[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5015 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5015

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 provide that grants awarded pursuant to part Q of title I of that Act 
may be used to hire veterans and other individuals as employees of law 
enforcement agencies for positions that do not require sworn authority.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2014

   Ms. Bass introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 provide that grants awarded pursuant to part Q of title I of that Act 
may be used to hire veterans and other individuals as employees of law 
enforcement agencies for positions that do not require sworn authority.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Help Employ and Recruit Our 
Excellent Servicemembers Grant Act of 2014'' or the ``HEROES Grant Act 
of 2014''.

SEC. 2. USE OF COPS GRANTS TO HIRE VETERANS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

    Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (16), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (17) as paragraph (18);
            (3) in paragraph (18), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``(1) through (16)'' and inserting ``(1) through (17)''; and
            (4) by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:
            ``(17) to hire veterans (as such term is defined in section 
        101 of title 38, United States Code) and other individuals as 
        employees of law enforcement agencies for positions that do not 
        require sworn authority; and''.
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