(b)(23) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)(23)), as so redesignated, is amended by striking “(21)” and inserting “(22)”.
SEC. 3. Administrative costs; Pipeline Partnership Program.
Section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(o) Administrative costs.—Not more than 2 percent of a grant made for the hiring or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers may be used for costs incurred to administer such grant.
“(p) COPS Pipeline Partnership Program.—
“(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a law enforcement agency in partnership with not less than 1 educational institution, which may include 1 or any combination of the following:
“(2) GRANTS.—The Attorney General shall award competitive grants to eligible entities for recruiting activities that—
“(A) support substantial student engagement for the exploration of potential future career opportunities in law enforcement;
“(B) strengthen recruitment by law enforcement agencies experiencing a decline in recruits, or high rates of resignations or retirements;
“(C) enhance community interactions between local youth and law enforcement agencies that are designed to increase recruiting; and
“(D) otherwise improve the outcomes of local law enforcement recruitment through activities such as dedicated programming for students, work-based learning opportunities, project-based learning, mentoring, community liaisons, career or job fairs, work site visits, job shadowing, apprenticeships, or skills-based internships.
SEC. 4. COPS Grant guidance for agencies operating below budgeted strength.
Section 1704 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10384) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(d) Guidance for understaffed law enforcement agencies.—
“(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
SEC. 5. Study on Police Recruitment.
(a) Study.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to consider the comprehensive effects of recruitment and attrition rates on Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the United States, to identify—
(b) Report.—Not later than 540 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—
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To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities, and for other purposes. | |||||
May 6, 2024 | |||||
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed |