[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7809 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7809

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
              provide for law enforcement officer bonuses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 2022

Mr. Rutherford (for himself, Mr. Katko, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Nehls, and Ms. 
 Malliotakis) 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 for law enforcement officer bonuses.

    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 ``Communities Deserve Cops Act''.

SEC. 2. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BONUSES.

    Subsection (b) of section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (22), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(24) to provide a signing bonus for a law enforcement 
        officer in an amount not to exceed $5,000; and
            ``(25) to provide a retention bonus for a law enforcement 
        officer in an amount not to exceed $5,000.''.
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