S 972
118th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Mar 23, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1