3.0.0 2426 2023-01-01T23:43:00Z 2023-01-01T23:43:00Z Senate S 2021-07-21 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-07-21T21:55:52Z 2021-07-21 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-07-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N Crime and Law Enforcement Appropriations Cardiovascular and respiratory health Department of Justice Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee hiring Executive agency funding and structure Government trust funds Infectious and parasitic diseases Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers State and local finance State and local government operations Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2021-07-21 Introduced in Senate 2022-08-09T18:04:43Z Fund the Police Act of 2021

The bill rescinds specified COVID-19 relief funds and makes the funding available to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for law enforcement grant programs.

Specifically, the bill rescinds certain unobligated funds that were provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for making payments to states, territories, and tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the COVID-19 public health emergency.

The bill makes the rescinded funds available to DOJ for (1) the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program, and the (2) Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant program. It also makes a portion of the funds available to establish a Law Enforcement Assistance Trust Fund to ensure the long-term availability of federal support for state and local law enforcement activities.

]]> Fund the Police Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to transfer unobligated COVID relief funds to the Department of Justice for the COPS Hiring Program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Fund the Police Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Fund the Police Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2426is/xml/BILLS-117s2426is.xml 2021-07-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.