[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1145-S1146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4459. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 3183, to direct the Secretary of 
Agriculture to improve safety standards for wildland firefighters, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. FUNDING FOR COPS HIRING PROGRAM.

       The Act titled ``An Act to provide for reconciliation 
     pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14'' (Public Law 119-21) 
     is amended--
       (1) in section 100052--
       (A) in the section heading, by striking ``u.s. immigration 
     and customs enforcement'' and inserting ``cops hiring 
     program'';
       (B) by striking ``In addition to'' and inserting ``(a) In 
     General.--In addition to''; and
       (C) in subsection (a), as so designated--
       (i) by striking ``Secretary of Homeland Security for U.S. 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement'' and inserting 
     ``Attorney General''; and
       (ii) by striking ``September 30, 2029'' and all that 
     follows through ``removal proceedings'' and inserting the 
     following: ``September 30, 2030, for grants made pursuant to 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1701(b) of the Omnibus 
     Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
     10381(b)).
       ``(b) Waiver.--For grants made from funds made available 
     under this section, the requirements of section 1701(g) of 
     the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
     U.S.C. 10381(g)) shall be waived for the following 
     jurisdictions:
       ``(1) A county, municipality, town, township, village, 
     parish, borough, or other unit of general government below 
     the State level that employs fewer than 175 law enforcement 
     officers.
       ``(2) A Tribal government that employs fewer than 175 law 
     enforcement officers.''; and
       (2) by striking section 90003 and inserting the following:

     ``SEC. 90003. EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT 
                   PROGRAM.

       ``In addition to any amounts otherwise appropriated, there 
     is appropriated to the Attorney General for the Department of 
     Justice for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to

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     remain available until September 30, 2029, $45,000,000,000, 
     for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 
     Program.''.

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