Summary#
This bill provides $162,000,000 in emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. The money is for grants under section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) to hire or rehire additional career law enforcement officers. The funds are to remain available until expended. A law enforcement agency that uses these funds to hire or rehire an officer must perform a background check and ensure the officer undergoes a psychological evaluation. The agency must use the appropriated funds or other agency funds to pay for those checks and evaluations. The bill declares the appropriation an emergency requirement under section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Sponsors listed include Salud Carbajal, Don Bacon, Brian Fitzpatrick, Zachary Nunn, and Andrea Salinas. The bill was referred to the House Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget and is listed as in progress.
What it means for you#
- If you work for a qualifying law enforcement agency, your agency could seek grant funds under section 1701 to hire or rehire career officers.
- If you are being hired or rehired with these funds, your agency must run a background check and a psychological evaluation before employment.
- If you manage agency budgets, you must pay for those checks and evaluations with the grant money or other agency funds.
- For members of the public, the federal government is allocating $162 million for these grants as an emergency appropriation.
Expenses#
- The bill appropriates $162,000,000 for grants to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. The funds remain available until expended.
- Agencies using the funds must cover the cost of required background checks and psychological evaluations using the appropriated amounts or the agency's other funds.
- No publicly available information on additional or long-term costs, allocations by state or locality, or estimated fiscal impacts beyond the appropriation amount.
Proponents' View#
No publicly available information.
Opponents' View#
No publicly available information.