HR 2541
118th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2023
Introduced: April 6, 2023
Introduced by:
Van Drew, Jefferson
Republican
· New Jersey
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 24, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Apr 6, 2023
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 6, 2023
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2023
This bill allows funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant program to be used to hire and train veterans and retired law enforcement officers as school resource officers. It also directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to coordinate with COPS grant recipients to connect veterans seeking to serve as school resource officers with local law enforcement agencies participating in school-based partnerships.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Committees of jurisdiction
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