118th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement
H.R. 8420: Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act
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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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Don Bacon R-NEOriginal
- Brian Fitzpatrick R-PA
- Anthony D'Esposito R-NY
- Donald Davis D-NC
- Hillary Scholten D-MI
- Andrea Salinas D-OR
- Ruben Gallego D-AZ
- Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski D-IL
- Timothy Kennedy D-NY
Who scored on this bill
- 1Salud Carbajal SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Salud Carbajal.
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- Introduced in House
- 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.