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HR 2541 118th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement

Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2023

Introduced: April 18, 2023 Introduced by: Van Drew, Jefferson Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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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
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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 April 24, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 6
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Baird, James R.
Indiana · Jul 13, 2023
Lesko, Debbie
· Apr 18, 2023
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Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Apr 6, 2023
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Barr, Andy
Kentucky · Apr 6, 2023
 R
Crenshaw, Dan
Texas · Apr 6, 2023
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Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Apr 6, 2023
 R
Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
Iowa · Apr 6, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2541: Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2541/
MLA
"H.R. 2541: Ensuring Safer Schools Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2541/.
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H.R. 2541, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2541/.
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