119 HR 5403 IH: Enhancing COPS Hiring Program Grants for Local Law Enforcement Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-09-16 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5403IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 16, 2025Mr. Landsman (for himself, Mr. Carey, Mrs. Sykes, and Mr. Miller of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo 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.

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Short title

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

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Use of public safety and community policing grants

(a)

Uses of grants

Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended— (1)in paragraph (23), by striking ; and and inserting the semicolon at the end; (2)in paragraph (24), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and (3)by adding at the end the following: (25)to provide bonuses for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers or career law enforcement officers employed by a law enforcement agency experiencing a decline in recruitment of officers or a high rate of retirements or resignations. . (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). .