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H.R. 3376House118th Congress (2023-2025)In Committee

Enhancing COPS Hiring Program Grants for Local Law Enforcement Act

Sponsored by Greg LandsmanRep. Greg Landsman (D-OH)
Introduced May 16, 2023

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The bill changes the 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act so that COPS grant money can be used to give bonuses that help recruit and keep local law‑enforcement officers. It also makes the grant application process easier by letting agencies amend an existing application instead of starting a new one, for up to five years after the original filing. The changes affect local police departments that receive COPS grants and the Attorney General who oversees the program.

Key Provisions

  • Allows COPS grant funds to be used for recruitment and retention bonuses for law‑enforcement officers.
  • Permits the Attorney General to let grant applicants amend a previously submitted application rather than submit a new one, for funding consideration up to five years after the original submission.
  • Adds definitions for “law enforcement officer” and clarifies the meaning of “submitted application.”

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Judiciary Committee

May 16, 2023

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Introduced in House

May 16, 2023

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Judiciary Committee

May 16, 2023

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What members said about H.R. 3376 on the floor

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Greg Landsman
Rep. Greg LandsmanD-OH-1 · May 17, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I rise today during National Police Week to encourage my colleagues to support a bipartisan bill to help our communities better recruit and retain local law enforcement professionals.…

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Introduced in HouseIssued May 16, 2023

I

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3376

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 Committee 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.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Enhancing COPS Hiring Program Grants for Local Law Enforcement Act.

2.

Use of public safety and community policing grants

(a)

Uses of grants

Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (b)—

(A)

in paragraph (1), by adding before the semicolon the following or to provide bonuses for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers or career law enforcement officers; and

(B)

in paragraph (2), by adding before the semicolon the following or to provide bonuses for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers or career law enforcement officers; and

(2)

by adding at the end the following:

(n)

Simplification of grant application process

In awarding a grant under this part, the Attorney General may permit an applicant for such a grant to amend a submitted application in lieu of creating a new application, for consideration for funding for up to five subsequent years after the original application was submitted for consideration for funding if such applicant was not awarded funding.

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(b)

Definitions

Section 1709 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10389) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(8)

law enforcement officer shall have the meaning given such term in section 1204(9).

(9)

submitted application means an application submitted for a grant awarded pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1701(b).

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