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S. 1563 119th Congress Senate

Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act

Official title: A bill 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: May 1, 2025 Introduced by: Amy Klobuchar Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Accounting and auditingCongressional oversightEmployee hiringGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementLaw enforcement administration and funding
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 83.
May 20, 2025
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
May 15, 2025
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 1, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 1, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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What's happening now May 20, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 83.

 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. 

 Hearings & markups 1
 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3846 Identical bill Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act
  • S 2296 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 12

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • STEPTOE LLP
    for PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • STEPTOE LLP
    for PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA · California · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • LONGBOW PUBLIC POLICY GROUP, LLC
    for FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSOCIATION · Maryland · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • STEPTOE LLP
    for PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA · California · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • STEPTOE LLP
    for PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA · California · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • LONGBOW PUBLIC POLICY GROUP, LLC
    for SERGEANTS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY · New York · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

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 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Republican 1
D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Dec 1, 2025
 D
Ossoff, Jon
Georgia · Jul 17, 2025
 D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · May 21, 2025
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · May 20, 2025
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 8, 2025
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 1, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1563: Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1563/
MLA
"S. 1563: Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1563/.
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S. 1563, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1563/.
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