Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act has not moved since its introduction on Jun 9, 2025, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
IntroducedJun 9, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 79 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- House Judiciary Committee
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement: 118 of 4,553 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.6%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 148 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 915 words
- Latest action
- Jun 9, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th S. 1563 Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act D · Reported
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]