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S 972 118th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement

Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act

Introduced: March 23, 2023 Introduced by: Ossoff, Jon Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
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Mar 23, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Mar 23, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act

The bill provides additional funding for grants for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.

The bill also requires law enforcement agencies that use the funds to hire or rehire a law enforcement officer to (1) perform a background check on the law enforcement officer, and (2) ensure that the law enforcement officer undergoes a psychological evaluation.

What's happening now March 23, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

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