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H. Con. Res. 14, resolution establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; reconciliation instructions for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee and the potential impact on law enforcement of changes to the Federal Employees Retirement System. Legislative proposal providing for reconciliation under H. Con. Res. 14; potential impact on law enforcement of changes to the Federal Employees Retirement System (no bill introduced).

S. 573, the "Shadow Wolves Improvement Act," legislation to enhance the effectiveness of the Shadow Wolves Program; entire bill. S. 693, the "DHS Better Ballistic Body Armor Act," legislation to improve the effectiveness of body armor issued to female agents and officers of the Department of Homeland Security; entire bill. S. 727, the "CBP Retirement Technical Corrections Act," a bill to correct the inequitable denial of enhanced retirement and annuity benefits to certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers; entire bill. H.R. 2255, the "Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act," legislation to allow federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons; entire bill and Judiciary Committee amendment regarding application and coverage. Legislative proposal to allow federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons (no bill introduced). Legislative proposal to amend current law to include certain federal law enforcement positions within the definition of law enforcement officer for retirement purposes (no bill introduced). Legislative proposal to allow retiring federal officers to apply the value of uncompensated overtime earned, but never received, as a credit towards their retirement annuity (no bill introduced). Legislative proposal to address federal law enforcement retention and recruitment challenges by amending current law to address longstanding pay and benefit issues, including by waiving the biweekly and annual pay cap for all officers, revising the accrual rates for a FERS pension to allow officers to accrue a larger percentage of their annual salary than provided for under current law, ensuring coverage under the law enforcement retirement system for all federal law enforcement officers, eliminate pay compression on the law enforcement General Schedule pay scale, and specifically mandate that that top pay rate for any law enforcement locality-based pay scale is not subject to the GS-15-10 statutory cap. Legislative proposal to establish a Justice Department grant program to enable state and local agencies to hire retired federal law enforcement officers (no bill introduced). S. 26, legislation to exclude locality adjustments from average pay for purposes of computing the amount of retirement annuities of new employees; entire bill. Legislative proposal to improve the effectiveness of body armor issued to female law enforcement agents and officers of the federal government (no bill introduced). Legislative proposal to amend current law to increase death gratuities and funeral allowances for federal law enforcement officers and other federal employees who die in the line of duty (no bill introduced).

H.R. 2094, the "Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act," legislation to amend the National Housing Act to establish a mortgage insurance program for first responders; entire bill. S. 978, the "Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act," legislation to amend the National Housing Act to establish a mortgage insurance program for first responders; entire bill.