3.0.0 4543 2023-01-11T13:44:47Z 2023-09-05T17:28:05Z Senate S 2020-09-09 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-09T17:23:19Z David Dorn Back the Blue Act 116 8556 HR 2020-10-09 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2020-09-09 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5514-5515) IntroReferral 2020-09-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO N Crime and Law Enforcement Employee hiring Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Wages and earnings Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2020-09-09 Introduced in Senate 2021-03-11T20:23:53Z David Dorn Back the Blue Act

This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide programs to support the hiring and retention of law enforcement personnel and to increase their salaries. Further, DOJ may make grants to state and local law enforcement agencies for this purpose.

]]> David Dorn Back the Blue Act Display Title David Dorn Back the Blue Act Short Title(s) as Introduced David Dorn Back the Blue Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to subsidize the salaries of State and local law enforcement officers and promote officer hiring and retention, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4543is/xml/BILLS-116s4543is.xml 2020-09-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5514-5515) 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.