[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 898 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 898

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
    authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for recruitment and 
                 retention of law enforcement officers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2023

 Mr. Carter of Texas 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 COPS grantees to use grant funds for recruitment and 
                 retention of 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 ``Recruit and Retain Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. USE OF COPS GRANT FUNDS FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

    Section 1701(b) of part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (23) as 
        paragraphs (4) through (24); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) to recruit and retain career law enforcement officers 
        for deployment in community-oriented policing across the 
        Nation;''.
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