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Let's Re-Up the Troops-to-Cops Program Act

Introduced: February 15, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 28, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 18, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E313)
Feb 15, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 15, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Let's Re-Up the Troops-to-Cops Program Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow public safety and community policing grants to be used, during the three-year period beginning on the date of this Act's enactment, to hire former honorably-discharged members of the Armed Forces to serve as career law enforcement officers for community-oriented policing, particularly in communities that are adversely affected by a recent military base closing.

What's happening now February 28, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Mar 16, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 715: Let's Re-Up the Troops-to-Cops Program Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-715/
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"H.R. 715: Let's Re-Up the Troops-to-Cops Program Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-715/.
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H.R. 715, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-715/.
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