[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3376 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3376

  To 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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2023

  Mr. Landsman (for himself, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mrs. Sykes, and Mr. 
    Carey) 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 
 authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants to recruit and 
                    retain law enforcement officers.

    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 ``Enhancing COPS Hiring Program Grants 
for Local Law Enforcement Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING GRANTS.

    (a) Uses of Grants.--Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by adding before the 
                semicolon the following ``or to provide bonuses for the 
                recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers 
                or career law enforcement officers''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by adding before the 
                semicolon the following ``or to provide bonuses for the 
                recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers 
                or career law enforcement officers''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n) Simplification of Grant Application Process.--In awarding a 
grant under this part, the Attorney General may permit an applicant for 
such a grant to amend a submitted application in lieu of creating a new 
application, for consideration for funding for up to five subsequent 
years after the original application was submitted for consideration 
for funding if such applicant was not awarded funding.''.
    (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).
            ``(9) `submitted application' means an application 
        submitted for a grant awarded pursuant to paragraphs (1) and 
        (2) of section 1701(b).''.
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