One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of the United States of America
1st Session
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen
S. 583
AN ACT
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds to hire veterans as career law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the American Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017
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Prioritizing hiring and training of veterans
Section 1701(b)(2) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)(2)) is amended by inserting , including by prioritizing the hiring and training of veterans (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code)
after Nation
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate