H.R. 3846 119th Congress House

Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act

Official title: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program to help law enforcement agencies with civilian law enforcement tasks, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 9, 2025 Introduced by: Josh Harder Democratic · California See on congress.gov

Crime and Law Enforcement

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Jun 9, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Jun 9, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award grants for state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies to hire retired law enforcement personnel to perform civilian law enforcement tasks on behalf of the agency and to train civilian employees in the performance of such tasks.

Under the bill, the term civilian law enforcement task includes assisting with certain investigations, reviewing camera footage, conducting crime scene analysis, and conducting forensic analysis.

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Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 5

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Cosponsors 5

Lofgren, Zoe

California · May 21, 2026

Vasquez, Gabe

New Mexico · Nov 7, 2025

Fitzpatrick, Brian K.

Pennsylvania · Jun 9, 2025

Nunn, Zachary

Iowa · Jun 9, 2025

Swalwell, Eric

California · Jun 9, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3846: Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3846/

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"H.R. 3846: Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3846/.

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H.R. 3846, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3846/.

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