118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 8420Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

Crime and law enforcement
Introduced May 16, 2024
Last action May 16, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
May 16, 2024
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Referred
May 16, 2024
Appropriations · Budget
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

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.

Provisions · 3 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
May 16, 2024
Introduced in House
May 16, 2024
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 16, 2024
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.